Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Traffic violations lead to meth arrests
Godwin Rigby By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore men were charged on successive days with felony drug possession after each committed a traffic violation and was pulled over by city police.The first arrest happened around 9:20 p.m., January 20, when a patrol officer pulled over a vehicle that was being driven without headlights along U.S. 31.According to police reports, the driver — 41-year-old Chad Godwin — first granted, then…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Nature’s fury
Huxford area damaged by storm From left, Jim and Kenny Coker examine the damage on their farm. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Some residents of the Huxford area lost roofs or small outbuildings — and virtually all of them lost electricity for several hours — last Thursday, January 12, when apparent straight-line winds raged out of the northwest and roared across the rural community.Metal roofs were torn from a Huxford…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Man arrested after twice chasing, shooting at
other vehicle
Long By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police arrested a Century, Fla., man January 14 after two incidents during which he chased another vehicle along a city street, each time firing several shots at it.Sgt. Darrell McMann, public information officer for Atmore Police Department, reported that officers were sent around 8:30 p.m. to the Brooks Lane area in response to a report of shots fired. They were sent to the…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Up for parole
Convicted of’93 double murder, Barlow brothers eligible for early release S. Barlow F. Barlow By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles will decide this week whether brothers Shannon Dean Barlow and Franklin Lee Barlow Jr., both convicted in the brutal murders of their stepmother and stepsister more than 29 years ago near Nokomis, will remain in prison for at least five more years or will…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Fire ravages warehouse, threatens rail cars
Atmore firemen spray water on rail cars filled with liquid sulfur. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Nearly three dozen firefighters from Atmore and three outside agencies worked more than six hours last Friday, January 6, to contain a fire that destroyed a warehouse building at a local fertilizer plant and threatened the contents of several rail cars filled with liquid sulfur.City firefighters were dispatched at 9:25 a.m. to Tiger-Sul, just…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago