Don Fletcher

Council OKs street closing, liquor license
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members gave tentative approval to a liquor license, approved a street closing for the grand opening of a new business and accepted a bid for a massive municipal sidewalk project during their Monday, August 13, meeting. All five council members gave the green light to the two-hour closing this Saturday (August 18) of a block of Ridgeley Street. The closure is…
Store robbed again
Dollar General hit twice in a month By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore police continued this week their investigation into last week’s robbery of Dollar General on East Church Street, the second time in just over a month that the general merchandise store has been targeted for such a crime. Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed that a lone bandit entered the store the night of August 6, just minutes…
Man, not woman, was stabbed last week
Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed Monday (Aug. 13) that an Atmore man — not a woman as was first reported — was a victim of a stabbing last week on Carver Avenue. Brooks reported that the victim, whose name has not been released, was “doing fine” and that police have completed their investigation of the incident, which involved numerous people, none of whom have yet been arrested. The police…
Obituaries for the week of August 12, 2018
Donald Ray Helton  Mr. Donald Ray Helton, age 79, passed away Thursday, August 2, 2018 in Pensacola, Fla. He was a native of Huxford, Ala., former resident of the Atmore, Ala. area and has resided in Cantonment, Fla. since 1965. He was an Elder in the Remnant Church of Latter-Day Saints. He was a 1962 graduate of the University of Alabama with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, and a 7th…