Don Fletcher

New hospital planned
ACH opts out of Infirmary management agreement By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Community Hospital Board and Escambia County Healthcare Authority have exercised a contractual option and will soon end their joint management agreement with Infirmary Health. According to a July 18 letter issued jointly by ECHA Chair Ruth Harrell and ACHB Chair Nancy Lowery and addressed to hospital staff and physicians, the contract with Infirmary provides for a…
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Don’t miss our Back to School Special Section: Interviews with Rachel Patterson Principal John Brantley, Huxford Elementary Principal Leigh Ann Rowland, Escambia County Middle School Principal Debbie Bolden, Escambia Academy Headmaster Hugh Fountain, and J.U. Blacksher Principal Donald Baggett. Also included are school supply lists. Thanks to the following advertisers who made this section possible:  Atmore Area Ymca Atmore Christian School Atmore Insurance Audio Plus City of Atmore Mayor’s Office…
Obituaries for the week of July 22, 2018
David Dewayne Barnett Mr. David Dewayne Barnett, age 58, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Sunday July 15, 2018 in Atmore. He was born in Atmore to the Kenneth and Nancy Jones Barnett. He was a pharmacist with Walmart. He was a graduate of Auburn University. He attended Grace Fellowship. He was preceded in death by his father, Kenneth Barnett. Mr. Barnett is survived by his wife, Denean Everette Barnett; his mother,…
Loxley Work Release escapee recaptured here
Alabama Department of Corrections officials have announced this morning’s (Monday, July 23) recapture of a state inmate who was one of two to escape from Loxley Work Release early this morning, and who later crashed his getaway car into a pole at the Chevron station at Exit 57. Damon Rashad Dinsmore and Cantorius Alan White escaped around sunrise from the minimum security facility, in Baldwin County. White was captured by…
ACH, Infirmary parting ways; new hospital planned
Atmore News has confirmed rumors that the Atmore Community Hospital Board and Escambia County Healthcare Authority have exercised a contractual option and will soon end their joint management agreement with Infirmary Health. According to a letter issued jointly by ECHA Chair Ruth Harrell and ACHB Chair Nancy Lowery and addressed to hospital staff and physicians, the contract with Infirmary provides for a 365-day transition period in the event of cancellation…