Month: January 2019

Don Fletcher

Judge Bert Rice
After 40 years on bench, venerable jurist ‘retiring’ By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer After more than 40 years of hearing cases in Atmore Municipal Court, Escambia County Circuit Court and the occasional out-of-town courtroom, Judge Bert Rice is retiring. Well, sort of. Rice, who joined the circuit court bench in 2007 after Judge Joseph B. Brogden retired, presided over his first case as Atmore’s municipal judge on November 21,…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Davisville man killed
Shot by Fla. deputy By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Davisville, Fla. man who reportedly threatened to shoot his wife was himself shot and killed, inside his home, by an Escambia County (Fla.) sheriff’s deputy who had been sent to the home to conduct a welfare check. According to a press release issued by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office officials on the agency’s Facebook page, a deputy was sent around…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Obituaries for the week of January 27,2019
Mary Geneta Woods Mrs. Mary Geneta Woods, age 80, passed away Monday, January 21, 2019 at North Baldwin Infirmary in Bay Minette, Ala. She was a native of Pike County, Ala., a resident of Uriah, Ala. for the past seventy-three years. She was a member of the Semirah Springs Freewill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lucious and Ancie Bell Register Thomas; a grandson, Jason Sturdivant;…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
The sanctity of life
I am proudly pro-life. Millions of Americans are as well. The sanctity of human life is immeasurable, and the countless Americans who feel the same way should not have their voices silenced or their opinions rebuked in the mistaken claim of freedom of choice. Since I have been in Congress, I have consistently stood up for the unborn, and I continue to stand up for life. I am proud of…
by Submitted Article access_time6 years ago