Month: February 2020

Don Fletcher

Fire survivor’s story
If in another room, whole family might have been lost By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Six people were asleep inside a Martinville Loop home when a fire raged through the dwelling on February 15. Only through fate or divine intervention did five of them make it out of the inferno. Christina “Crissy” Atkins lost her life in the blaze, which sent flames high enough that they were seen from…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
CLARIFICATION
Atmore News has learned that the woman identified in last week’s newspaper (Feb. 19 edition) as the wife of 34-year-old Ronald Dewayne Pettway, who allegedly committed aggravated child abuse against the couple’s son, is actually Pettway’s child’s mother, with whom he has been sharing a McRae Street residence in Atmore. The story pointed out that Pettway had possibly also abused the child’s mother, whose name has not been released by…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
FNB&T renovating South Main buildings
Special to Atmore News The Board of Directors of First Suncoast Trust Bancshares, Inc. and subsidiary bank First National Bank & Trust announce the improvements to the property on Main Street located adjacent to the bank’s main office. Another notable property located downtown is getting a facelift. Work started last week on the renovation and improvement of the former Western Auto property at 121 South Main and adjacent buildings. The…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
‘Super Tuesday’ primaries just a week away
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Less than a week remains before Atmore voters join the state electorate in deciding who will square off in November for the U.S. presidency, seats in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives and a slew of statewide offices. On March 3, or Super Tuesday, voters will take part in Republican and Democratic party primaries that will eliminate a ton of candidates and…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Change of heart?
City council rethinking donation of land for hospital  By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A request from the Escambia County Healthcare Authority (ECHCA) that the city of Atmore donate 10 acres of Rivercane land for a new hospital has been rejected in one way or another by the city council on three occasions. Now, judging from discussion during a Monday (February 24) council workshop, city council members have apparently had…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago