Year: 2020

Don Fletcher

MLK Unity Prayer Breakfast draws near-record crowd
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer This year’s Unity Prayer Breakfast, an event sponsored by Concerned Citizens of Atmore and held each year on the Saturday preceding the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, featured both a near-record crowd and a brisk pace that helped ward off the effects of a hearty breakfast. More than 65 people attended the January 18 event. They ranged from children and young adults to those…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Ivey visits Holman
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Gov. Kay Ivey visited Atmore last week. But those who weren’t at Atmore Municipal Airport between 10:30 and 10:33 a.m. on Wednesday, January 15, missed it. The governor’s jet, scheduled to land “between 9:30 and 9:40 (a.m.),” took off late from Montgomery due to fog, encountered heavier fog the further south it flew, and finally eased onto a local runway at 10:28 a.m., an…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Rosa Parks Breakfast set
News Staff Report Each year, Rosa Parks’ legacy as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement is honored with a prayer breakfast on a date near her birth date. This year, Lillie Johnson and her group (the Yellow Hat Society) will host the 14th annual event Saturday, February 1, 9 a.m., in the Greater Mount Triumph Missionary Baptist Church fellowship hall. Everyone age 16 and older is invited to attend…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Ambulance merger
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Note: This article is the first in a two-part series on the announced merger of Atmore Ambulance Service and ASAP EMS-Ambulance and how the merger should improve response times in medical emergencies. City of Atmore officials are still unclear on the details of the transaction, but are keeping their fingers crossed that a reported merger between the city’s two private ambulance services — Atmore…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago