Don Fletcher

The ‘forgotten’ holiday
Atmore native Greg Turberville to deliver Monday’s Memorial Day address Turberville By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Memorial Day, the day set aside each year for remembrance and commemoration of the men and women who have given their lives in service to the nation, has become America’s forgotten holiday. And at least one local veteran isn’t happy about it.The local memorial gathering, co-sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7016 and…
Boy dies in ATV crash
Mitchell News Staff Report Tragedy struck the Flomaton community again on Sunday, May 23, when an ATV crash claimed the life of a Flomaton Elementary School student who had just finished the sixth grade.Authorities say Logan Mitchell, 12, son of Lacinda Mitchell and Luke Mitchell, was fatally injured in the crash, which occurred on private property in the Upper Creek Road community, about a half mile from U.S. 31.Logan was…