Don Fletcher

Council to vote Monday on Medstar lease
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer As the city’s new ground ambulance service ends its first week of handling the emergency medical needs for residents of Atmore and the immediate area, the city council is preparing to vote on a lease agreement that will allow the company to operate out of a former city fire station. The issue is the major item on the business agenda for the 4 p.m.…
Legion events this Saturday
News Staff Report American Legion Post 90 will host a flag retirement ceremony Saturday, September 11, 9 a.m. Members of the Legion, VFW, Atmore Police and Fire departments will conduct a formal retirement ceremony in remembrance of 9/11 events. Afterwards, community members may present flags for retirement. The ashes will be saved at the Post. Flags will be available for retirement.Also, that morning, Post 90 Auxiliary is holding a yard…
RP Star Students
The Rachel Patterson Elementary School Star Students for August are, from left, first row, Keylen Jones, Ivorionna Kyles, Raleigh America, Bryleigh Williams, Kamden Turner, Kadrick Neal, Indya House, Weston Cotton; middle, Aaliyah Pate’, LaRoyia Turner, Abraham Parra-Cerritos, Scarlett Mosley, Melanie Williams, Melanie Owens, Cameron Brown, Ja’Bron Frye; back, Sanaa Kelly, Cynai Redfearn, Ma’Kenzie Jones, Kaylee Brown, Ripley Mummert, Jah’Liyah Dawson, Zylus Davidson, John-David Sweringen.
Ribbon cutting
The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for InkMade Custom T-Shirts and Vinyl Shop Wednesday, September 1. Chamber board members and Ambassadors, friends and family joined the owners and employees for the occasion. Shown are, from left, Tom Tschida, Noah Graham, Jy’Keria Wilson, Zahria McCants, Bryson Williams, Reco Crayton, Sheldon Williams, Teresa Crayton, Braden Crysell, Keesha Hawthorne, Brady Howell, Hunter Smith, Emma Hall, Darron Nichols, Anna Norton,…
These are the times
Congressman Jerry Carl During the Revolutionary war Thomas Paine started one of his famous pamphlets with the phrase, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” He made the case that the Colonies should be free from the British who taxed everything from slaves to molasses. One has to wonder what Mr. Paine would have to say about the times in which we live.A simple comparison between 1775 and today…