Don Fletcher

Fireman’s fireman
Rutherford remembered as father of city fire dept. Rutherford By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer It was more than fitting that Charlie Rutherford was laid to rest last Saturday, November 6, with full firefighter honors. It was almost mandatory that he was.Rutherford, who passed away November 3 at age 89, is considered the father of Atmore Fire Department and is credited with making AFD one of Lower Alabama’s most respected firefighting…
Hibbett donates more to ECHS
At the presentation, from left, Jacquelyn Dunlap, Scott Mason, Amy Cabaniss, Layton Knight, and Brian Kelly News Staff Report Escambia County High School’s basketball team received an extra benefit Tuesday, November 9, as local and area representatives of Birmingham-based Hibbett Sports presented school and team officials with a $3,250 check.ECHS was selected late last year as a Sole School program under Hibbett’s philanthropic outreach program where local Hibbett and/or City…
RP Star Students
The Rachel Patterson Elementary School Star Students for November are, from left, first row, Tahlia Lee, Vera Fularz, Zander Davison, Myrah Segura, Sha’Niyah Hurst, Paisley Dorriety, Tavarres Johnson, Aubree Robinson, Dakota Thompson; middle, Kian Cisneros, Shedrick’onna Walker, Anthony Embley, Lyric Allen, Brylie Wheeler, Quintero Hunter, Ka’Niylah Trujillo, James Wilson, DeAngelo House, Emery Fowler; back, Syaria Hudson, Jonathan Lowe, Diego Montalvo, Ahmod Neal, Keaunna Barron. Not pictured is Arlaysia Pete.
Johnson named revenue cycle director
Johnson Special to Atmore News Kathy Johnson has been named as the Revenue Cycle Director for the Escambia County Health Care Authority (ECHCA) Health System that includes D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital (DWM) and Atmore Community Hospital (ACH) and their affiliates. Johnson has been in the position of Practice Administrator at ACH for the last two years.“The ECHCA is pleased Kathy will continue to support our health system in her new…
Fighting expansion of the IRS
Congressman Jerry Carl Late in the night this past Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi forced a vote to move forward with the Democrats’ multi-trillion-dollar big government spending package. I’ve been talking about this process and this bill for months, and it continues to get worse as time goes on. Last week, I sat down with several of my colleagues to discuss different parts of this bill which they find the…