Don Fletcher

City police arrest 2 for meth, pot
Hadley Ramieri By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police arrested two local men over the past week for possession of drugs, including one who was issued a summons three months ago, when the county jail wasn’t accepting non-violent offenders.The most recent incident occurred May 19 and resulted in the arrest of 29-year-old James Clark Hadley, who was already being sought by authorities, on new charges.According to Atmore Police Department Sgt.…
BOE OKs system reorganization; additional assistant superintendent to be hired
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County Board of Education members voted unanimously during their May 19 meeting to approve six of seven “action items” (one was tabled), including a proposed “reorganizational” chart that includes two assistant superintendents (instead of one position currently in place), two mathematics specialists and two English Language Arts specialists. Superintendent of Education Michele McClung told board members one of the assistant superintendents would be…