Year: 2022

Don Fletcher

Atmore woman jailed on trafficking charges
Prescott By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A November 8 traffic stop by Alabama State Troopers resulted in several charges, including two counts of trafficking in dangerous drugs, against a 26-year-old Atmore woman.The Escambia County Detention Center website shows that troopers turned Kimbrianna Prescott over to jailers on charges of trafficking in cocaine, trafficking in fentanyl, second-degree possession of marijuana and obstruction of a governmental operation.Prescott remained in the county lockup…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
BOE members elect Benjamin president, Jackson as VP
Newly elected Vice President Cindy Jackson, left, and President Danny Benjamin, right Judge Jeff White, center, swore in Cindy Jackson, left, and Sherry Digmon, right, for their next six-year terms By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County Board of Education members elected their top two positions during the board’s November 18 meeting. Under Alabama law, school boards must meet in November of each year to elect a president and vice-president.District…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Woman charged after threatening to torch home
Hyatt By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman was arrested November 10 after she returned to a Ewing Lane residence she had not only threatened to burn down but had tried to burn down in the past.Reports show that city police were dispatched around 3:20 p.m. on November 9 to the residence in reference to a domestic disturbance during which Whitney Hyatt, 31, had reportedly threatened to “burn down…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Fugitive arrested after traffic stop
Forney By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man who was the subject of several outstanding misdemeanor warrants here was arrested after a traffic stop during which it was discovered he was also wanted by Florida authorities.The traffic stop, by an undisclosed “neighboring agency,” occurred November 15. That agency notified Atmore police that 19-year-old Tondrae Forney, who had several misdemeanor warrants from Atmore Municipal Court, was in custody.It was later…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Former CACC coach Blevins to receive posthumous award
Blevins News Staff Report The Alabama Baseball Coaches Association (ALABCA) will pay tribute to one of its late members, former Coastal Alabama Community College (CACC) baseball coach Darrell “Dobie” Blevins, during the association’s upcoming awards banquet.Blevins, who died in August 2021, will be announced as winner of the 2023 ALABCA Distinguished Service Award during the group’s annual banquet and awards ceremony, to be held Friday, December 9, at the Wynfrey…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago