Month: May 2023

Don Fletcher

Stepmother, state CO,charged in child beating
Jackson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman who works as a corrections officer with the state prison system was arrested recently by city police after an investigation into allegations she severely beat her 8-year-old stepdaughter as punishment for an undisclosed transgression.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann said this week that 43-year-old Lateshia Monique Lewis Jackson was charged with one count of willful child abuse.Reports show that APD officers…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Sex offender sentenced
Gibbs By BO BOLTONMonroe Journal Publisher Minister Garyl Jermaine Gibbs, 50, who pled guilty in Monroe County Circuit Court to two counts of “deviant sexual intercourse” with minors, was sentenced to 60 months of supervised probation to run concurrently in a plea bargain agreement reached Monday, May 1.Gibbs, the minister of A Call to Life Apostolic Church, located across the street from the former outlet mall in Monroeville and near…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago
Board denies parole for Atmore, Brewton men
Nolan Knighten By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles recently denied parole for an Atmore man and a Brewton man, each of whom is serving a 20-year sentence.Derrick Gene Knighten of Atmore was convicted in 2020 of manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and altering the identification number of a pistol.An Atmore Police Department traffic stop along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Harrison new PCIFS president
Harrison Special to Atmore News (Atmore, AL) —Poarch Creek Indians Federal Services (PCIFS), a Tribal Government Services provider to U.S. Federal Agencies and the Department of Defense (DoD), has announced that Joseph (Joe) Harrison has been named as president of PCIFS. Harrison will be responsible for the management of 12 active LLCs and associated Joint Ventures (JVs) under the PCIFS family of businesses. He will report directly to PCIFS corporate…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago
BOE prepares for mandatory math coaches
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education approved during its April 27 meeting a move to get a leg up on an anticipated state requirement that all county school systems employ math coaches to strengthen math instruction at the elementary and middle school levels.BOE members voted unanimously to purchase instructional math materials for students from Heinemann and Next Level Libraries at a cost of $17,986.34. They…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago