Don Fletcher

Felony arrests
Atmore man charged in domestic incident McMillan Hayles Facin Knighten By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrests were reported by local authorities during the period June 27-29:*Hartwood Oliver McMillan, 33, of Atmore was arrested by city police June 28 and charged with numerous crimes related to a domestic incident.Police reports show that officers responded to a residence on U.S. 31 in reference to a domestic violence incident. After…
Local recycling center helps take stress off landfills
Ty’Derious Rothchild, left, and Chris Norman prescreen bags of recyclables. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The City of Atmore doesn’t have a high-tech recycling center, but local citizens still manage to send around 20 tons of recyclable paper, glass, metal and other materials to high-tech recycling centers elsewhere.“We usually take about two tons a month, or at least a ton and half, to the recycling centers,” said Calvin Grace, Public…
Happy Independence Day
Congressman Jerry Carl On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence, declaring independence from the hand of the oppressive British monarchy. Two days later, John Hancock, who was the President of Congress, sent letters to each colony and to General Washington announcing the Declaration. It was then read out loud to citizens in celebrations in towns and cities all over the colonies as everyone prepared…
Fun at the library
Award winning readers. Reading awards were presented to, from left, front, Rorey McGregor, Carter Potts, Amber Hadley, Olivia Stewart; middle, Wailyn Jones, Teman Crayton (front), Brenton Jones, Ava Yeldon, Aaron Crenshaw, Michael McGettrick, Wil Copenhaven, Kannon Atkins, Paisley Macks; back, Carlie Murphy, Chloe Weaver, Trinity Washington, A’Zadian Knight, Ryla Crayton, Mikayla Allen. Not pictured are Paige Koehn, Karli Seale, Trinity Jade, Paisley Angelo. By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Patrons young and…
Escambia County Schools hires math coaches
By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News The 2022 Alabama Numeracy Act requires K-5 schools to have a math coach by the year 2027.The Escambia County School System isn’t waiting four years.Math coaches have already been hired and recently returned from a training session in Birmingham. They’ll be hitting the ground running when the new school year begins in August.School system Elementary Curriculum Supervisor Nicole Spottswood felt there was no point…