Month: December 2023

Don Fletcher

Atmore man, Opp man each charged with possession
Pleasant Morrill Cooper Dirden By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, 44-year-old Michael Darnell Pleasant, was arrested by city police December 16 on a felony drug charge after his vehicle was pulled over because its tag was out of date.According to Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann, an officer conducted the traffic stop around 3 a.m. on Alabama 21. The officer noted that Pleasant’s driver’s license had been revoked…
by Don Fletcher access_time9 months ago
No parole for Atmore mugger, Brewton ‘Peeping Tom’
Gentry Baggett By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man with a penchant for mugging elderly individuals and robbing them of their valuables, and a Brewton man who has been diagnosed as an anti-social “Peeping Tom” and is serving a life sentence, were each denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.The Atmore man, Jeffrey Daniel Gentry, is serving his third stint in prison since…
by Don Fletcher access_time9 months ago
The FY24 National Defense Authorization Act is a win for Alabama and the United States
Congressman Jerry Carl Congress’s most important responsibility is providing our men and women in uniform the equipment and training they need to protect us every day. The Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act does just that.The FY24 NDAA authorizes a total of $886.3 billion in spending for the Department of Defense and includes $316.6 million in construction funds for our military bases in Alabama. Service members in Alabama, from…
by Submitted Article access_time9 months ago
White, Digmon advance in AASB Academy
Special to Atmore News Two Escambia County Board of Education members were among the honorees at the Alabama Association of School Boards’ awards luncheon held Dec. 1 at The Sheraton Birmingham Hotel.   BOE President Loumeek White achieved Level III status which requires 75 training hours.Sherry Digmon reached Master level for the fourth time. This requires 100 training hours, all eight Academy core courses, plus 15 hours and one additional core course.Digmon…
by Atmore News access_time9 months ago
June’s blankets
June McClendon at the blanket giveaway Saturday By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Sometimes people in crisis situations make promises to God. Sometimes the promise is kept, sometimes the promise is forgotten when the crisis passes.Saturday, December 16, June McClendon made good on her promise.Her story really begins earlier this year when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Her life was already upside down as she was helping her husband battle…
by Sherry Digmon access_time9 months ago