Month: March 2024

Don Fletcher

Carl Madison passes away
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Carl Madison, whose seven-decades coaching career made his name one of the most synonymous with high school football success in and beyond northwest Florida and southwest Alabama, passed away Sunday night, March 3, after a lengthy illness.Madison was born in Uriah and reared in Atmore. J.M. Tate High School’s football stadium is now named for him. He was not only noted for his coaching success,…
by Don Fletcher access_time10 months ago
April 10 hearing set for Digmon, Fletcher
News Staff Report Although a prosecutor has still not been appointed to hear the case against them, Atmore News publisher and co-owner Sherry Digmon and reporter Don Fletcher have been summoned to appear in court at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, April 10, for a scheduling conference and motion hearing.Motions have been filed on behalf of both local journalists, asking that the charges of revealing grand jury secrets be dismissed. Whether…
by Atmore News access_time10 months ago
It’s official: ECMS, 3 other locals among state’s 25 most improved
ECMS was one of two local schools to show 14-point improvement on its latest state report card. In foreground, Nicole Spottswood, left, and ECMS Principal Forrest Jones, right, held the banner. In the background are BOE members Danny Benjamin, Mike Edwards, Cindy Jackson, Loumeek White, Sherry Digmon, Coleman Wallace; Deputy Director of Operations Shaun Goolsby; and Dr. Michele Collier. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer One of Dr. Michele Collier’s first…
by Don Fletcher access_time10 months ago
Felony arrests
Local man booked on 14 separate charges By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Bagwel Details were not immediately available, but the Escambia County Detention Center website shows that county sheriff’s deputies arrested an Atmore man after a February 29 incident and chase resulted in a “baker’s dozen” separate charges, including two felonies, against the man.According to jail records, 38-year-old James Anthony Bagwell remained in the facility early Tuesday, March 5, on…
by Don Fletcher access_time10 months ago
No injury when APD unit slides onto side
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A still-unidentified Atmore Police Department officer got a scare but came out unscathed when his patrol car slid into a ditch and onto its side around 2:30 p.m., last Wednesday, February 28.According to a press release issued the night of the single-vehicle accident, the officer was responding to a traffic crash with injuries on Martin Luther King between the railroad tracks and Ridgley Street.“The officer…
by Don Fletcher access_time10 months ago