Don Fletcher

Curfew is imminent, police chief tells council
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Three Atmore City Council members and Mayor Jim Staff didn’t deal with any major issues among the nine items on Monday’s (December 9’s) meeting agenda. It was what followed the business portion of the meeting that caught the attention of the scattered few who attended and sparked nods of agreement from the four city officials.Police Chief Chuck Brooks, who announced just over five weeks ago…
ALEA reports 21 traffic fatalities during extended holiday period
Special to Atmore News Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) officials reported that state troopers from the agency’s Highway Patrol Division investigated 473 traffic crashes, resulting in 21 fatalities in 17 different counties, over the nine-day Thanksgiving holiday traffic period, which began November 23 and ended December 1.Troopers reported that 19 of those who lost their lives were traveling in vehicles equipped with seat belts, but 10 of the victims were…
No parole for Fla. woman convicted here
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Adkins The Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles denied parole during recent hearings for a Century, Fla. woman convicted in Escambia County Circuit Court of drug possession.Lynda Michelle Adkins was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over by Atmore police after the driver failed to maintain his lane while driving along Alabama 21. The driver wasn’t arrested, but Adkins, who police said was “holding her…
Felony arrest
Domestic incident leads to felony drug charges for local man By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrest was the only one reported by Atmore Police Department (APD) officers during the period November 26-December 8:Makhail Reynolds Reynolds No details were provided, but postings on the APD Facebook page indicate that police were in the process of arresting Reynolds, 37, of Atmore on a domestic violence complaint when they discovered…
Stopping communist propaganda in American classrooms
Congressman Jerry Carl Those of us who were born and raised during the Cold War fully understand how dangerous, destructive, and deadly communism and communist regimes have been. Communism is to blame for the deaths of over 100 million people and for the trampling of basic human rights for more than 1.5 billion people around the world.The United States has long been an example of freedom and democracy to the…