Year: 2024

Don Fletcher

Students, parents benefit from 8th Back to School Boost
Hundreds receive free uniforms, school supplies, food A volunteer waits to wave the two lanes of vehicles forward as those in front moved from station to station. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore’s 8th annual Back to School Boost (B2SB), held last Saturday (July 20) at Escambia County Middle School, wasn’t much different from the previous seven events. And that’s a good thing.As they had in each of the past…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Forestry grant
State Reps. Alan Baker (District 66) and Matthew Hammett (District 92) pose with representatives of the 14 Escambia County volunteer fire departments that received a 2024 Alabama Forestry Grant in the amount of $1,995.79 during the July 11 meeting of Escambia County Volunteer Fire Association members. State Forester David Thomas and local forester Lucas Newbie officially presented the grant money, but Baker and Hammett handed out the checks. Baker said…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Obituaries, week of July 24, 2024
Douglas Martin Mr. Douglas Martin, age 85, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Monday, July 15, 2024. He was born to Elsie Martin and Willis McKinley McGhee, Sr. He was a member of St. Anna’s Episcopal Church. He enjoyed gardening, fishing, and watching “Alabama Football”. He worked hard all of his life, starting with the potato sheds. He and a group from Atmore, heard about jobs in Illinois, so they all…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
My story, part 6
Digmon One thing I have found in trying to put all this in order is that it’s not easy to put all this in order. I find myself going through legal documents, emails and my notes and sometimes things overlap, or I need to go back and explain something. Anyway, bear with me if at times I seem to jump around. 2023October 30Circuit Judge Jeff White, Circuit Judge Todd Stearns,…
by Sherry Digmon access_time2 years ago
Atmore man killed in I-10 crash
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 56-year-old Atmore man was killed Tuesday, July 9, when he ran off the shoulder of Interstate 10 near Madison, Fla. and his truck overturned.Florida Highway Patrol reports indicate that the unidentified man was traveling westbound, towing a boat, when he inexplicitly drove his truck off the roadway around 1:28 a.m., near mile marker 251.According to FHP reports, after the truck ran onto the paved…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago