Author: Don Fletcher

Adams By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An 18-year-old Atmore man was served warrants this week charging him in connection with the December 2024 shooting deaths of two Atmore men who were slain as they sat in their car along Ashley Street.Adams is charged with the December 8 murders of 27-year-old Joe Jones Jr. and 25-year-old Juwan McNeal. The two Atmore men were shot to death as they reportedly smoked and…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia Academy (EA) officials announced recently that the school’s football team has been accepted into the Alabama Independent School Association’s (AISA’s) Class A, which consists of about a dozen schools that will compete with only eight players on the field at a time. EA’s first foray into eight-man competition, which was implemented by AISA three years ago, makes the Canoe-based independent school at least…

Andrews By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Decareus Keywon Mallory “Duke” Andrews, a 28-year-old Bay Minette man wanted in the shooting death of an Atmore man, had avoided capture since Memorial Day weekend but is finally behind bars.Andrews, who reportedly vowed to family members he “wasn’t going to jail,” is accused of shooting 21-year-old Dyrontae Booker of Atmore outside a house party at a Daphne Road residence in Bay Minette.Bay Minette…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County Board of Education members put one problem behind them when they narrowly decided on a new dress code during their meeting of last Thursday (June 26), but a more serious problem was made public when Chief Schools Financial Officer (CSFO) Avery Ford and Superintendent of Education Dr. Michele Collier informed board members that hardly any of the school system’s summer employees have…