Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

PCI police chief remembered as true blue lawman
Reynolds By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Poarch Band of Creek Indians Police Chief Mike Reynolds, who died last Wednesday, January 18, at age 59 of a heart attack, was remembered by his local colleagues as a true blue lawman who cared for his department, the community he served, and his fellow human beings.Reynolds, who became the tribe’s top policeman in 2016, had reportedly undergone surgery recently and was recuperating at…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 days ago
Houston Avery pool named for Vangela Franklin
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four of five Atmore City Council members gave unanimous approval during the group’s Monday, January 23, meeting to a proclamation honoring Vangela McPherson Franklin and permanently attaching her name to the municipal swimming pool at which she has been a fixture for several years.City Clerk Becca Smith moderated the meeting, the second in a row in which she has served that role. Mayor Pro Tem…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 days ago
City considers banning garbage enclosures
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Mayor Jim Staff and city council members discussed several topics during a workshop held prior to the Monday (January 23) council meeting, but the subject of trash bins on personal property drew the most conversation.Staff and council members Webb Nall, Eunice Johnson and Chris Harrison agreed that the bins — some made of wood, others made of wire or plastic — can become an…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 days ago
Traffic violations lead to meth arrests
Godwin Rigby By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore men were charged on successive days with felony drug possession after each committed a traffic violation and was pulled over by city police.The first arrest happened around 9:20 p.m., January 20, when a patrol officer pulled over a vehicle that was being driven without headlights along U.S. 31.According to police reports, the driver — 41-year-old Chad Godwin — first granted, then…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 days ago
Nature’s fury
Huxford area damaged by storm From left, Jim and Kenny Coker examine the damage on their farm. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Some residents of the Huxford area lost roofs or small outbuildings — and virtually all of them lost electricity for several hours — last Thursday, January 12, when apparent straight-line winds raged out of the northwest and roared across the rural community.Metal roofs were torn from a Huxford…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 weeks ago