Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Felony arrests
Atmore man charged in sexual assault of child Smith Hartley McNeal Ellis McCurdy By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Details were not immediately available, but the Escambia County Detention Center (ECDC) website shows that sheriff’s investigators recently arrested a 31-year-old Atmore man for an alleged sexual assault on a child.Nicholas Dewayne Smith was arrested August 28. He is being held in the county jail on one count each of Class B…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
ECHS knocks off Northview
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Jamarion Robinson passed for three touchdowns, Escambia County High’s (ECHS) gritty defensive unit scored the other, and the Blue Devils downed neighboring Northview (Fla.) 26-14 last Friday, September 1.With the triumph, ECHS gained a degree of revenge and improved to 2-0 while preparing to travel to Satsuma and open AHSAA Class 4A, Region 1 competition this Friday, September 8.“Northview beat us 57-14 last year, and…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Mobile home murder
Poarch man, 65, arrested in neighbor’s shooting death White By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer UPDATED TO CORRECT SITE OF MURDER A 65-year-old Poarch man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center without bond at midweek, charged with murder in the Saturday, August 26, shooting death of a neighbor.Reports show Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Poarch Tribal Police officers and Atmore Police Department officers responded to Quarry Village Mobile Home Park,…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Another shooting on Brooks Lane
Residence hit by gun fire By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police are investigating an August 24 incident during which a person was wounded when someone fired several gunshots into a Brooks Lane residence.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that officers were sent to the 100 block of Brooks Lane around 8:55 p.m. after dispatchers relayed a report of shots fired.Officers discovered a residence had been hit by gunfire,…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
BOE OKs $378K for math, reading intervention programs
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education followed up a stormy workshop with a calm regular meeting, during which the board quietly approved total expenditures of more than half-a-million dollars, most of it for math and reading improvement programs for Special Education teachers and students with special needs. The biggest purchase was of Read180 and Math180 intervention and academic acceleration programs from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago