Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Fountain escapee recaptured in Birmingham
Williams By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Fountain Correctional Facility inmate who escaped from the facility June 12 is back behind bars.Alabama Department of Corrections officials announced that Edward Cortez Williams, 41, was recaptured early last Friday, July 8, in the same county as he was convicted in 2004. He was serving a life sentence (999 years, 99 months, 99 days) that was imposed after he was convicted of six…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Council approves minutes, pays bills, adjourns
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Anyone who arrived more than a minute after 4 p.m. missed most of Monday’s Atmore City Council meeting.Mayor Pro Tem Shawn Lassiter (District 4) was out of town on business and unable to attend the meeting, but he didn’t miss much.The mayor and the four council members in attendance neither discussed nor voted on any business item during the meeting, which lasted barely 3 minutes…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Bubba Cruz 5 this weekend in Lotte
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Friends and family members of the late Ewing Darrell “Bubba” Ardis, those from the area and those from across the U.S., will gather this weekend in the tiny Lotte community for the fifth annual tribute to the car enthusiast, who passed away in July 2018, just as the first tribute was beginning.Bubba Cruz 5, this year’s event, is a two-day affair that will take place…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Fatal breakdown
Former resident killed when truck slams into disabled vehicle Ray Singleton’s truck is at left; Barnes’ truck is at right with tow truck By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A well-known and respected former Atmore resident was killed in a bizarre mishap that occurred during the predawn hours of Sunday (July 3) when the man’s disabled pickup was struck by another pickup as a wrecker was preparing to tow the first…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Still searchin’
Local, state, federal officers looking for Rayvon Madison Madison By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police and officers from several state and federal agencies continued this week their search for 31-year-old Atmore resident Rayvon Desha Madison.Madison is wanted on warrants charging him with attempted murder and “numerous other charges” related to a domestic incident that occurred just after midnight on June 20 and included shots being fired. Police have not…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago