Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Female suspect attacks police, spits in officer’s face
Lassiter By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman, apparently under the influence of illicit drugs, was jailed for the second time in less than three months on felony drug possession charges after she fought with and spit on city police officers who investigated a report that she was acting strangely.According to police reports, officers responded February 1 to a Jack Springs Road address after a call from a person…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 months ago
APD cutting down on vandalism,littering, loitering at Rivercane park
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that city police, in response to a high volume of complaints about unruly teenagers, are now conducting heavy patrols of the parking lot that is part of the small city park at Rivercane.Brooks said he recently hired a retired sheriff’s deputy on a part-time basis to patrol the area — behind Taco Bell, Hardee’s and Sonic— at…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 months ago
Felony arrests
Frye Young By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Details were not immediately available, but the Escambia County Detention Center (ECDC) website shows that an Atmore man and woman were arrested February 1 and charged with chemical endangerment of a child.ECDC records reveal that Layton Deleon Frye, 20, and Nysheeka Jamilia Young, 25, both of whom listed Atmore addresses, were processed into the jail after Flomaton police arrested them.According to Alabama Criminal…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 months ago
Brake problem blocked downtown rail crossings
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The search for a brake problem on one of its long string of cars has been cited as the reason a CSX freight train stopped and blocked all downtown crossings but one around midday Saturday, February 3.“The train had an emergency locking — I’m not aware what caused it — and they had to visually inspect the brakes on every car until they found it,”…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 months ago
Blue Devils coach: Class 4A, Region 1 similar to SEC
Harris By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer When Vincent Harris accepted the challenge of trying to rebuild a once-proud Escambia County High School football program, he knew there were going to be obstacles.He knew that a loss of tradition, built over more than a decade of poor and mediocre seasons, a dilapidated field house and a lack of interest in the program by students who could help on the field would…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 months ago