Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Council approves ABC license transfers
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members approved during their Monday, July 10, meeting the transfer of the alcoholic beverage licenses for the first two local stores sold recently by Atmore-based Diamond Gasoline to Midstates Petroleum of Vernon. The full council also granted a rezoning request, awarded a bid for improvements to the local airport, approved the application for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), appointed a…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Assaults, threat, weapons lead to felony arrests
Armstrong Cox Evans Joiner Parker By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Area authorities investigated five incident during the period June 30-July 5 that resulted in non-drug felony arrests for five Atmore residents.*Atmore police reports show that Anthony Tyrone Armstrong, 57, was arrested June 30 on two weapons charges and two drug-related offenses after he was pulled over for driving along North Main Street without headlights.Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that officers “detected…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Locals jailed on felony drug charges
Fullerton Gonzalez Lee Smith By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following Atmore residents were arrested by various agencies and booked into the Escambia County Detention Center on felony drug charges during the period July 3-5: Phillip Miles Fullerton, 36, was arrested July 3 by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies.Fullerton remained in the county jail Monday afternoon, July 10, charged with one count each of possession of a controlled substance, third-degree…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Rumor no more
Diamond Gasoline sells 20 stations The Chevron Food Mart on South Main Street is one of the 20 stores sold. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A rumor that has swirled around Escambia County and beyond for the past several weeks — that Diamond Gasoline of Atmore had sold its South Alabama convenience store-gas stations — is a rumor no more.Officials of Vernon, Ala.-based Midstates Petroleum confirmed this weekend that the…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Arrest made in May 29 shooting death
Mitchell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police reported last Friday, June 30, the arrest of an Atmore man who is accused of shooting another local man to death in late May.APD Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that 44-year-old Eric Depaul Mitchell, who is charged with the shooting death of Robert Starks on May 29, was arrested June 29 and is charged with one count each of murder and discharging a…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago