Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Parole denied for area sex offenders
Cunningham Butler By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two sex offenders sentenced in Escambia County Circuit Court to life in prison with the possibility of parole — a Flomaton man and a man whose city of residence could not be determined — were each turned down for supervised release from prison after recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.The pair have spent a collective 78 years behind bars.Dewayne…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Diabetic distress?
Did drop in blood sugar spark public intoxication arrest? Angela White’s vehicle went over the curb in parking lot. White By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Editor’s note: The staff of Atmore News is in no way trying to discredit the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office in this matter. Nor are we taking the side of the victim. An Atmore man whose wife was arrested recently by an unidentified deputy sheriff for…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
8 straight hits
Local girl sets state softball tournament record Bradleigh poses with the team trophy after Blacksher won Area 1 title. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Bradleigh Stinson had no real idea when softball season began last year that she would spend some time on J.U. Blacksher School’s varsity roster as a 7th-grader. But she did.Neither did she have any real idea after she forged her way into the starting lineup this…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Council approves zoning amendment, timber sale
Jodi James talks about Relay for Life. Chief Chuck Brooks seen in background. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members, during their June 12 meeting, gave final approval to a zoning map amendment, agreed to sell the timber off a city-owned property and approved several events at local parks and other sites.Prior to approval of the zoning change, a public hearing was held to seek comments for or…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Shots hit plane
Crutchfield’s plane prepares to spray. Inset, one of three bullet holes. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although Escambia County Sheriff’s Office investigators don’t have much to go on, they are still working to find out who fired several gunshots at an area crop duster’s airplane, hitting it at least three times.“We have an open case on it; we’ve got an investigator assigned to it,” Sheriff Heath Jacksons said this week.…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago