Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

New restaurants, stores might, might not, be coming
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Mayor Jim Staff confirmed this week that most of the rumors circulating around the community regarding the possible location of new businesses here have a basis in fact, while others remain stuck on the rumor mill.The mayor confirmed that city officials have heard recently from officials of the Papa John’s Pizza franchise that announced last summer the company’s intentions of opening a pizzeria in the…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
School board hires new administrative personnel
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education, during a 24-minute meeting held May 18 — one of the board’s shortest sessions in recent memory — approved a revision to a revised salary schedule that was approved last week, tabled a pending police amendment and hired two new administrators.Superintendent Michele McClung reported in her “District good news report,” that officials had placed yard signs at the homes…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
3 locals arrested on felony charges
Hetherington Martin Powell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Three Atmore residents were arrested on felony charges by three different agencies during the period May 17 through May 26. Details were not immediately available, but the county jail website shows the following:Poarch Creek Indians police arrested 41-year-old Gary Kentrell Hetherington May 17 on several charges, including assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, possession of a controlled substance, harassment (intent to…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Atmore residents charged in Bratt break-in, shooting
Kyles Chick By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman and an Atmore man remained behind bars in Escambia County, Fla., arrested Sunday (May 28) after they allegedly entered a Bratt, Fla. mobile home illegally and attacked the sleeping occupants, shooting one of them in the arm in the process.The Escambia County Jail shows Tiana Brooke Chick, 20, was being held without bond early Tuesday, May 30. She is charged…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Dozens left in the dark after truck shears power pole
The pickup slammed into the base of the pole. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer More than 150 residents and businesses along Main Street were without electricity, some for more than three hours, last Wednesday, May 24, when a pickup truck left the city’s busiest thoroughfare and plowed into a utility pole at the intersection of South Main and Horner streets.Traffic lights on Main, Trammell and East Nashville also went dark…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago