Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

ECMS to enforce code of conduct; 9 items banned or restricted
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County education officials said this week that a Monday, September 16, Facebook posting by Escambia County Middle School (ECMS) Principal Layton Knight of a nine-item list of items banned from ECMS classrooms does not reflect a new set of rules. It is more an enforcing of the school system’s code of conduct.“There’s nothing in here that violates the code of conduct,” said Assistant Superintendent…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 months ago
Felony arrests
Domestic disturbance results in felony pot bust By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrests were reported by officers of Atmore Police Department during the period September 7 through 15:Virgil Peoples Peoples An Atmore man was charged September 15 with felony marijuana possession after police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence on East Sunset Drive.The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. When police arrived, they…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 months ago
ECHS falls 16 yards short against 6th-ranked Leopards
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer It is said that football is a game of inches. For Escambia County High’s Blue Devils last Friday (September 13), it was a game of about 16 yards.The Blue Devils, heavy underdogs to the sixth-ranked (state class 4A) Mobile Christian Leopards, launched a field-length drive that came up just that short as time ran out in a 13-6 Region 1 setback.ECHS Coach Vincent Harris was…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 months ago
High-speed chase
Atmore man jailed after FHP pursuit ends in crash Coleman By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested September 7 for driving under the influence and two felony charges after he led Escambia County, Fla. deputies and a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) officer on a high-speed chase that ended when a maneuver by troopers caused him to lose control and crash the SUV he was driving.Escambia County Jail…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 months ago
Council OKs repairs to former YMCA building
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A trio of Atmore City Council members gave approval during their Monday, September 9, meeting to spending around $8,000 for repairs to the vacant Pensacola Avenue building that in the past housed the Atmore Area YMCA and before that, the county’s first public high school.Codes Enforcement Officer Greg Vaughn told Mayor Jim Staff and the three councilors (District 1’s Webb Nall, District 3’s Eunice Johnson…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 months ago