Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Council approves grant, bond refunding
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council, sitting two members short, officially accepted a grant to help finance a rail spur and transload yard near the Coastal Growers peanut processing facility and agreed to issue bonds to pay off previous bonds and gain a more favorable interest rate.The three-person panel (District 1’s Webb Nall and District 5’s Chris Harrison were not in attendance) first voted unanimously to appoint Tawana…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Atmore man involved in Fla. bus crash
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An unidentified 75-year-old Atmore man suffered only minor injuries Monday (February 28) when his truck rolled over after crashing into an Escambia County, Fla. school bus.Florida Highway Patrol reports, which no longer include the names of drivers or injured passengers, show only that the Atmore man was driving a pickup truck when the accident occurred, around 9 a.m., on County Road 164, just east of…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Game over
Man loses ‘freeze tag’ match with police By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An unidentified local man, the subject of several outstanding criminal warrants, apparently wanted so badly to share his inner childhood with Atmore and Poarch police that he followed bad advice and tried to make a game of his latest encounter with lawmen.According to a posting on the Atmore Police Department Facebook page, the “misguided citizen” was himself misled…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Fla. manslaughter suspect captured here
Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Flomaton man, a fugitive from a Florida manslaughter warrant, was captured Valentine’s Day when an Atmore Police Department investigator spotted the suspect walking down a street in the city’s northwestern sector.According to a press release issued by APD Chief Chuck Brooks, the city detective spotted Timothy Lavon Johnson, 34, walking along Howard Street around 3:30 p.m., February 14.APD had been notified by Escambia…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Fast Lane shooting victims ‘uncooperative’
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police investigators are at a standstill as they try to sort out the circumstances surrounding the January 10 shooting at the Fast Lane convenience store on Jack Springs Road.APD detectives reportedly have all the physical evidence they need on which to build their case. They just can’t get any cooperation from the intended targets of at least five shots that were fired during the…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago