Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Women sleeping in car get rude awakening
Harris Barnhill By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Mobile woman and a Flomaton woman got a rude awakening March 19 after an Atmore police officer found them asleep in a car parked at a Church Street parking lot, with drugs and drug paraphernalia clearly visible inside the car.The officer, who was sent to the site after dispatchers received a report of a “suspicious vehicle,” observed two females — later identified…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Out-of-state residents arrested with pot, heroin, meth
Lowe Arnold Little Mancuso By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Three Pennsylvania residents and a North Carolina resident were arrested March 10 on numerous felony drug charges after Atmore police stopped a car for speeding.According to police reports, the car was pulled over around 3:10 p.m. at Tom Byrne Park. As the vehicle came to a stop, an individual later identified as 21-year-old Edward Luther Lowe of Erie, Pa., jumped out…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Empty wallet
Convenience store employees charged with stealing $1,800 from billfold Taylor Hines By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore women, former employees of an Atmore convenience store, were arrested last week by officers of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office after an investigation determined they split the proceeds of a wallet that was dropped by a customer and turned in to them by another customer.Erica Hines, 44, was arrested March 8 and…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Yellow Hats chartered as new Lions Club
Bub Gideons presents the charter to Lillie Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore’s Yellow Hats Society, in existence for nearly 20 years, now has an offshoot under which the group will carry out its service projects, and the Atmore Lions Club now has an offshoot that strengthens the international organization’s presence in the Atmore area.The Atmore Yellow Hats Lions Club was formally chartered and its members pinned during a…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Landowner group wants to be annexed
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Atmore City Council took care of just one business item, the reappointment of Dr. Hugh Long to the city housing board, during the group’s Monday, March 13, meeting but also heard an update from city attorney Larry Wettermark on the progress of the city’s annexation plan.“He’s been on that housing board since it’s been a housing board,” said Mayor Jim Staff of the local…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago