Don Fletcher

Bay Minette man charged in local shooting
Bush By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police announced last Friday, March 3, the arrest of a Baldwin County man who was involved in the February 26 shooting that took place at the McDonald’s on South Main Street.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that Christopher Bush, 31, of Bay Minette — against whom the victim had obtained a protective order — is charged with three counts of felony domestic…
Atmore police still looking into fatal shooting of teen
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police investigators continued this week their probe into the February 20 shooting death of a local teen. City detectives are awaiting the results of an autopsy conducted by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences on the body of the victim, 16-year-old Janyia Wilson.Wilson, a sophomore member of Escambia County High School’s volleyball team, was laid to rest Saturday at Stallworth Cemetery following a service…
New Devils Den
Bids to be let soon for renovation of ECHS fieldhouse By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although various logistics problems, along with state-suggested changes in the original plans, have delayed the planned construction of a new athletic fieldhouse for Escambia County High School for at least two months, officials say they expect the project to be back on track within days.Shaun Goolsby, Deputy Director of Operations (DDO) for the county’s public…
Traffic stops, domestic incident lead to felony drug arrests
nELSON Denais Baker By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two recent traffic stops by Atmore police, along with a response to a domestic complaint, have resulted in the arrests of a Florida woman, an Atmore woman and an Atmore man on felony drug possession charges.The first of the arrests occurred around 9:30 a.m., February 24, when an officer saw a vehicle make an unsafe lane change. According to police reports, the…
Reckless murder
Local businessman charged in tragic death of toddler left inside truck Rounsavall By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore businessman Shawn Rounsavall was arrested Monday night, February 27, and charged with reckless murder in the tragic death of a toddler who died earlier Monday after being left inside a vehicle all day.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann said in a press release issued Tuesday morning that police were called around 4:30…