Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Consultant says Atmore needs to lessen gap between supply, demand
At last Friday’s meeting, from left, Mary Wirth, Shinora Redmond, Joe Borgstrom By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer One of the principals of a Michigan-based economic development consulting firm told Main Street Atmore board members, local real estate agents and others during a meeting last Friday, February 10, that the city of Atmore’s downtown area has “a ton of potential,” but has a long way to go before it can fully…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Man arrested after shooting into house
Cooper By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police announced Monday the February 10 arrest of a local man who is charged with numerous crimes related to his shooting into an occupied house.Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that patrol officers were sent around 6:05 p.m. to a residence on King Street in response to a reported shooting.Officers determined after talking with witnesses that George Cooper, 44, had forced open the house’s front…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Council appoints HPC member, OKs special events license
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members knocked out a two-item business agenda in less than five minutes during their Monday, February 13, meeting.The only business items taken care of Monday were the appointment of an individual to a city commission and the issuance of a special business license.First, Lori Stinson was appointed to serve a one-year term on the city’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC). (Commission members do…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
W.S. Neal 6th grader wins county spelling bee
The 10 contestants, shown from left, were Naomi Updike, Madison Perez, Julianna Grimes, Catherine Rexroat, LaRoyia Turner, Charlotte Fuqua, Brylon McGhee, Brenner Wallace, Olivia Stuckey, Danielle Akers. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Olivia Stuckey, a sixth grader at W.S. Neal Middle School, correctly spelled “gridiron” and “caterpillar” in the ninth round last Wednesday, February 8, to edge out Flomaton High eighth grader Julianna Grimes and win the 2022-23 Escambia County…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Deadly crossing
Local man killed instantly when freight train slams into SUV Rescue personnel await arrival of the county coroner. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 19-year-old Perdido man was killed instantly when a CSX freight train slammed into his SUV at the Martin Luther King Drive crossing early Sunday evening.The wreck claimed the life of Koby Wooten of Perdido, son of Melissa Wall and Ed Wooten. He is also survived by…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago