Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

‘Historic day’
5 ECHS student athletes accept college, prep school offers The signees, from left, C’Anna Betts, Jumarcus Lee, Kaiden Arnold, Carmelo “C-Dot” Turner, Anthony McCants By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer In what is being called a historic day for the school, five Escambia County High School (ECHS) student athletes formally signed scholarships or grants-in-aid to compete at the collegiate or prep school level.The event took place on National Signing Day (last…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Monroeville man arrested for meth possession
Amos By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 54-year-old Monroe County man was arrested here February 1 on felony drug possession charges after police received a report around 7:15 a.m. of a “suspicious person” loitering near the intersection of Wilson Avenue and Ridgeley Street.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that officers questioned the man, later identified as Michael Amos of Monroeville, and “developed probable cause” to search him.The search turned…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Park shooting
APD chief: ‘Senseless acts’ won’t be tolerated By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police have still not reported an arrest in the shooting that took place last Wednesday night (January 25) at a municipal park, but Police Chief Chuck Brooks said his department will not let up in its investigation into the “senseless” incident.“This was a senseless act of violence that will not be tolerated,” Brooks said this week of…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
‘Shear’ pleasure
Local beautician puts down scissors after 40-plus years Dannie snips away at Artie Brown’s hair for the last time. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer “In Penny Lane there’s a barber showing photographs of every head he’s had the pleasure to know…” Unlike the barber in the Beatles song, Dannie Bradley doesn’t have photographs of all the heads she’s ever washed, clipped, cut or curled. If she did, they would probably…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
No problems expected with annexation
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The City of Atmore’s plan to annex a three-mile stretch along Alabama 21 into the city, thereby bridging the gap between downtown and Rivercane, is expected to pass through the Alabama Legislature with little or no problem.The area to be annexed includes all the commercial, agricultural and forest land located west of Alabama 21 and north of Escambia County Middle School, as well as that…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago