Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Cornelia Elmore memorial project under way
James McNeil points to the area on which the memorial will be built. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore’s public library was established in 1923, in two upstairs rooms of the Bank of Atmore building on North Main Street. Over the years, the book repository was located in numerous places before finding its permanent home on East Church Street.The first library that was primarily for the city’s black population was…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Brewton woman granted parole
Faircloth Riley Smith By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer While a Brewton woman with a lengthy criminal profile was granted parole, two other state inmates with local ties were denied during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Catrina Renee Faircloth, 33, had been imprisoned for less than two years after being sentenced in 2020 to 15 years as a habitual felony offender but had accumulated more than three…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Local woman aspires to craft scripts
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A young Atmore woman who aspires to be a writer of scripts for movies and Broadway plays recently got a boost of confidence in that direction.Sherese Craft, 23, took home second-place honors in a writing contest that was part of the “Telling the Stories: Insights to Writing for Stage & Film Symposium,” held November 4-6 at Alabama State University’s Lelia Barlow Theater.Award-winning writer, director and…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Capital murder
Atmore woman among trio arrested Lowery Rolin Smith By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman was one of three suspects arrested last week and charged with capital murder in the shooting death more than four years ago of a Flomaton couple.Jacqueline Bernice Rolin, 40, of Atmore, Jermain Lavelle Smith, 35, of Flomaton, and Kenneth Joe Lowery Jr., 40, of Century were each charged with capital murder in connection with…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Fireman’s fireman
Rutherford remembered as father of city fire dept. Rutherford By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer It was more than fitting that Charlie Rutherford was laid to rest last Saturday, November 6, with full firefighter honors. It was almost mandatory that he was.Rutherford, who passed away November 3 at age 89, is considered the father of Atmore Fire Department and is credited with making AFD one of Lower Alabama’s most respected firefighting…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago