Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Houston Avery pool named for Vangela Franklin
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four of five Atmore City Council members gave unanimous approval during the group’s Monday, January 23, meeting to a proclamation honoring Vangela McPherson Franklin and permanently attaching her name to the municipal swimming pool at which she has been a fixture for several years.City Clerk Becca Smith moderated the meeting, the second in a row in which she has served that role. Mayor Pro Tem…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
City considers banning garbage enclosures
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Mayor Jim Staff and city council members discussed several topics during a workshop held prior to the Monday (January 23) council meeting, but the subject of trash bins on personal property drew the most conversation.Staff and council members Webb Nall, Eunice Johnson and Chris Harrison agreed that the bins — some made of wood, others made of wire or plastic — can become an…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Traffic violations lead to meth arrests
Godwin Rigby By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore men were charged on successive days with felony drug possession after each committed a traffic violation and was pulled over by city police.The first arrest happened around 9:20 p.m., January 20, when a patrol officer pulled over a vehicle that was being driven without headlights along U.S. 31.According to police reports, the driver — 41-year-old Chad Godwin — first granted, then…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Nature’s fury
Huxford area damaged by storm From left, Jim and Kenny Coker examine the damage on their farm. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Some residents of the Huxford area lost roofs or small outbuildings — and virtually all of them lost electricity for several hours — last Thursday, January 12, when apparent straight-line winds raged out of the northwest and roared across the rural community.Metal roofs were torn from a Huxford…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Man arrested after twice chasing, shooting at
other vehicle
Long By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police arrested a Century, Fla., man January 14 after two incidents during which he chased another vehicle along a city street, each time firing several shots at it.Sgt. Darrell McMann, public information officer for Atmore Police Department, reported that officers were sent around 8:30 p.m. to the Brooks Lane area in response to a report of shots fired. They were sent to the…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago