Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

BOE grants volunteers use of school towers
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education recently approved a measure that will allow the county’s volunteer fire departments to make use of the communications towers located at several county schools.The memorandum of aid (MOA) between the BOE and the Escambia County Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments will allow volunteers to remain in contact with other public safety agencies when emergency responders are dispatched to…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Tethered tank triggers emergency response
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police officers and firefighters were sent to the local Walmart shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday, August 15, after officials of the store reported that employees found what appeared at first to be some type of improvised explosive device.The concerns turned out to be unfounded, although police did find a propane tank tied with a heavy-duty plastic tie to a bush or small tree, in…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Inmate will apparently serve sentence
Oden By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A state inmate who was sentenced in 1998 to serve a 25-year sentence after his conviction for a robbery he committed as an inmate, is apparently going to go the distance and serve the entire prison term.Juandricus Jermaine Oden, 41, was denied parole by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles during a recent hearing, leaving Oden with about a year and four months…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Still no deal
BOE, McClung swap offers, counteroffers McClung By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education and superintendent-selectee Michele M. McClung have swapped offers and counter offers this week as negotiations continued to determine whether McClung would be the replacement for current Superintendent of Education John Knott, whose extended contract expires August 31.BOE Chair Cindy Jackson said she hoped that the board and McClung who has served as director…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Domestic dispute leads to drug arrests
Carter Bowman By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man and woman were arrested on felony drug charges last Thursday, August 5, after police responded to reports of an ongoing argument in the yard of an East Horner Street residence.The verbal combatants — Dewitt Champ Carter, 25, of Atmore, and Anna Leigh Bowman, 20, of Bay Minette — were arrested after police spotted unspecified quantities of Spice and methamphetamine in…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago