Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

City cuts ribbon on new streets-sanitation headquarters
Ribbon cuttingThe Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting Monday, June 28, for the city’s new Sanitation Department building. Employees were joined by city council and Chamber officials for the event. Shown are, from left, Mayor Jim Staff, Brandy Giger, Jerome Webster, Eunice Johnson, Terry Rostchild, department manager Calvin Grace, Timothy Raines, Shawn Lassiter, Bradley Woods, Chris Harrison, Brian Burkett, Johnny Green, Emilee Waters, Anna Norton, Noah Graham. By DON…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Atmore man paroled; 3 other locals denied
Case Crenshaw Johnson McKenzie By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man whose parole hearing had been continued five times earlier this year, finally was granted his freedom by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles after having served less than three years of an 8-1/2-year sentence.Alabama Department of Corrections records show that Jeffrey Lee Case was sentenced in 2016 to serve 104 months after his conviction in Escambia County…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
City council approves zoning amendment
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer After a brief public hearing, Atmore City Council members approved during their Monday, June 28, meeting a resolution amending the city’s zoning ordinance to reclassify two downtown business properties.After the public hearing was called to order, Mayor Jim Staff asked for comments from anyone who was in favor of or opposed to the proposed measure. When nobody spoke up, the hearing was closed, and the…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
AFD, 2 other agencies quell Swift Mill chipper fire
Atmore Firefighter Brandon Barber trains water onto the burning wood chips. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore firefighters, aided by two nearby agencies, spent nearly 90 minutes last Friday, June 25, fighting a fire that caused relatively minor damage to a Swift Lumber chipper mill.Fire reports show that the first of eight AFD vehicles — three fire engines, a ladder truck, a brush truck, another service vehicle and two command…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Jar full of weed
Atmore man busted on felony possession charge Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man faces felony marijuana possession charges after an Atmore Police Department traffic stop last Friday, June 25, led to the discovery of nearly three-fourths of an ounce of marijuana, along with materials and supplies for packaging the illegal weed for distribution.Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed this week that David Lovorn Johnson, 25, was arrested on…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago