Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Breaking ground
Dirt turned for new Urgent Care facility Shown from left, Suzanne McGill, Chris Griffin, Brad Lowery, Debbie Rowell, Nancy Lowrey, Bob Jones, Jim Johnson, Sharon Davidson, Yolanda Webster, Jeff Booth, Don Ward, Jerome Webster, Bo Brantley, Mayor Jim Staff, Raymond Wiggins, Brandon Smith. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer “Excited” abounded as the word of the day during the Tuesday, June 29, groundbreaking for the new urgent care facility that will…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Felony pot arrest at Fountain Correctional
Keeth By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Birmingham man faces three felony charges after he was arrested with an unspecified but obviously significant amount of marijuana, as well as other controlled substances, on the grounds of Fountain Correctional Facility, just outside Atmore.Escambia County Detention Center’s website shows that Alabama Department of Corrections officers took Dominic Ledarius Keeth, 25, into custody June 5 after a canine unit sniffed out the illicit…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Volunteers conduct Community Cleanup 2
News Staff Report A group of community volunteers gathered Saturday, June 5, to continue a litter removal program in the city’s northeastern quadrant.Dubbed Community Cleanup 2, the effort included removal of litter from a lengthy section of Patterson Street. Plans to do the same on Ann Street and Brooks Lane were put off and will be rescheduled.Organizer Eunice Johnson thanked those who helped with the effort, among them Foster Kizer,…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
76-year-old victim
Couple charged with financial exploitation, abuse of man’s mother Mason Morris By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man and his common-law wife remained behind bars as midweek approached after their arrest on charges of financial, physical and emotional abuse of the man’s 76-year-old mother.Escambia County Detention Center records show that Todd Jefferson Morris, 53, and Kimberly Ann Mason, 55, both of a Perry Lane residence near Canoe, were arrested…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Trafficking, possession charges filed
Crutchfield Saxon McCarthy Gainey Carter By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer During the lengthy period when the COVID-19 pandemic raged and prevented the housing in the county jail of hardly anyone except those arrested for violent crimes, felony drug offenders got something of a free pass.Sheriff Heath Jackson said this week the time has come to pay the piper.Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies and investigators have begun the process of serving…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago