Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

The ‘forgotten’ holiday
Atmore native Greg Turberville to deliver Monday’s Memorial Day address Turberville By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Memorial Day, the day set aside each year for remembrance and commemoration of the men and women who have given their lives in service to the nation, has become America’s forgotten holiday. And at least one local veteran isn’t happy about it.The local memorial gathering, co-sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7016 and…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Youngsters hope to make IMPACT on community
Shown at the most recent IMPACT meeting, front row from left, Xavier Bowens, Braylen America, Keelman Brown, Tyjayvion Hudson, Khalani Cooper, Syaria Hudson, Alonna Knotts, Kimora Watson, Kameron Johnson; back row, from left, Catadro North, Jasonica Barron, Jordan McCullah, Landon Hardy, Jadaria Bowen, Zamaya Hooks, Karean Reynolds, Courtland Nickson, Nicholas Brown, James Allen. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer When Karean Reynolds appeared recently before the Atmore City Council, the panel…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Brewton woman granted parole
Mealer By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Brewton woman — sentenced in 2019 to serve 15 years in prison for drug possession and another, unspecified, drug felony — was granted parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles.Crystal Megan Mealer, 44, was released from Birmingham Work Release after having served two years and five months of the sentence, including 84 days of jail credit. She was…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Family upset after charges reduced
Danny Fox Armstrong By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer [Atmore News was contacted by the victim’s family and asked to find answers for them if we could.] The siblings of an Atmore man, whose body was found in the yard of his Ewing Drive home in November 2016, are having a difficult time coming to grips with the decision by prosecutors to reduce the charges against the man accused of killing…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Inmate found dead in cell
McCaster By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A state inmate who was sentenced in 2019 to life in prison without parole for the 2013 murder of an Atmore woman, was recently found dead in his prison cell.A spokeswoman for the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) said there are no indications that the death of Collis McCaster, a former resident of Castleberry, was due to anything other than natural causes.“Collis McCaster, a…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago