Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Council approves land sale for USDA facility
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore’s City Council, sitting one member short, approved during the Monday, April 26, council meeting the sale of a piece of property on Carpet Drive that will be used for a United States Department of Agriculture peanut grading facility.The new facility will reportedly be built on a 5.014-acre site near the Coastal Growers shelling plant that is being constructed along Industrial and Carpet drives. Mayor…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
1 week, 3 shootings
1 suspect caught after chase; 2 more sought Robinson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer With the only suspect in one shooting now in custody, Atmore Police Department detectives can concentrate on investigating the other two shootings that have occurred within the city over a period of six days.The first shooting, and the most serious of the three, came on April 25, when 28-year-old Scottie Dale Robinson of Atmore allegedly shot…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
First Chamber Foundation grant awarded to Women’s Resource Center
Attending the grant presentation were, from left, Brandy Giger, Goldie Huber, Phyllis Brown, Beverly White, Linda Bumann,Teresa Nichols, Linda Smith, Emilee Waters, Breiah Adams, Anna Norton, Erin Hankins and A.J. Beachy. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer If there’s one word that best describes Linda Smith, it’s “grateful.” And Smith, executive director for Women’s Resource Center of Escambia in Atmore, has plenty for which to be grateful these days.For starters, the…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Skeletal remains those of Va. woman missing since ’18
Saunders By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Forensics scientists at the state crime lab have identified skeletal remains found in a wooded area of Conecuh County last December as those of a Virginia woman who disappeared while traveling to Monroeville in 2018.According to an April 23 press release issued jointly by Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson, Conecuh County Sheriff Randy Brock, and Monroe County Sheriff Tom Boatwright, the remains are those…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
APD seeks suspect in Sunday shooting
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police are looking for a local man in connection with a Sunday night shooting that left two men injured, including his brother, who was critically wounded.Police Chief Chuck Brooks said in a Tuesday, April 27, press release that Scottie Dale Robinson, 28, is believed to have fired the shots. Robinson, who was not yet in custody when the release was issued, is being sought…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago