Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Driver has meth, but no taillights or license
Lowery By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A local man was arrested just before sunrise Sunday, July 10, on felony drug possession charges after an Atmore Police Department patrol officer spotted a vehicle traveling along Industrial Drive without taillights.APD reports show that a traffic stop was conducted, and the officer discovered Timothy Lowery, 47, of Atmore did not have a valid driver’s license.The officer also noticed that Lowery was “acting strangely,”…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Parole board turns down Brewton men
Samuel Jones Montgomery By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Three Brewton men, each convicted in Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Court, were denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.Dayvon Ladarious Samuel, who is currently housed at Ventress Correctional Facility, was convicted in 2020 of first-degree escape from an undisclosed facility. He was sentenced to 15 years and has served barely two but has built up 1,273…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Fountain escapee recaptured in Birmingham
Williams By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Fountain Correctional Facility inmate who escaped from the facility June 12 is back behind bars.Alabama Department of Corrections officials announced that Edward Cortez Williams, 41, was recaptured early last Friday, July 8, in the same county as he was convicted in 2004. He was serving a life sentence (999 years, 99 months, 99 days) that was imposed after he was convicted of six…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Council approves minutes, pays bills, adjourns
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Anyone who arrived more than a minute after 4 p.m. missed most of Monday’s Atmore City Council meeting.Mayor Pro Tem Shawn Lassiter (District 4) was out of town on business and unable to attend the meeting, but he didn’t miss much.The mayor and the four council members in attendance neither discussed nor voted on any business item during the meeting, which lasted barely 3 minutes…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Bubba Cruz 5 this weekend in Lotte
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Friends and family members of the late Ewing Darrell “Bubba” Ardis, those from the area and those from across the U.S., will gather this weekend in the tiny Lotte community for the fifth annual tribute to the car enthusiast, who passed away in July 2018, just as the first tribute was beginning.Bubba Cruz 5, this year’s event, is a two-day affair that will take place…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago