Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Council OKs retiree payments, designates Juneteenth a city holiday
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four of five Atmore City Council members gave unanimous approval to three spending resolutions, formally added a new city holiday, and approved use of a city park for an upcoming back-to-school celebration during the council’s Monday, June 13, meeting.The council, sitting without District 5 rep Chris Harrison, quickly passed each of the resolutions. (Harrison was absent due to a family emergency, Mayor Jim Staff reported.)The…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Ribbon cutting Saturday for Cornelia Elmore Memorial
James McNeil and Arralean Fisher Ellis at the memorial site. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer What began more than eight months ago as a local businessman’s dream will become reality this Saturday, June 18, when the ribbon is cut to formally open the Cornelia Elmore Library Memorial to the public.The ceremony will take place on the site — next to the barber shop at the intersection of Liberty Street and…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Fountain resigns after one week at PLA
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Hugh Fountain’s tenure as head football coach and athletic director at Pike Liberal Arts School (PLA) was a short one. The former Escambia Academy and W.S. Neal football coach, whose signing of a reported five-year contract was announced by the Troy-located independent school last week, has decided not to take the job PLA Headmaster Eric Burkett told Al.com on Monday (June 6) that Fountain…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
New ECHS coach
Former T.R. Miller assistant to head program Harris By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Vincent Harris, an assistant football coach at T.R. Miller High the past two years, was introduced as the new head football coach and athletic director at Escambia County High School during the Monday, June 6, special meeting of the Escambia County Board of Education. Harris also coached four years at Pleasant Grove High, including the first…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Man nabbed for trying to steal AC unit
Brown By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested after he was spotted trying to steal an air conditioning unit from a city residence.Sgt. Darrell McMann, public information officer for Atmore Police Department, reported that dispatchers received a call around 1:40 a.m., June 1, notifying police of the theft attempt, at a residence on McGlasker Street.The caller was able to furnish a description of the suspect, and an…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago