Author: Don Fletcher

Crane McGowan By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A former Escambia County resident, serving three life sentences for her part in the crack cocaine-fueled 1994 murders of an Escambia County man and an elderly Conecuh County couple was denied parole for the fourth time during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. On July 18, 1994, Dedree Ann Crane, 58, accompanied James William McGowan on a two-county…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council, during a special meeting held Wednesday, October 7, unanimously ratified all pending agreements related to the location here of a state-of-the-art peanut processing plant that is expected to make Atmore the hub of Alabama’s peanut shelling industry. The project’s estimated $82.3 million price tag includes construction of the facility, the purchase of two tracts of land and an option to purchase…

The Harrison family waiting at the polls on election day, from left, Harper, Chris, Courtney, Riley. Not pictured is daughter Meredith. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Incumbent Chris Harrison tallied 121 votes to 100 for challenger Bub Gideons to win the October 6 run-off election and earn a third term as the Atmore City Council’s District 5 representative. In on-site voting, Harrison gained a 111-90 advantage, and each candidate…

Man shot at, arrested after pointing BB gun at APD officer Dixon By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man remained behind county bars but unhurt as midweek approached after he pointed a weapon that turned out to be a BB gun at a city police officer Saturday night (October 10) in a dark location along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Police Chief Chuck Brooks said Monday that Derek…

Harrison Incumbent Chris Harrison tallied 121 votes to 100 for challenger Bub Gideons in the District 5 run-off election and earned a third term on the Atmore City Council. In on-site voting, Harrison gained a 111-90 advantage, and each candidate received 10 absentee votes. Gideons, who finished first in the August 25 municipal balloting, was unsuccessful in his attempt to become the council’s third new member. Shawn Lassiter (District 4)…