Author: Don Fletcher

Attending the October 16 meet-and-greet were, from left, Sen. Greg Albritton, Cory Hill, Eunice Johnson, Shawn Lassiter, Hope Lassiter, Walter Overby, Debra Wallace and Rep. Alan Baker. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Not many everyday people know what the Alabama Supercomputer Authority is, or what it does. But to librarians across the state, the organization is well known and of vast importance. ASA is also important to those who…

Christina McCaskill, at right, prepares to lead the march. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A group of 20, mostly women but including some men and children, marched along several Atmore streets last Thursday, October 15, shouting slogans and carrying placards to protest the fact that an area preacher — accused of sexually abusing several teenage boys — remains free on bond and continues to minister his two churches, including…

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…