Don Fletcher

BOE hires Wardrop as new chief accountant
From left, Attorney Kirk Garrett explains a procedural item to BOE member Mike Edwards during the March 14 meeting. BOE member Kevin Hoomes is at right. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The dissension that evolved last year among members of the Escambia County Board of Education surfaced again last Thursday, March 14. The question then was a new contract for the former superintendent. This time, the subject of the rift…
Metal detectors delivered to schools
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education learned during a workshop held last Thursday, March 14, prior to the board’s regular meeting that metal detectors have been delivered to each facility within the county school system, although it will be a while longer before the devices can be put to full use.Board members, the BOE’s attorney, Superintendent of Education Dr. Michele Collier and Administrative Secretary Michelle…
Federal funds awarded for Ross Road repairs… maybe
Ross has been in bad shape for several years. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer City of Atmore officials, while happy their request for federal funding to perform badly needed repairs to Ross Road was approved and included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, aren’t ready to start counting their chickens. In fact, they are waiting to see if their funding egg is actually going to hatch.The Ross Road money…
No parole for Atmore man; E. Brewton man paroled after 11 years
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles recently denied parole for an Atmore man serving a lengthy sentence on a weapons and burglary conviction but granted early release to an East Brewton man convicted more than a dozen years ago of dealing drugs. The board also denied early release for two Brewton men in prison for that same crime.Deonta L. Hudson Hudson Deonta L. Hudson…
Felony arrests
County deputies arrest local men on drug charges By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County Detention Center (ECDC) records show that county deputies arrested two Atmore men on felony drug charges during the period March 8-15, and that each arrestee was also charged with a second offense.Jonathan Lee Owens Owens Jonathan Lee Owens, 43, was booked into the ECDC March 12 on one count of possession of a controlled substance…