Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Atmore man, Brewton man denied parole
Johnson Gray By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A wheelchair-bound Atmore man who entered a guilty plea last year to first-degree marijuana possession and was sentenced to 97 months in prison, will serve at least five more years after he was turned down for parole recently by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Austin James Gray Jr., 44, is housed at Fountain Correctional Facility and has served just over 16 months…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Wreck claims child
Mother, daughter critically injured, too, when SUV hits hay trailer Emergency personnel work to free the victims from the Equinox. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman and her 9-year-old daughter are reportedly on the slow road to recovery from critical injuries they suffered last Wednesday (November 24) in a two-vehicle collision that claimed the life of another child who was in the car with them.According to Alabama State…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Parole denied for East Brewton man
Dickerson Hicks By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An East Brewton man, initially charged with reckless murder but allowed to plea to manslaughter, was one of two state inmates with local ties who were denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Earl Devoe Dickerson, 41, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a July 2013 vehicle crash that claimed the life of 13-year-old Nicholas Robinson.…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Local woman continues to ‘serve our warriors’
René Bunch and Santa deliver packages to the post office By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Not quite three years ago, a woman who regularly wrote to her soldier son hit upon the idea of helping brighten the holidays — and many other days — for other deployed service men and women who seldom, if ever, receive mail from home.Through the efforts of Roxanne W. Martino and other military moms, Military…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Sniper’s parole denied
Man killed 1 in’81 shooting spree near Holman Free By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Friday, November 20, 1981, started as a typical late-autumn day in Lower Alabama. The morning temperature was lingering just above the 40-degree mark and was expected to climb only about 10-15 degrees as residents of Atmore and the surrounding area prepared for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.By the time the morning dew had begun to burn off,…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago