Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Shoplifter busted for Spice
Williamson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A wheelchair-bound Atmore man, sought as a shoplifting suspect, also wound up with a felony drug charge after he was found to be in possession of a small amount of synthetic marijuana.Atmore Police Department Capt. John Stallworth reported that city police were called July 22 to Dollar General on South Main Street.The store manager reported that a man in a wheelchair was spotted concealing…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
COVID on the rise
Number of cases has soared since June By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Visitors to patients confined to Atmore Community Hospital are discovering that several safety precautions — including some that have been in place for nearly two years — are still in place. And, with the recent national upswing in confirmed COVID-19 cases, more restrictions could be returning.ACH Administrator Brad Lowery noted this week the dramatic increase in the number…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Inmates return
Minimum-security state prisoners back at work in city By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Some motorists who drove through Atmore on Monday or Tuesday probably caught a glimpse of something that was once common within the city but for the past 18 months or so has been non-existent.A handful of state inmates who are part of the Alabama Department of Corrections’ (ADOC) Community Work Program (CWP) returned Monday, August 2, to…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
ASAP-to-Medstar ambulance transition expected Sept. 1
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The finer points of an agreement between county healthcare officials and a Summerdale-headquartered emergency medical services provider are still being worked out, but there is no doubt a new ambulance service will soon be operating in and around Atmore.“We are targeting September 1 as the date for transition to ground service from ASAP to Medstar,” said Jeff Booth, Escambia County Health Care Authority’s (ECHCA) chief…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Board rejects bids by parole hopefuls
Mackey Rice Mealer Madison By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four state inmates with local ties, including an Atmore man and a convict who escaped from state custody briefly during a work detail in Atmore more than a dozen years ago, were denied parole during recent hearings held by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Damian Lamont Mackey, 43, is serving a 20-year sentence that resulted from his 2006 conviction in…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago