Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

It’s official: Vincent replaces Jones at United Bank
The following press release, dated July 7, was issued Tuesday afternoon (July 13) by officials of United Bancorp, after Atmore News had already gone to press: The board of directors for United Bancorporation of Alabama, Inc. (OTCQX: UBAB), the parent company of United Bank and UB Community Development, announces the retirement of Bob Jones, who is 69, from his positions of chief executive officer and president of United Bancorporation of…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Former Fountain trainee sentenced to 11-plus years
Tolbert By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A former corrections officer trainee at Fountain Correctional Facility, arrested early last year for attempting to smuggle drugs, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, electronics and weapons into the state penitentiary near Atmore, has been sentenced to serve more than 11 years in federal prison.According to a press release issued late last week by U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama, 40-year-old…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
New senior housing complex readies for opening
Work continued this week on the residential complex. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Barring any last-minute, unforeseen complications, residents will begin within the next six weeks relocating into the 50-unit senior housing complex nearing completion just outside Atmore.Crews from Reed Construction of Bay Minette, the project’s general contractor, and several subcontractors are in the final stages of construction for the $8.7 million development, known as Atmore Senior Village, and developers…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Lowery: Quality care at ACH
Lowery By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer As administrator of Atmore Community Hospital, Brad Lowery has numerous responsibilities, including oversight of operations for the hospital and its satellite facilities and keeping an eye on the bottom line. But there are other responsibilities he feels are equally important.One of those is informing the public that the local hospital is as modern as most other rural healthcare facilities and more modern than many,…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
1988 murder
Board rejects parole for convicted killer of Brewton teen Dubose Stephanie Marie King’s T.R. Miller yearbook photo. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer As expected, Edward Russell Dubose, who was found guilty twice — once by a jury, once by his own admission — of the brutal 1988 murder of a Brewton teen, will spend at least five more years behind bars.The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected last week…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago