Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Teen dies in crash
Mallory By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County High School community, still trying to cope with the recent death of one of its coaches, is now trying to deal with the untimely passing of a member of its student body.“Right now, our students are taking it fairly well,” ECHS Principal Amy Cabaniss said of the death last Friday of Elijah Mallory, a junior-level student who had been taking classes…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Law Day observance resumes in modified form
Canary By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County’s Law Day observance, canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, returned last week, although it returned in a modified form.The county courthouse, usually filled with high school seniors, contained just 14 students, members of a jury that would later hear a criminal case and pass a binding verdict, and their teachers or administrators, along with two or three members of the…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Fountain inmate killed one day prior to release, birthday
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Alabama Department of Corrections officials confirmed this week that a Fountain Correctional Facility inmate was killed, apparently by another inmate, just one day before he was scheduled to be released from prison and one day before his 24th birthday.ADOC officials confirmed that Ian Taylor Rettig, of Jefferson County’s Chelsea community, died May 4. According to court documents and published reports, Rettig, who was serving an…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Eagle Scout honored with marker
From left, Frank Weaver, Amanda Gibbs, Greg Babiak, Jameson Agerton, Charlie Henley, Jonathan Gibbs, Tony Gibbs, Billy Gates and Mayor Jim Staff stand behind the marker. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Most people honored with a granite marker in a cemetery have ended their contribution to the earthly world. A local Boy Scout was so honored this week, although his contribution to the burial site will continue long into the…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Panic at the pumps
Locals flock to gas stations in fear of shortage Cars and trucks wait in line at the Diamond store on S. Main. around 4 p.m. Monday By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Fueled by concerns over the recent shutdowns of the Colonial Pipeline and Pensacola, Fla.’s Trans Montaigne gas terminal, local motorists — and dozens from the Florida Panhandle — flocked to Atmore gas stations Monday, May 10, filling trucks and…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago