Author: Don Fletcher

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, charged with driving his pickup while reportedly impaired, started a March 27 chain reaction that eventually involved two other vehicles and a utility pole.The alcohol-fueled series of vehicular collisions, which started between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., left most of downtown Atmore and the city’s northwestern quadrant without power for more than an hour.Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer City of Atmore officials announced last week that the city incurred labor and other expenses totaling $5,697.58 in the recent abatement of grass and weeds from 13 properties designated last year as nuisances.City Codes Enforcement Officer Greg Vaughn presented city council members with cost reports on each of the properties during the panel’s March 22 meeting, explaining that the action was taken only after all…

Construction worker hit, killed by semi on S. Main By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police continued this week their examination of the circumstances surrounding the March 26 death of a Georgia man who was killed instantly when an 18-wheeler ran over him as he walked in the southernmost traffic lanes of South Main Street.Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that Clemente Terrance Sims, 31, of Iron City, Ga.…

Drug, weapons charges filed after domestic incidents escalate Johnson McCorvey By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two area men followed similar paths last week, and each got similar results.The men, initially involved in separate misdemeanor domestic incidents that drew city police, both wound up behind bars. They each face numerous felony charges, they each remained in jail as midweek neared, and one of them got to experience the effects of a…