Don Fletcher, Author at Atmore News

Don Fletcher

Sales tax holiday this weekend

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Alabama’s 10th severe weather preparedness sales tax holiday will begin at 12:01 a.m. Friday, February 26, and will continue through midnight Sunday, February 28. During the holiday period, Escambia County residents will be able to save up to 8 percent (9 in one local community) on common supplies that cost less than $60 and can be used in every home and business to prepare…

Woman reportedly rams trooper car during chase

Lape By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Ohio woman was arrested February 15 after she stole a pickup from a local gas station and led Alabama state troopers and Atmore police on a high-speed chase during which she reportedly rammed a trooper car before crashing the stolen truck in Baldwin County. The incident began around 7:22 a.m., when Atmore PD officers were sent to the Chevron station on Alabama…

Local couple face meth trafficking charges

Jacob Ahern Krystle Ahern By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore couple remained behind bars without bond at midweek, charged with drug trafficking after authorities seized more than an ounce of methamphetamine during a search of their residence. According to documents obtained by Atmore News, 30-year-old Jacob Lee Ahern and Krystle Olivia Ahern, 34, were placed under arrest by one of three probation officers who conducted the February 16…

Assailants arrested

Atmore men charged in Patterson St. Apartments assault Burrell White By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Two Atmore men have been arrested in connection with the February 19 beating and shooting of another local man at Patterson Street Apartments. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks reported in a Tuesday, February 23, press release that 52-year-old Terry James Burrell was arrested Monday and charged with one count of attempted murder in the…

Only minor injuries from violent crash near Wawbeek

Madden’s brand-new F-150 was totaled. Brittingham was able to crawl from his flattened GMC. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Three area men — two pickup drivers and a passenger in one of the trucks — escaped with only minor injuries February 16 after the vehicles collided head-on on U.S. 31, near Wawbeek. According to Alabama State Trooper reports, the violent collision occurred around 1:50 p.m. when Robert Brittingham, 25,…