Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Atmore woman’s death attributed to crash
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Alabama State Troopers reported late last week that an Atmore woman succumbed to injuries she suffered July 18 when the 1997 Ford Mustang in which she was riding left a rural roadway and struck a tree, a finding that the victim’s family contends is not true. Troopers reported in a July 25 “Delayed Fatality Report” that Victoria Skye DeSilvey, 28, “died from her injuries…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
PCI, ECHCA swap land
3 council members upset when left out of loop By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A trio of city council members, each of whom opposed the proposed donation of 10 acres of city land at Rivercane for a new hospital, are up in arms after learning of the land swap negotiated last week by Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Escambia County Healthcare Authority. Under the swap, Poarch traded 10…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
APD investigating possible homicide
Atmore police are still probing the Friday (July 26) shooting death of an 84-year-old Atmore man, trying to determine if foul play is involved. Results of tests on evidence sent to the state crime lab will determine the direction the investigation takes. In a press release issued today (Monday, July 29), Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said what started out as a death investigation “will be processed as a homicide…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
PCI, ECHA negotiate hospital land swap
Atmore News has confirmed from several sources that Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Escambia County Healthcare Authority have negotiated a land swap that will result in a new hospital being built in almost the same location as originally planned. According to the sources, the agreement calls for Poarch to give ECHA 10 acres along Alabama 21, just a few hundred yards south of Atmore’s Rivercane retail and industrial park.…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Firefighters, costumed characters ignore weather to benefit MDA
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Members of International Association of Fire Fighters Local 4101 — with a little help from some familiar friends — ignored the ominous, black and gray clouds that filled the sky over Atmore’s Walmart on Saturday (July 20) and helped generate funds for a worthy cause. The local firemen, along with a quintet of costumed characters, posed for pictures with youngsters (and some not-so-young individuals)…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago