Author: Don Fletcher

Man shot at, arrested after pointing BB gun at APD officer Dixon By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man remained behind county bars but unhurt as midweek approached after he pointed a weapon that turned out to be a BB gun at a city police officer Saturday night (October 10) in a dark location along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Police Chief Chuck Brooks said Monday that Derek…

Harrison Incumbent Chris Harrison tallied 121 votes to 100 for challenger Bub Gideons in the District 5 run-off election and earned a third term on the Atmore City Council. In on-site voting, Harrison gained a 111-90 advantage, and each candidate received 10 absentee votes. Gideons, who finished first in the August 25 municipal balloting, was unsuccessful in his attempt to become the council’s third new member. Shawn Lassiter (District 4)…

No report issued by ECHCA By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County Healthcare Authority officials had not released by Tuesday’s press deadline its twice-weekly update on COVID-19’s presence within Escambia County. No reason was provided for the absence of the report. According to the Alabama Department of Public Health website, Escambia County has seen 1,653 cases — 1,376 confirmed and 277 “probable.” Over the past 14 days, 86 new…

Storm’s path uncertain, but local agencies ready By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer No one is exactly sure when or where Hurricane Delta, which is expected to reach Category 4 strength by Wednesday morning (October 7), will make landfall in the U.S., but local emergency officials are preparing for the possibility it will follow the lead of Hurricane Sally. Sally came ashore at Gulf Shores on September 16 as a…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members and more than a dozen city citizens learned during the September 28 council meeting just how much it will cost taxpayers to bring a massive, state-of-the-art peanut processing plant to the city. City Attorney Larry Wettermark and Centerfire Economic CEO Jess Nicholas, who has been contracted by the Escambia County Industrial Development Authority to help bring businesses to the county,…