Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Slow-moving Hurricane Sally
Family members of all ages helped fill sandbags Monday By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Residents of Atmore and the surrounding area continued Tuesday to prepare for the brunt of Hurricane Sally, which was expected to make landfall early Wednesday and swing northeastward across Alabama. The storm, which has vacillated between a Category 2 and Category 1 hurricane as it has plodded through the Gulf of Mexico, was moving at…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Crook’s new single could be ‘the one’
Crook By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The first two songs Ricky Crook recorded after signing a contract with MC1 Nashville did well online, from Atmore to England, but got only nominal radio airplay. His third song, released just three weeks ago, is aimed at changing that. “What we decided to do was release a song that was a little more radio-friendly,” said Crook of “One More Beer,” his newest…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
No parole for man who assaulted FPD officer
Hawkins By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Frisco City man, convicted in 2018 of assaulting a Flomaton police officer, was denied parole August 27 after a hearing by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. Brandon L. Hawkins, who was also arrested for second-degree theft of property in Baldwin County and on a failure-to-appear warrant on a Monroe County charge of manufacturing a controlled substance, is currently serving a…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
COVID-19 update
Only 28 new cases in county since last Friday By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Local health officials and local residents are keeping their fingers crossed that the rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases will continue to decline. Although the report issued at 9 a.m. Tuesday, September 8, by Escambia County Healthcare Authority showed that Alabama experienced 3,688 new cases over the past four days, only 28 of those were in…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Johnson ‘on a mission’
City’s first black female council member ready to work on improving city Johnson By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Eunice Johnson had until recently never been directly involved in politics. But, the newly elected District 3 Atmore City Council member said, four years of prayer convinced her that she could make a difference, for her district and for the city. “I’ve been praying about this for four years, and I…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago