Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

New Chamber chief a ‘good breath of fresh air’
Long By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Addison Long, who has served as interim executive director of Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce since last summer, is now officially the Chamber’s top executive.Long, who holds a degree in Hospitality Management from Auburn University’s Horst Schulze School of Hospitality Management, was hired as an assistant to former executive director Anna Ellis.Since Ellis left the position, Long has stepped in and was the driving…
by Don Fletcher access_time11 months ago
Parade, program highlight chilly MLK Day celebration
James Averhart, left, and Sandra Gray go over notes prior to Averhart’s keynote address. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer About 150 people rode on floats or sat in open trailers or on the back of pickups despite steady wind gusts that created a chill factor below freezing as the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade moved through the city’s northeastern sector on Monday, January 20, in honor of the…
by Don Fletcher access_time11 months ago
Public meeting Thursday on possible curfew
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer City of Atmore officials will conduct a public hearing Thursday night, January 23, on the possible implementation of a citywide curfew in response to a string of gun violence incidents that plagued the city during November and December 2024 and cost three local men their lives.The hearing is set for 5:30 p.m. at Atmore City Hall Auditorium (201 East Louisville Avenue).A curfew was first discussed…
by Don Fletcher access_time11 months ago
No parole for Atmore drug convict, Brewton sex offender
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, allowed to plead guilty to simple drug possession, and a Brewton man, convicted in 2018 of violating the residency and reporting requirements for registered sex offenders, were each denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Damien Tynell Jenkins Jenkins The Atmore man was arrested in January 2024 by county sheriff’s officers and was initially charged with possession…
by Don Fletcher access_time11 months ago
Felony arrests
Woman assaulted, hairpiece stolen during cosmetology appointment By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrests were reported by officers of the Atmore Police Department (APD) during the period January 13-15, 2025:Keria Brown Brown The 30-year-old Atmore woman was taken into custody January 14 on charges that developed from a late-December assault on another woman who was in the middle of a hair and makeup appointment.Police reports show that APD…
by Don Fletcher access_time11 months ago