Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

City orders demolition
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Old jewelry store on Main coming down Although such action is not an official part of the city’s ongoing revitalization effort, Atmore officials have ordered the demolition of two decaying downtown buildings — one on Main Street, the other a block west on Trammell Street — because they represent potential detriments to public safety. Yellow crime scene tape and orange traffic cones have been…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Class 4A, Region 1
Realigned league still a tough row to hoe By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Thanks to the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s region realignment, Escambia County High School’s Blue Devils won’t have to face four of the teams to whom they lost during last year’s 2-8 season. The “new” Class 4A, Region 1, expanded to eight teams this season, no longer includes powerhouse Thomasville, which claimed a 45-22 win over…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Making ACH safer
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Although Atmore and Escambia County hospital officials plan to build a new medical facility in the near future, they have taken steps to make the existing facility a safer one. The local hospital is currently undergoing a two-phase renovation project, the first phase of which will segregate patients seeking outpatient treatment from patients who are waiting to be treated by ACH’s emergency department staff,…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Criminal charges unlikely in recent stabbing
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Chances are that no one will be charged in connection with the August 7 stabbing of a local man who apparently provoked his alleged assailant into using the weapon against him. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said during an August 13 interview that city investigators had turned their investigative file over to District Attorney Steve Billy and asked him to decide whether or not…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Knife-carrying suspect has ‘mental issues’
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer No charges will be lodged against a local man who triggered a tense and massive mini-manhunt by local law enforcement last week when he dropped from a tree into the backyard of an Atmore residence. Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week he didn’t expect that the man, who was struggling with internal challenges and whose name has not been released, would be charged…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago