Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

All data in
City schools study results expected soon  By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The consultant hired by City of Atmore officials to determine the feasibility of forming a three-school municipal education network has received all requested data needed to finish the study, which he started in April 2019 with a four-month completion target. City Clerk Becca Smith confirmed that she received last week an email from Dr. Ira Harvey, (CEO of…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
No chase
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Alabama Law Enforcement Agency spokesman said this week that the January 23 collision on Alabama 21 that killed a Monroe County man did not involve a high-speed chase by any law enforcement agency. Lt. Joe Piggott of the Mobile state trooper post admitted that a law enforcement officer was involved in the incident but said the officer did not actively pursue the southbound…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
APCO grant will buy trees for Houston Avery Park
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The oaks and other trees planted in Atmore’s Houston Avery Park will soon have some company, thanks to the state’s largest provider of electricity and two local special-interest committees. The new flora will be paid for with funds from an $875 Alabama Power Foundation Good Roots Grant that was recently awarded to Pride of Atmore Committee. The Good Roots program is a partnership between…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
ECMS students continue to shine in Imagine Math
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A large group of Escambia County Middle School students gathered last Friday, January 17, in the school gym for a rare occasion that is rapidly becoming more common. Nearly 200 ECMS fourth, fifth and sixth graders were assembled for one purpose, to congratulate themselves (again) on a job well done. For the third year in a row, the local children knuckled down and buckled…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
MLK memorial service
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore’s observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday ended Monday, January 20, with a memorial program that shifted between remembering King’s attempts to gain racial equality for people of color, to the slain Civil Rights icon’s dream of a “Beloved Community.” The ceremony, held at Emmanuel Faith Center, featured the standard pomp and circumstance. A cadre of cadets from Northview High School’s…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago