Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Fuqua resigns
Leaving ECHS for CACC By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Dennis Fuqua, a Brewton native who has been principal at Escambia County High School for the past seven years, is heading home. Fuqua, a graduate of and former football player at W.S. Neal High School, publicly confirmed last week that he has resigned his position at ECHS and will take over as campus director for Coastal Alabama Community College’s Brewton…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Young design team praised for metal train creations
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce officials and numerous guests not only unveiled the latest effort at local marketing and workforce development during a December 17 ceremony. They also praised the young men who created the trains as an example of how bright the community’s future looks. The adults joined a design team that consisted of eight Escambia County High School welding students, most of…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
APD-AFD team edges Ballers in multi-purpose basketball game
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The fast-paced basketball game played inside Atmore Christian School’s gym Sunday night, December 8, was more than a showdown between two teams determined to claim bragging rights. The hard-fought contest, between a group of Atmore police officers and firemen and a team of street-ballers from West Park, provided plenty of excitement for the several dozen fans who witnessed it. But there were two underlying…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Jail shakedown
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An early morning raid of the Escambia County Detention Center, conducted Saturday, December 14, resulted in the discovery of only a small amount of contraband. And that has Sheriff Heath Jackson smiling. More than 40 law enforcement personnel, including ECDC officers, local sheriff’s deputies and a special team of officers from Baldwin County Corrections Center, secured the jail at 5 a.m. and conducted a…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Suspects nabbed
Arrests in Circle K, Piggly Wiggly hold-ups; Grey Goose robbery still under investigation By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore police arrested last week two local men — one wanted in connection with the December 7 armed robbery of the Kangaroo Express (Circle K) convenience store on West Nashville Avenue, and one believed to be responsible for the armed robbery three days earlier of the Davisville, Fla. Piggly Wiggly. An…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago