Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Kids enjoy rootin’, tootin’ cowboy show at library
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A week after being dazzled by a troupe of performing poodles, participants in the Atmore Public Library’s Summer Reading Program got a glimpse of what life was like in the days when cowboys drove huge herds of cattle across the plains of the U.S. West. More than 80 youngsters and about two dozen adult chaperones heard stories, songs and poems of the Wild West…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Gospel sing to benefit shooting victim
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Proceeds of a June 30 gospel sing will be used to help transform a local mobile home into one that is more fully accessible to an Atmore teen who was left partially paralyzed when a classmate fired into a group of fellow students gathered on the porch of a Fourth Street residence. The benefit show is set to begin at 5 p.m. on Saturday,…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Johnson takes helm at WBZR
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A chance meeting between one of the owners of an Atmore radio station and a college instructor who had no classes to teach during the summer has apparently provided the missing component of a plan to restore and enhance the station’s hometown flavor. Larry White, one of three principals in Tri-County Broadcasting, recounted this week how the eventual hiring of Phil Johnson, a well-known…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Upgraded splash pad reopens
Mayor says more improvements on the way By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer With little fanfare but much anticipation, Atmore’s splash pad reopened Monday, June 18, with something of a new look. The playground’s picnic pavilion now has a concrete floor; there is a sidewalk from the parking lot next to the Boy Scouts hut to the picnic pavilion, and another sidewalk that will eventually lead to an adjacent playground.…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Was ‘beat-down’ staged?
Authorities still trying to determine exactly what happened By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The mother of an Escambia County High School student is seeking criminal action against several other students who allegedly launched a brutal attack against her son on May 25, the last day of the 2017-18 school term, but authorities believe the incident might have been a staged prank that backfired. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago