Author: Don Fletcher

Caregiver arrested for abuse, neglect of disabled wife By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man, reportedly the primary caregiver for his disabled spouse, remained in the county jail under a half-million-dollar bond this week, charged with abusing the woman he was supposed to be caring for. Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed this week that James Lee Williamson, 68, was arrested September 28 after emergency medical personnel noticed signs…

It’s boots, chaps, cowboy hats for local 9-year-old rodeo rider By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer “Well, it’s bulls and blood; it’s dust and mud; it’s the roar of a Sunday crowd It’s the white in his knuckles, the gold in the buckle he’ll win the next go ’round It’s boots and chaps, it’s cowboy hats. it’s spurs and latigo It’s the ropes and the reins and the joy and…

All in a day’s work for AFD By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The morning of Thursday, October 10, was a quiet one around Atmore’s fire stations. Around noon, all that changed. Before the day ended, AFD personnel had been involved in fighting a fire that swept across a patch of rural woods, helping out with a local school’s fall festival, assisting with the extrication of a wreck victim trapped…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The Alabama Historic Commission’s National Registry Review Board approved last week a request that Atmore be considered for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a designation that could spark an upswing in the downtown revitalization effort. “It’s a big deal,” said Foster Kizer, executive director of Pride of Atmore, the non-profit spearheading the downtown rehab plan. “It will help business owners and…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County District Judge Eric Coale set bond last week at $1 million for Anthony Jerome English, the Atmore man accused of shooting another Atmore man to death on September 24. English, 23, is accused of waiting in ambush, then shooting several times into a Nissan Altima driven by Roderick Lynn “Thumper” Watkins Jr., also 23, when Watkins arrived at his Jimbos Road home…