Author: Don Fletcher

Northview grad, senior trapped inside when car hits tree, bursts into flames By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A 2019 Northview High School graduate and a member of the school’s Class of 2020 remained in critical condition in a Mobile hospital’s burn unit this week after the car in which they were traveling ran off a Gonzalez street, hit a tree and burst into flames last week. According to a…

Two young women, one a graduate of Northview High School and the other a student there, were critically injured Wednesday night (Oct. 2) when the car in which they were riding ran off a Gonzalez street and hit a tree. According to Florida Highway Patrol reports, Paige Roberts, 19, of Pensacola was driving a 2011 Chevy Cruze northward on Pauline Street, approaching Rusty Lane, around 10:30 p.m. Ashlynne Goins, 18, of…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Kirk Jay, who reached the finals among singers on television’s The Voice last year, will be the featured performer for Destiny Worship Center’s 14th annual Stomp the Yard event. The annual free “gathering of gifted youth” will take place from noon until 5 p.m. this Saturday, October 5, at Atmore’s Houston Avery Park. Jay, from Bay Minette, performed with country stars Blake Shelton (whose…

County opposition forces city to scrap annexation plan By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer On September 16, during an informal Atmore City Council workshop, city officials seemed excited about a proposed long-term plan to annex into the city most of the non-residential properties located between downtown Atmore and the Rivercane retail and industrial park, linking the community’s two largest commercial areas. Now, after Escambia County Commissioners expressed opposition to the…