Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Felony drug bust
Robbery suspect busted for possession with intent Patterson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, sought for most of two weeks by city police as the primary suspect in an armed robbery on Patterson Street, was charged additionally with two felony drug violations and two misdemeanors after officers finally caught him at home and tried to arrest him for the robbery.Police, who had been looking for 49-year-old Johnny C.…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 months ago
Atmore man granted parole; another denied
Finley Jackson McMiller By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer One Atmore man was released nearly 13 years earlier than his sentence called for when he was granted parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles, while another Atmore man and a Dothan man who was convicted here were both denied parole.Shaundale Wilfred Finley was paroled after serving more than 6-1/2 years of a 20-year sentence he received…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 months ago
Blue Devils notch 5th win; team’s best start since 2007
Lorenzo Arnold leaps over a Tigers defender to grab a TD pass. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County High’s football team continued to roll last Friday, September 29, notching their fifth win in 6 games with a 41-6 romp past Monroe County before a large homecoming crowd.The Blue Devils dominated the contest offensively and defensively, despite the absence of 15 players who drew 2-game suspensions from a game-stopping, first-half…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 months ago
Arrest made
Local man only person to be charged in beating death at Tavern Madison By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police said a local man, still behind bars without bond as midweek approached, is the only person who will be charged in connection with the August 5 beating death of a Baldwin County man who struck and killed a local woman with his car as she crossed U.S. 31 just before…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 months ago
Council OKs $14.6M budget for FY2024
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer During their Monday, September 25 meeting, Atmore City Council members approved — without question or discussion — a $14.6 million municipal budget for Fiscal Year 2024.The financing package calls for revenues of $14,640,725. More than half of that ($7.8 million) is expected to come from gross receipts taxes (city sales taxes). Anticipated ad valorem (property) taxes ($1.6 million), business licenses ($1.5 million), garbage fees ($820,000)…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 months ago