Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Obituaries, week of 9-25-19
Patricia Ann Stoker Murph Ms. Patricia Ann Stoker Murph, age 70, of Poarch, Ala., passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at her residence. She was born to the late Roy and Marie Gates Stoker. She worked in Home Health Care for many years where she sat with the elderly. She was an avid Alabama football fan and she loved her three fur babies. She was preceded in death by her…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Council to address school-tax extension
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The informal and unstructured workshop held Monday, September 16, by Atmore’s mayor and city council was designed for discussion of long-range goals and plans. But it was a matter of more immediate importance that was one of the most discussed items during the workshop, which was held at Atmore Public Library. Council members will introduce an ordinance at their September 23 meeting to call…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
3 injured in wreck
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Three people were hurt, one seriously, in an early Monday crash on U.S. 31. The three-vehicle collision, at the junction of Highway 31 and Industrial Drive, sent all three drivers to Atmore Community Hospital. The most seriously injured driver was flown by medical evacuation helicopter to ACH, where he was reportedly treated for a severe gash to his head and is reportedly recovering. Alabama…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Minor damage from Dollar General fire
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A burning belt on an air-conditioning unit caused a lot of excitement but did little damage to the Dollar General store on South Main Street last Friday, September 6. City police blocked off one lane of South Main as three fire engines, including Atmore Fire Department’s ladder truck, filled the store’s parking lot shortly after 7:30 a.m. Curious onlookers stood in the parking lot…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Council approves abatements
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council, sitting a member short, approved tax abatements for two industrial concerns and held the first reading of another proposed tax abatement. The council also continued a municipal beautification project by declaring 21 properties as grass and weed nuisances. The council voted 3-0, with District 5’s Chris Harrison abstaining, to grant an abatement to Alto Products on the purchase of “at least…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago