Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

ACH now independent
McGill named interim administrator By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer As officials of Atmore Community Hospital and its governing entities begin operations independent of Infirmary Health’s oversight, they have again selected a popular ACH employee to take the local hospital’s reins, at least for the time being. According to a posting on the Alabama Hospital Association website, Suzanne McGill, director of clinical nursing at the Atmore medical center, was recently…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Three injured in two-vehicle crash
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Pensacola woman and two passengers in her vehicle were taken to Atmore Community Hospital after a violent, two-vehicle crash that occurred around 6 p.m. Sunday, August 18, on Alabama 21. According to Alabama State Trooper reports, the wreck involved Lizzie Gould (age not provided) of Pensacola, who was driving a 2017 Mazda, and Ketric Boggan (age not provided) of Atmore, who was driving…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Fatality
Wreck claims life of Atmore woman, 87   By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer For Emma Joan (pronounced “Joann”) Fillingim, helping other people had become a habit over the past several years. That habit was a factor in the 87-year-old Atmore resident’s death last week. Mrs. Fillingim, a resident of Point Escambia, was apparently killed instantly Thursday, August 15, when she pulled her PT Cruiser from Wilson Avenue onto West…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Violent two-vehicle collision on Alabama 21
Atmore and Poarch police, along with Alabama State Troopers, were at 7 p.m. still at the scene of a violent, two-vehicle crash that happened around 6 p.m. today (Sunday, Aug. 18), about a mile south of Wind Creek Casino, on the rain-soaked southbound lanes of Alabama 21.   Details are sketchy at this time, but three ambulances, their lights flashing and sirens sounding, were seen racing from the wreck scene…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Congressman holds town hall meeting here
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Congressman Bradley Byrne answered questions on issues of local, regional, state and federal significance during a Monday, August 13, town hall meeting in Atmore. Byrne, who represents Alabama’s 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives, praised the recent restructuring of Medicare reimbursements to Alabama’s hospitals, labeled as “ridiculous” the proposed toll bridge in Mobile and expressed regret that farmers have been caught in…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago