Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Wind Creek buys Sands Casino Resort
Poarch tribe makes $1.3B property its 10th gaming operation By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Wind Creek Hospitality’s newest acquisition marks not only the 10th gaming facility now under control of Poarch Band of Creek Indians, but also represents the largest gambling operation in the Tribe’s portfolio. Wind Creek Hospitality, the name under which PCI Gaming Authority does business, announced late last week that the tribe had completed a long,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
PCI helping fund IT academy at ECHS
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Thanks to a donation from Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Escambia County High School’s dream of a new Academy of Information Technology is a step closer to becoming reality. Escambia County School System officials and officials of Alabama’s only federally recognized Native American tribe issued a joint statement regarding the new IT academy, which is scheduled to become part of the ECHS curriculum for…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Self-defense?
Atmore mayor says raccoon attacked him, wife By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Mayor Jim Staff, one of the most avid advocates for positive publicity about the community, accidentally triggered a landslide of negativity when video was shot of Staff using a shovel to fight off an aggressive raccoon that he said chased him and his wife. “I didn’t attack the raccoon; the raccoon attacked me,” Staff said during…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Memorial Day
Faulty mic only a minor distraction at local observance By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Although the public address system wasn’t cooperative at Monday’s Memorial Day observance, the holiday’s somber message came through loud and clear. Commanders of both local veterans groups, along with the city’s mayor and a young military veteran who spent her formative years in Atmore, stressed the difference between Memorial Day, which is set aside to…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Child sex abuse, torture case still open
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore police investigators, along with investigators from the Escambia County Department of Human Resources and forensic interviewers from Escambia County Regional Child Advocacy Center, are almost finished with their investigation into the case of a local man charged with the violent sexual abuse of two children. Meanwhile, the suspect, 18-year-old Abraham L. Banks of a Maplewood Drive address, has been freed on bond for…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago