Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Big Brothers Big Sisters turn to ministers for help
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Alabama is turning to local preachers for help in establishing a school-based mentoring program in Atmore. Eight local ministers from various denominations joined school officials, law enforcement officials and the city’s top official in an hour-long session held Monday, May 20, at Escambia County Middle School to discuss the need for positive role models and mentors for the…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Drivers flown from scene after motorcycle, car collide
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man and a Daphne woman were each reportedly flown to area hospitals by medical evacuation helicopter after a collision late last week between a motorcycle and a car. The accident occurred around 5:45 p.m. on Friday, May 17, at the intersection of County Road 1 (Jack Springs Road) and Smith Dairy Road. According to Alabama State Troopers, a 2009 Honda motorcycle driven…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Finally, a traffic light at Walmart
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer One of Atmore’s busiest and most dangerous traffic locations will soon become a lot safer. Mayor Jim Staff confirmed last week reports that a traffic light would soon be placed on Alabama 21, at the entrance to Walmart. A steady stream of vehicles on the city’s busiest traffic artery often causes lengthy delays in getting into or out of the store’s parking lot, and…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Life without parole
McCaster pleads to intentional murder By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man, arrested nearly five years ago and charged with capital murder in the June 2013 strangulation death of an Atmore woman, avoided a possible death sentence by entering a guilty plea last week in Escambia County Circuit Court to a lesser charge. Collis McCaster, 45, swapped a guilty plea to intentional murder in exchange for a sentence…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Deadly party
1 killed, 8 wounded, as gunfire shatters celebration By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Friday, May 17, was a red-letter day for Escambia County High School. Little did anyone know that the school’s fortunes would take a 180-degree turn before the sun rose on May 18. A Friday announcement that the Class of 2019 had set a new record for the dollar-value of scholarships earned was followed by the football…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago