Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Lupus awareness walk set for May 18
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Anyone who has suffered from or had a loved one suffer from lupus knows how devastating the disease can be. Natalie Coates wants others to know that, too. Coates is the driving force behind the first Lupus Walk, an event designed to raise awareness of the long-term autoimmune disease that strikes a reported 16,000 people in the U.S. each year and can be fatal.…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Law Day
High school seniors get peek into local justice system By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer More than 100 high school seniors from three Atmore-area schools got a brief but eye-opening peek into the workings of the local judicial system during the county’s annual Law Day observance, held May 2-3 at the county courthouse in Brewton. The local students — from Escambia Academy, Escambia County High School and Atmore Christian School…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Passenger rail study continues
Consultant says could be 2 decades before plan a reality By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Prior to the April 30 public meeting held in Atmore on a study to determine whether the return of passenger rail service to the Gulf Coast is a feasible plan, Brian Smart said the meeting would be different from the first such meeting, held here in November. Smart, who is leading the study team…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Apartments raided
Multi-agency task force seizes drugs, guns By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A May 1 predawn raid on three Patterson Street Apartments units resulted in the arrest of two Atmore residents — a man and a woman — and the seizure of an unspecified quantity of natural and synthetic marijuana, along with several firearms that could turn out to be stolen. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said the three-level, multi-agency…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Ministry training institute coming to Atmore
Details to be discussed during 1-night revival By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer When First Baptist Church of Atmore holds its one-night revival this Sunday, May 5, those in attendance won’t just hear the words of a dynamic guest preacher. They will also hear about a new center for training such preachers. Along with the sermon from Dr. Kevin Blackwell, who serves as assistant to the president for church relations…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago