Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Special BOE presentation
City officials hear ‘state of the state of schools’ By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Note: Today’s article is the first in a three-part series on the Escambia County Board of Education’s effort to publicize the amount of improvement under gone at the three schools inside Atmore’s city limits, as well as plans to improve the areas at each school where weaknesses might still exist. Escambia County Superintendent of Education…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Study approved
First step in city school system? By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer In a meeting where most of the discussion took place after formal adjournment, Atmore City Council members voted unanimously on Monday (March 25) to hire a Vestavia Hills firm to help determine the feasibility of forming a city school system. The council action marked the first step in a long process toward deciding whether or not to create…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Police chief wants body cams
Devices will benefit officers and suspects By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer If Atmore City Council members approve the measure, Atmore Police Department patrol officers and investigators will in the relatively near future be outfitted with body cameras. Police Chief Chuck Brooks told Mayor Jim Staff and council members during the panel’s March 11 pre-meeting workshop that he feels the body cameras will not only help his officers maintain their…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Child predator
Atmore man arrested twice for sexual abuse, torture of youngsters By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Note: The following article includes details, some graphic, of sexual crimes committed against children and might be disturbing or offensive to some readers. An 18-year-old Atmore man, already out on bond for the alleged sexual abuse of one child under the age of 12, is behind bars again, charged with similar crimes against another…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Head-on collision
Atmore man killed instantly when SUV slams into vehicle By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man was killed instantly on March 6 when a Monroe County man reportedly lost control of his SUV on Alabama 21 and slammed head-on into the local man’s sedan. Alabama State Troopers reported that Anthony Edward Dunkin, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash happened around 2 p.m., about four miles…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago