Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Public gets overview of sustainability plan
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer About 40 residents of Atmore and Poarch heard the basics of a plan to foster growth and sustain economic stability within the community during a February 19 public meeting at Escambia County High School’s Hodnette Auditorium. John Robert Smith and Chris Zimmerman of Smart Growth America (SGA) explained some of the basics of such a plan and explained how analysis of the current situation…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Council approves new police car purchase
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City council members unanimously approved the purchase of five new police cars during their February 25 meeting. After Jonathan Gibbs of Boy Scouts Troop 26 in Atmore led in the Pledge of Allegiance, the council took barely three minutes to approve the minutes of its February 11 meeting and give the green light to the vehicle purchase, which was the only item on…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
2 crashes on Main Street
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A pair of two-vehicle crashes that occurred a day apart on Main Street caused extensive damage to three of the four vehicles and sent two people to a local hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. The first mishap occurred around 8 a.m., February 20, at Main’s intersection with Howard Street, when 23-year-old Jacinda Wiley of Castleberry, northbound in a 2016…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
6 arrested for drugs
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A joint traffic detail conducted across the city Friday night, February 22, and into Saturday by Atmore police and Escambia County deputies resulted in the arrests of numerous individuals on various drug possession or trafficking charges, as well as the location of two people who were the subject of outstanding warrants. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said city patrol officers and investigators, along with…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
City school system
Former ALSDE employee warns supporters to proceed with caution By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer About 60 people, most of them filled with confidence that their plan would work and eager to get the ball rolling, attended the public meeting held February 15 to discuss formation of a new school district for the schools within Atmore and separation of those schools from the county education system. But, while confidence and…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago