Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

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
Loxley woman involved in rollover
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Baldwin County woman apparently escaped with only minor injuries after a blown tire caused her vehicle to leave U.S. 31 in a curve just outside Atmore, clip a utility pole, then roll over and slide onto its side in a ditch next to a local salvage yard. According to Alabama State Trooper reports, the single-vehicle crash occurred around 10 a.m. Sunday, February 17,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Jailhouse rocked!
An inmate pleads his case to Sheriff Heath Jackson during the shakedown. Shakedown produces drugs, weapons, more By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson and sheriff’s office investigators continued this week to search for the means through which numerous items of contraband — including weapons, drugs, tobacco and other banned items — found their way into the county jail. According to press release issued last week…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Atmore one of six U.S. communities to receive USDA grants
Public presentation of program set for next Tuesday, Feb. 19 By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore officials announced this week that the city is one of six in the country awarded grants to fund a U.S. Department of Agriculture-sponsored technical assistance program. The city will partner with representatives of Smart Growth America for a two-day event that includes interviews with a cross-section of the community’s economic-related entities, as well…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Stricken NHS football player passes away
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Dariontae Richardson, the 16-year-old Northview High School defensive end who suffered a rare child-heart attack three months ago, just hours after helping lead the Chiefs to their first postseason win in six years, died Monday, Feb. 4. After his stellar defensive performance during the previous night’s contest, during which he was not injured and after which he was named Defensive Player of the Game,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago