Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Work-release escapees recaptured
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer   Two inmates who escaped Friday, January 11, from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Work Release Barracks were back in jail before the weekend was over. According to a press release issued by Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson, the two — Christopher Ladale Pugh and Christopher Blake Moye, both 27 and residents of Brewton — discovered “a design flaw with the building” and were able…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Trailer theft at Johnson Ford
Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks announced Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 8) that city police are investigating the January 3 theft of a flatbed trailer from a local auto dealer. According to a press release issued Tuesday afternoon by Brooks, Ben Odom, Sales Manager at Johnson Ford, reported to police that someone “came onto the property and stole a trailer.” Odom described the trailer as “an 18-foot black flatbed trailer with a…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
EA, ECHS players make All-State
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia Academy’s state runner-up gridiron squad continued a school tradition, and Escambia County High’s team brought a slight revival of a similar tradition at its school, as five Cougars and two Blue Devils were recently named to the 2018 Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State football teams. The Cougars, who have won or played for an Alabama Independent School Association title in four of the…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
AFD battles McRae, car fires
Dinner interrupted By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Fire Department personnel almost missed a good meal last Thursday, January 3, when separate blazes broke out at apartment complexes on opposite ends of the city just as firefighters were getting ready to join their volunteer peers for a catered dinner. The second alarm came in just as firemen were returning from the first fire-suppression effort. Three AFD fire engines and…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
POA buys hardware store
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Pride of Atmore, the group initially formed to restore the Strand Theatre and now the leading force behind the city’s downtown revitalization effort, recently accomplished one of its primary goals with the purchase of the building in which Atmore Hardware did business for decades. Details of the transaction were not readily available, but POA Executive Director Foster Kizer said this week that acquisition of…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago