Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Crook signs record deal
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A former Atmore emergency dispatcher, already well known to local and regional country music fans, has signed a recording contract with a Nashville, Tenn.-based record label that will release his first national single in January. Ricky Crook, who has paid his dues by performing at several small venues in and around Atmore, Escambia County and elsewhere in the Southeast over the past several years,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Club license revoked
Shooter awaits extradition from Fla. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members, after a brief public hearing, voted unanimously at their November 13 meeting to revoke the license of a local club where three people were shot in the early hours of November 11. Mayor Jim Staff opened the public hearing prior to the onset of the council meeting. “This public hearing is to consider the revocation…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Perdido School honors veterans
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer More than 60 veterans, ranging from the men and women who served during World War II to those who were part of the global war on terrorism, were honored by students, faculty and staff of Perdido School on Friday, November 9. The veterans were the guests of honor for a program held in a gymnasium packed with students from kindergarten through eighth grade, many…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
’64 Impala chosen best at benefit car show
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Fred Flavors of Atmore doesn’t drive his 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS anywhere but to car shows, but those rare drives have proven worth it. Flavors, who owns numerous trophies from various auto exhibitions to which he and the bright red Chevrolet have traveled over the years, added another to his collection Saturday (November 10) when he wrangled a first-place showing at the third annual…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Costumed characters again join AFD for toy drive
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Some customers who shopped at Atmore’s Walmart on Saturday, November 10, were somewhat taken aback by the cadre of costumed characters who stood alongside a group of Atmore firefighters outside the store’s doors. For others, it was just one of the first signs that Christmas is around the corner. For the third straight year, a group called CAUSEPLAY Gulf Coast, whose members donned attire…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago