Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

ECHS homecoming parade OK’d for Friday
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members unanimously approved the only item on their Monday, September 24, meeting agenda, giving the green light to a request from Escambia County High School to hold its homecoming parade this Friday, September 28. Tiffany Oliver, a teacher at the school, told the council that ECHS would like to hold the parade at the same time (2 p.m.) as last year,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Pensacola man seriously injured in Friday crash
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A September 21 predawn collision between a motorcycle and a light pickup truck sent a Pensacola motorcyclist to an area trauma center with a reportedly serious leg injury. According to reports filed by Alabama State Troopers, the wreck happened around 5:30 a.m. at the junction of Alabama 21 and Wayside Road. Troopers reported that James Flowers, 37, of Pensacola was driving his 2008 Suzuki…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Atmore man arrested for drugs
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man faces a trio of drug-related charges after police raided his home last week and discovered an undisclosed quantity of marijuana and an undisclosed quantity of methamphetamine, along with a set of scales and a grinder for weighing and cleaning the marijuana. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed that Anthony Jerome Riley, 43, of a Bragg Street address was taken into custody…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
YMCA closing
November 30 is last day By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Area YMCA has served Atmore and the surrounding communities for more than 23 years. But it won’t make it to 24. Citing dwindling membership numbers and revenues, as well as the expense of maintaining an aging building and its inherent structural problems, officials of the local organization announced this week that it would close its doors in less…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Fatal crash
PCI’s assistant AG succumbs to injuries By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer One of the top judicial officials for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, a passenger in an SUV that was hit head-on by a jack-knifed log truck on Monday, September 24, succumbed less than an hour after the wreck to injuries that were initially not thought to be life threatening. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed Monday afternoon…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago