Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Everyday heroes
Ice-slick roads in the Mobile-Pensacola area prevented a group of costumed comic book heroes and heroines from showing up to help, but Atmore firefighters braved the cold and worked in shifts outside Walmart Saturday (Dec. 9) to conduct their annual toy drive. The cold and the absence of the costumed characters resulted in donations of “a little more than half” of what the group collected last year for a local…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Fire safety tips – AFD gearing for busiest time of year
City firefighters are getting ready for a busy Christmas season, preparing for the spike in fire calls that traditionally accompanies the holiday period. “This time of the year is usually our busiest,” said Atmore Fire Chief Ron Peebles. “When the weather turns off cold for any length of time, that’s when we start getting calls. Plus, with the holidays there are a lot of extra things that could happen, with…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Council addressing recycling
Mayor Jim Staff promised during the Monday, December 11, meeting of the city’s governing body that an “open, town hall-type” meeting set for 4 p.m. Wednesday, December 13, would help alleviate at least some of the concerns over the future of Atmore’s idle recycling program. “We’ve toured the Rolling Hills facility down at Beulah (Fla.), and they’ve got a nice recycling program,” said Staff. “The man from there is coming…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Emergency yard sale
Atmore police officers question the driver of a U-Haul truck who set up an impromptu yard sale along Martin Luther King Drive last Wednesday, December 6. The man placed a hand-lettered “yard sale” sign beside the truck and opened its cargo section. He told police he “ran out of gas, had only two dollars to his name and was trying to sell some of his belongings to raise gas money”…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Snow!
A rare series of snow showers that fell Friday night and into Saturday morning across Atmore and Escambia County proved area weathermen wrong and created a virtual Winter Wonderland for local children of all ages. Forecasters had predicted that there was a “slight chance” of wintry precipitation that could include snow falling across the area, but cautioned that locals shouldn’t expect any accumulation of the white powder, even if it…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago