Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Atmore’s first Habitat home dedicated
Kim Fountain of Atmore and her three children celebrated on March 31 a new chapter in the history of their family and in the history of Escambia County Habitat for Humanity. When Fountain accepted the keys to 507 East Craig Street, which is the first Habitat house erected within the city limits of Atmore, from local Habitat board president Jason Newby, she became a homeowner for the first time. “It’s…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Deer causes 6 cars to hit I-65 guardrail
A deer that was trying to cross Interstate 65 in the predawn hours of March 30 triggered a bizarre incident during which a vehicle struck a guardrail, tore it loose and sent it across two lanes of traffic, where five other vehicles ran over or struck the twisted piece of metal. According to Alabama State Trooper reports, the chain of relatively minor accidents started around 5:48 a.m. when 79-year-old William…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
‘Like a hurricane’ – Shooting drastically changed lives of teen victim, family
Trent Atchison’s life, as well as that of his family, underwent a drastic change on February 27. The 17-year-old Escambia County High School junior was standing with a group of friends at a home his mother owns on Fourth Street, laughing and talking about the things teenagers laugh about and talk about, when a classmate pulled up, got out of a car and fired several shots into the crowd. Seconds…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Atmore Arby’s named in lawsuit
A suit filed last week in federal court against the Arby’s restaurant in Atmore and its franchisee, Florida-based Beavers Inc., alleges that a former team leader trainee at the local sandwich shop sexually harassed several teenage female workers over a period of more than three months in 2016. The legal action was filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission on behalf of the teens, who claimed the former trainee…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Local Vietnam War veterans honored (With photo gallery)
Veterans of America’s longest, bloodiest and most controversial conflict, a group that was shunned by many Americans when they returned from the war-torn country in the 1960s and 1970s, were honored locally on March 31. Atmore Memorial VFW Auxiliary to Post 7016 hosted for the fifth straight year a program to show local veterans who fought in the Vietnam War the respect they were denied more than 40 years ago.…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago