Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

CSX cars jump tracks
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Plastic microbeads and giant rolls of fiberboard littered the rural railroad right-of-way when six cars of an eastbound CSX Transportation freight train derailed July 11 between the Canoe and Wawbeek communities. The derailment, which wasn’t discovered by the train’s engineer until county lawmen caught up with and stopped the locomotive near Old Atmore Road, forced the closure of U.S. 31 for about 24 hours…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Market in the Park resumes Saturday
News Staff Report Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Market in the Park series will resume this Saturday, July 14, from 7:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. Local and area growers of vegetables, fruits and nuts — along with those who whip up home-made jams, jellies, baked goods and other products — will man booths at Heritage Park to market their wares. The three-weekend summer promotion’s first installment, held in June,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Banners commend Y’s biggest benefactors
News Staff Report At first glance, the six banners that hang in Atmore Area YMCA’s fitness center look like paid advertisements for the various businesses whose names appear on them and in a way, they are. But officials of the local nonprofit are quick to point out that the banners, which first appeared last year, are actually a way for the Y to express its gratitude to its largest supporters.…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
GOP runoff is Tuesday
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The July 17 Republican runoff ballot will be a short one that doesn’t feature any local races, but there are still six key statewide posts for which local GOP members must choose a candidate. There will be no Democratic runoff election in Escambia County. Included among the handful of runoff races on the local ballot are the only contest with a local connection —…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Another KFC coming
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Three Atmore City Council members gave the green light during their Monday (July 9) meeting to the sale of a city lot at Rivercane, where the purchaser plans to build the city’s second Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant. With little discussion of the particulars, councilmen Chris Walker, Webb Nall and Chris Harrison — the only members present at Monday’s meeting — gave unanimous consent to…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago