Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Breakfast for veterans
Atmore Memorial VFW Auxiliary and Anchor Café teamed up November 10 to provide free breakfast for military veterans, the fifth straight year the auxiliary and restaurant have joined forces to do so. Auxiliary members who helped with the project included, from left, sitting, Becky Ray, Mary Alice Stewart and Jenny Hutto; standing, Ginger Stabler, Debbie Thornton, Stephanie Stewart, Willie Stewart, Arlene Delafosse and Gayle Johnson.
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Atmore man sentenced – Jury rejects ‘stand-your-ground’ defense
An Atmore man, who based his defense for killing his brother two years ago on Alabama’s stand-your-ground law, was sentenced last week to serve 25 years in prison. An Escambia County jury did not agree that such a defense was applicable in the case of James Hamilton “Jamie” Scott, who was found guilty of one count of reckless murder in the May 6, 2015 slaying of Tony Scott. Tony Scott was…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Carjacked at the car wash
Atmore police have made no arrest yet but have their eyes on an individual they feel might be involved in a carjacking that took place last week in broad daylight at an automated car wash on the city’s busiest street. “The case is still under investigation, but we have identified a person of interest,” said Police Chief Chuck Brooks of the October 30 incident. According to police reports, a local…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Who’s running?
A special December 12 statewide election, primarily staged to fill one of two Alabama seats in the U.S. Senate, will provide political observers with a little excitement prior to the new year. But the three-man statewide senate race and a scattering of contests for other statewide seats will be little more than a warmup to what is almost guaranteed to be a 2018 season of heated and heavily contested state…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Drug abuse accounts for most social ills
Ask most any individual who works within the local criminal justice system what he or she thinks is the biggest catalyst for crime, and each answers pretty much the same. With little hesitation, each agrees that most of society’s ills can be traced back to the use of illegal drugs and the abuse of legal drugs. “In most crimes we have, in some way drugs are a part of the…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago