Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Despite cut in calls, firefighters have ‘plenty to do’
Despite a new dispatch protocol that has dramatically reduced the number of medical incidents to which they are dispatched, Atmore firefighters won’t be spending their days sitting around the station and waiting for their next emergency callout. “We’ve still got plenty to do,” said Fire Chief Ron Peebles. “We’re still going to stay busy. We do a lot of things that people don’t even know we do.” In fact, the…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
ABC store robbed
Atmore police continued this week their search for two masked bandits who held up the ABC store on North Main Street at gunpoint last week. The heist took place Tuesday, December 12, and Atmore police patrol officers and investigators were notified around 5:49 p.m. that the state owned and operated liquor store had been robbed. While some APD personnel entered the store to determine the basics of the crime, others…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Math skills add up to success for ECMS, RPES students
Students at two local schools have been — literally and figuratively — thinking through their math assignments this year, and their hard work has generated some impressive results. Based on their November success with Imagine Math’s Think Through Math curriculum, the local students claimed six of the 10 top spots in the statewide Alabama Do Math! Pay It Forward contest. Escambia County Middle School’s fourth-graders were the state’s overall winner…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
LA Bikers, Santa deliver toys to 41 children
In one sense, this year’s Toyz for Kidz project — an annual part of the local Christmas season for 17 years — was just an ordinary outing for members of LA Bikers Motorcycle Club. In another sense, this year’s ride made history. “I guess you could say this was a historic ride, because this is the first year we’ve ever had snow on the day of the ride,” said Annie…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
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