Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

ECMS, community come to aid of hurricane victims
Most of the time, the only obstacle Escambia County Middle School students have to deal with in the school’s hallways are other students who are rushing to their next class. That wasn’t the case recently, though. Students at the local school not only had to dodge other students, they also had to make their way around stacks of bottled water, cartons of paper goods and boxes filled with other supplies…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Juvenile arrested – Accomplices sought in auto break-ins
Atmore police arrested last week a teenager who is believed to be a principal participant in a string of vehicle break-ins that occurred recently within the city’s southwestern quadrant. Police Chief Chuck Brooks reported that the 17-year-old male was taken into custody during the wee hours of October 5 after tracking dogs led officers to the spot where he was hiding. Police were summoned after a resident of the area…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Convicted felons arrested – Atmore man, relative had shotgun, assault rifle, ammo
  An Atmore man and a relative, both convicted felons, were arrested October 3 outside a Pensacola, Fla. restaurant on weapons-related charges after the local man was reportedly seen “huffing” canned air at a Pensacola building supply store earlier that day. According to Escambia County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office reports, 49-year-old Ronald Clark Roddenberrry of Atmore, who has six previous felony convictions, and 28-year-old Christopher Aaron Roddenberry of Cantonment, who has…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Upside down
Atmore firefighters examine a 2009 Dodge Challenger that ran off U.S. 31 around 11 a.m. Monday, October 9, and eventually came to rest upside-down in a field adjacent to Hanging Fern Lane. According to Alabama State Troopers, the driver — 17-year-old Guy Coleman of Atmore — “was apparently driving too fast for existing roadway conditions” and lost traction. The car struck a flush hydrant, a dirt embankment and a telephone…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
City spared Nate’s wrath
Local public safety officials breathed a collective sigh of relief as Hurricane Nate briefly flexed its muscles but displayed its strength only nominally in Atmore and Escambia County as it made a northerly turn and headed through Alabama in Sunday’s predawn hours. Most locals slept through the storm, which had been projected to bring winds of up to 70 mph and drop several inches of rain on the community. “We’re…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago