Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Sales tax holiday this weekend
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The State of Alabama’s annual Back to School Sales Tax Holiday, during which no state sales or use tax is charged for covered items, will take place this weekend, starting at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 19, and continuing through midnight Sunday, July 21.This is the 19th year the state’s revenue department has waived state sales taxes in order to help individuals and families cut…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Cantonment woman granted parole
Purifoy News Staff Report A Cantonment, Fla. woman, sentenced in 2014 to life in prison with the possibility of parole after her conviction in Escambia County Circuit Court on a drug trafficking charge, was granted parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.According to Alabama Department of Corrections records, Debbie Tonita Purifoy was convicted of trafficking between 28 grams and 500 grams of cocaine. She was…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Parked-car romance report leads to Ecstasy trafficking arrest
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Farmer A July 4 report, that a “possible romantic encounter” was occurring inside a vehicle parked in the lot of a closed business on Swift Mill Road, led to the arrest by Atmore police of a local man on a charge of trafficking in Ecstasy tablets.According to police reports, the first APD officer arrived around 11:20 p.m. and “detected a strong odor of alcohol coming…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
County firefighters honor AFD’s Peebles, English, NVFD’s Gehman
From left, Rep. Hammett, Rep. Alan Baker, Career Full Time Fire Chief of the Year Ronald Peebles, Joey Moffett. From left, Rep. Hammett, Rep. Baker, Career Firefighter of the Year Louis English, Ronald Peebles, Joey Moffett. From left, Rep. Hammett, Rep. Baker, John Martin Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Jerry Gehman, Joey Moffett. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Three local firefighters who share a collective 100-years-plus in their chosen career or…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Jailed in error
Feds apparently dropped ball after convicted bank robber served 10 years Jeter By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A notification error on the part of federal authorities was apparently responsible for the June 18 arrest of Chad Floyd Jeter, an Atmore man who served 10 years in prison after his 2009 conviction for the robbery of Atmore’s First National Bank & Trust.Escambia County Detention Center records show Jeter, whose arrest was…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago