Author: Don Fletcher

Lassiter takes mayor’s seat; city qualifying starts next week Shawn Lassiter signs necessary paperwork for changes By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although qualifying for city offices won’t begin until next week, the first step in what will be a “new” city government took place Monday morning, June 2, when Shawn Lassiter was formally installed as Acting Mayor.Lassiter replaces Jim Staff, who was not in attendance. Staff served as the city’s…

Clark By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police announced last week that a Flomaton man, who was being sought as the second suspect in a May 21 incident in which more than two dozen shots were fired at and into a vehicle here, was arrested May 24 during a traffic stop in Flomaton.Terry Clark, 24, was the subject of arrest warrants for attempted murder and discharging a firearm into an…

Buses will stop at the train depot By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Greyhound, the largest provider of intercity bus services in the U.S., announced that the bus line, a Flix North America company, has expanded its service in Alabama to include two daily stops in Atmore.Beginning Wednesday, June 4, Greyhound will reinstate curbside passenger pickup and drop-off twice daily at the area next to the train depot adjacent to Atmore…

Andrews By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Area authorities continued at Tuesday’s press deadline their search for a Bay Minette man with a violent criminal past who is wanted in the Friday night, May 23, shooting death of an Atmore man outside a Bay Minette house party.Bay Minette Police Department (BMPD) officials have obtained an arrest warrant charging 28-year-old Decareus Keywon Mallory Andrews with murder. Andrews is believed to have fired…