Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Blocked PAT kick the difference in ECHS loss to Satsuma
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County High School (ECHS) football coach Vincent Harris doesn’t usually second-guess himself. But the third-year Blue Devils mentor sure wishes he could redo what turned out to be the key play in a 14-13 setback to Satsuma last Friday, October 18.Harris said the one-point difference — the result of the Gators blocking an attempted third-quarter extra-point kick — might have been averted had he…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 month ago
Busy morning
Atmore firefighters respond to predawn Friday fire, collision The GMC wound up on its side in a ditch, almost buried under trees, bushes and leaves. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Fire Department (AFD) personnel didn’t get a lot of sleep last Friday (October 11), at least not during the predawn hours. From a few minutes before 4 a.m. until the sun started to appear on the horizon, AFD crews…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 month ago
Long-anticipated ECHS field house ribbon-cut, dedication this Friday
ECHS Blue Devils logo on the building The new ECHS field house By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The public showing of Escambia County High School’s (ECHS’s) new $3 million athletic fieldhouse will take place this Friday, October 18, at 9:30 a.m., almost two months later than initially expected.ECHS Athletic Director Vincent Harris said the delay, due primarily to several days of September rain and supply chain problems that slowed the…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 month ago
Felony arrests
‘Bandit’ jailed after removes patient file, other items from ACH office By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrests were reported by officers of the Atmore Police Department (APD) during the period September 30 through October 12:Christopher Dortch Dortch Dortch, known throughout Atmore as “Bandit,” was arrested September 30 after APD dispatchers relayed a report that a theft had occurred at Atmore Community Hospital.Officers arrived around 5:40 p.m. and…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 month ago
ECHS fumbles, tough Neal defense fuel 53-13 loss
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Fumbles gave Escambia County High’s (ECHS’s) football team the early momentum last Friday (October 11) in a Class 4A, Region 1 road game at W.S. Neal (WSN), and fumbles yanked that momentum away.ECHS took an early lead in the intra-county matchup with the neighboring Blue Eagles but turned the ball over three times — including once on the kickoff following a Neal score and once…
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