Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Suspect accused of killing Ramey’s cashier taken into custody by BCSO
Adams By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Baldwin County authorities have arrested a third suspect in the May 11 shooting that disrupted a May Day celebration in Stockton and left three people dead, including an Atmore grocery store cashier, and wounded 15 others.According to a press release from the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, 25-year-old Mack Arthur Adams of Bay Minette was arrested June 7 and is charged with two counts of…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Council OKs tractor purchase
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members approved during their Monday, June 10, meeting the purchase of a new tractor and cutter for the city’s Streets & Sanitation Department, the only item on the meeting agenda.Mayor Pro Tem Shawn Lassiter presided over the session due to the absence of Mayor Jim Staff, and all five council members voted in favor of the resolution.The John Deere machine will be…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Felony arrests
Domestic incident lands Atmore man in jail By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Smith An Atmore man was arrested on numerous charges related to a domestic incident that took place in the early hours of June 1 at a Jack Springs Road residence.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that police were sent to the location at approximately 1:25 a.m. They discovered that James Marion Smith, 25, had broken into his…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
‘Major layoff’
Coastal Growers owners reportedly look to sell or lease peanut shelling plant By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Note: This story includes a response from Coastal Growers that was not received until after our print edition had gone to press on Tuesday. Economic officials say there is little chance the $87-million Coastal Growers peanut shelling plant, which recently laid off the majority of its workforce, will ever stand vacant. It…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Felony arrests
Inebriated minibike rider jailed on numerous charges By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Simpson A 35-year-old Atmore man, apparently past the point of being legally drunk, was arrested May 29 by city police on numerous charges, including felony drug possession, after an officer “observed several minibikes being operated recklessly and without any lights” on Martin Luther King Drive around 8:15 p.m.APD Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that a minibike operated by Brent…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago