Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

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
No problems as Arts & Entertainment District officially opens
Mayor Jim Staff snipped the ribbon Saturday, June 1, to officially open the city’s new Arts & Entertainment District. Shown from left, Sydney McGhee, Shinora Redmond, Sara Milliken, Sheilo Faircloth, Mayor Staff, Sarah Smith, Laurey Hood, Becca Smith, Eunice Johnson, Shawn Lassiter, Jerry Gehman. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Main Street Atmore Director Shinora Redmond and Mayor Jim Staff were both optimistic in their optimism — although cautiously so —…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Dozens learn about fraud, ID theft at SAIL Center presentation
From left in center, James Roberson, who organized the summit, poses with Charlotte Purvis and Mayor Jim Staff, as well as the event’s other speakers. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer More than 100 people, most of them senior citizens, learned how to avoid having their identities or their finances stolen by scammers, as well as some of the tricks the fraudsters, most of whom operate by phone, use to separate…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Homecoming
Nearly 700 Freemanville residents, former residents attend reunion Nearly 700 Freemanville residents, former residents attend reunion By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Hundreds of Freemanville residents, former residents and their descendants flocked last weekend to the grounds of Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church for their biennial weekend of fun, food and fellowship.This year’s Freemanville Community Reunion, held every two years since 2016 (except for 2020, during the COVID pandemic), brought families…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Mule leads city police on low-speed chase across town
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Police Department reports show that APD patrol cruisers, with blue lights flashing and an occasional blip from a siren, followed a runaway horse from South Presley Street to Brown Street last Sunday (May 26), trying to recapture the stubborn animal, which some witnesses identified as a mule, not a horse. The low-speed chase began when emergency dispatchers relayed reports of a horse trotting…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago