Don Fletcher

Park shooting
APD chief: ‘Senseless acts’ won’t be tolerated By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police have still not reported an arrest in the shooting that took place last Wednesday night (January 25) at a municipal park, but Police Chief Chuck Brooks said his department will not let up in its investigation into the “senseless” incident.“This was a senseless act of violence that will not be tolerated,” Brooks said this week of…
‘Shear’ pleasure
Local beautician puts down scissors after 40-plus years Dannie snips away at Artie Brown’s hair for the last time. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer “In Penny Lane there’s a barber showing photographs of every head he’s had the pleasure to know…” Unlike the barber in the Beatles song, Dannie Bradley doesn’t have photographs of all the heads she’s ever washed, clipped, cut or curled. If she did, they would probably…
No problems expected with annexation
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The City of Atmore’s plan to annex a three-mile stretch along Alabama 21 into the city, thereby bridging the gap between downtown and Rivercane, is expected to pass through the Alabama Legislature with little or no problem.The area to be annexed includes all the commercial, agricultural and forest land located west of Alabama 21 and north of Escambia County Middle School, as well as that…
Wobbly walker charged with meth possession
Bostic By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested January 24 on a felony drug charge after he was unable to keep his balance as he walked along Alabama 21, inside the city limits.Police reports show that a city police officer saw Samuel Bostic, 47, as he stumbled into the roadway near Waves Car Wash around 1 a.m. The officer watched Bostic for a brief period and noticed…
No parole for child enticer
Roberson Pratt By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, convicted four years ago of enticing a child under the age of 12 for immoral purposes, was one of three local men turned down for parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles (ABPP).Ricky Terrell Pratt, now 24, was arrested in 2017 and sentenced in 2019 to serve 10 years in prison after he pled guilty…