Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

APCO grant to boost ECHS broadcasting program,help restart choral program
Shown from left during the check presentation, ECHS Principal LaTonya Gill, students Jayden Freeman, Belaya Scott, Imari Lemon, APCO’s Tripp Ward, students Alvera Neasman, Trinity Thompson and Jovonnie Smith, Broadcasting Instructor Conrad Weber. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County High School’s broadcasting program got a boost last week when Alabama Power Company (APCO) Community Relations Manager Tripp Ward presented broadcasting students and school officials with a check for $2,500.Most…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 month ago
$1M bond
Convenience store shooter was free on bond for Conecuh Co. murder when local man shot Williams By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Edward La’Marlon Jaheim Williams, the 23-year-old man accused of shooting another local man during a September 28 argument in the parking lot of a local convenience store, remained behind bars at midweek.Williams, who was out of jail on bond for a 2023 Conecuh County murder at the time of…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 month ago
For city firefighters, every week, month or day is fire safety time
From left, Firefighters DeMarcus McMillian and Brandon Barber, Capt. Eugene Edwards, Firefighter Shane Rollin, Lt. Danny White, and Firefighter Jon Bass with a few “goody bags” for kids By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer October is officially recognized as National Fire Prevention Month (formerly Fire Safety Month), and this week (October 6-12) is officially recognized as National Fire Prevention Week, but those designations have little meaning for Atmore firefighters.To Atmore Fire…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 month ago
Skeleton legs causes wreck
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 21-year-old Century, Fla. woman suffered minor injuries early Friday, October 4, when a Halloween decoration lying in the U.S. 29 roadway caused her to swerve around it, lose control of her vehicle and collide with a stand of trees.“The driver swerved to avoid large decorative skeleton legs which fell out of a vehicle and into the roadway,” a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) trooper explained.According…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 month ago
Walmart robber, other female denied parole, as is Brewton drug dealer
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two female inmates who were convicted in Escambia County Circuit Court, including one who tried to rob the local Walmart, were rejected in their respective bids for parole, as was a Brewton man convicted for the third time six years ago of dealing drugs, during hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Therease Antoine Fletcher Fletcher Fletcher, a Huntsville resident before she was sent…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 month ago