Author: Don Fletcher

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer It might be hard for some folks to believe after five successive days of temperatures near or below 20 degrees, but the winter weather is on its way out of the area, and locals can expect afternoon highs above 60 degrees before the weekend.Except for a power outage that left Alabama Power Co. customers in the dark for several hours Saturday, Christmas Eve, there were…

Beverly and Harold Madison Terrence Breckenridge, Dave Graham Dale Ash, Dave Graham Dave Graham, Paul Chason William Smith, Dave Graham John Adams, Dave Graham By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer American Legion Post 90 members, recent recipients of a $50,000 T-Mobile Hometown Grant for the post’s recently completed water garden, formally accepted the windfall during a December 20 “potluck” luncheon gathering.But before accepting the check from a handful of T-Mobile representatives,…

Record, near-record lows expected across area through Christmas By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer People often joke about Alabama’s rapidly changing weather patterns and its relatively short period of winter weather. What’s headed our way later this week is anything but a joke.An arctic cold front that is expected to move across Atmore and the surrounding area Thursday night will bring subfreezing temperatures that will challenge the National Weather Service’s records…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer What do Escambia County Middle School Principal Forrest Jones, ECMS Instructional Aide Shamika Barnes and W.S. Neal Middle School Assistant Principal Robert Whitfield have in common, other than each is employed by the Escambia County Public School System?Quick thinking, along with proper training, recently elevated the three to heroes when a fan at a pre-Thanksgiving basketball tournament suffered a medical emergency inside the ECMS gym.Superintendent…