Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Brake problem blocked downtown rail crossings
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The search for a brake problem on one of its long string of cars has been cited as the reason a CSX freight train stopped and blocked all downtown crossings but one around midday Saturday, February 3.“The train had an emergency locking — I’m not aware what caused it — and they had to visually inspect the brakes on every car until they found it,”…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Blue Devils coach: Class 4A, Region 1 similar to SEC
Harris By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer When Vincent Harris accepted the challenge of trying to rebuild a once-proud Escambia County High School football program, he knew there were going to be obstacles.He knew that a loss of tradition, built over more than a decade of poor and mediocre seasons, a dilapidated field house and a lack of interest in the program by students who could help on the field would…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
ECHS fieldhouse rebuild nearing halfway point
Work continued on the field house Tuesday, January 30. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Work on Escambia County High School’s new athletic fieldhouse is nearing its halfway point, and officials expect that ECHS football players will dress out in the new facility prior to their first home game this fall.“We’re getting close to halfway finished,” Shaun Goolsby, director of operations for the county school system said last week. “We’re on…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
County voters gearing up for ‘Super Tuesday’ primary
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although only two local races, both Republican showdowns, will be on Alabama’s March 5, Super Tuesday primary ballots in Escambia County, the inclusion of GOP and Democratic presidential candidates could make things a little more interesting.Locally, only Escambia County Board of Education member Mike Edwards, who has represented District 3 for the past 12 years, and Escambia County Commission Chair Raymond Wiggins, who has been…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
No parole for Atmore armed robber, Brewton sex offender
Marshall Paul By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, currently serving his third and most extensive theft-related stretch in prison since 2006, and a Brewton man who refused to register as a sex offender were both turned down for parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Darrell Dewayne Marshall, known locally as “D-Money,” was sentenced to 20 years behind bars after his 2012 arrest by…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago