Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Escapee caught while selling cell phones without license
Vanhuse By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Montgomery man who was wanted by state corrections officials for escape, was arrested Nov. 7 in Atmore after police received a complaint, he was selling cellular telephones in the city without a business license.The complaint came in around noon that someone — later determined to be Lamar Vanhuse, 46 — was selling cell phones at Bragg Street Apartments without a business license.A police…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Arrest made in October shooting into house
Frye By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An 18-year-old Atmore man was arrested November 7 in connection with shots that were fired into a local residence in October.The incident occurred on October 20, around 1:50 p.m., at a house in the 100 block of Crow Street. Atmore police were sent to the residence in reference to shots being fired into it.APD officers arrived to discover several spent shell casings, believed to…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Board refuses parole for Brewton man
Campbell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Brewton man who has been behind state prison bars for more than 14 years, will remain a state inmate for at least five more years after the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles recently refused his bid for parole.Board members turned down the application of Darrell Campbell, who was convicted in 2012 in Escambia County Circuit Court of second-degree assault and first-degree criminal…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Local Operation Christmas Child effort enters 9th year
The 2022 local Operation Christmas Child crew, from left, Julia Strack, Dawn Martin, Don Little, Janet Armstrong, Carol Hochstetler, Paige Jordan, and Mary Jane Schrock (who has been part of the local effort for each of the past eight years). By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer This week (November 14-21) is National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse that seeks to demonstrate God’s love in a…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Perdido School thanks veterans for freedoms
Veterans at the Perdido School program By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although Perdido School’s November 9 assembly was a prelude to Veterans Day, the gathering also had a Thanksgiving flavor to it.Principal Phillip Stewart said during the program, considered one of the best in the area, was not just to honor those who serve or have served in the nation’s military, but also to thank them.“Our main message today is…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago