Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Matter settled
Collier takes over after BOE agrees to McClung contract buyout Collier Cindy Jackson, left, and Loumeek White, right, were deep in thought prior to Friday’s meeting. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer To say Friday, December 15, was a red-letter day for Michele Collier might be putting things mildly. Collier began the day as an assistant superintendent and a doctoral candidate. Before the day ended, she was neither. Collier was…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
School scores up from last year but reflect a drop from 2019
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer There was plenty of excitement in the Escambia County Board of Education meeting room last Thursday, December 14, when the system’s latest “report card” showed marked improvement for most schools over last year’s scores. Unfortunately, almost all county schools, as well as the system, either remained at or dropped from the scores they received in 2019, when John Knott was superintendent.“I’m proud to announce our…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Atmore man, Opp man each charged with possession
Pleasant Morrill Cooper Dirden By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, 44-year-old Michael Darnell Pleasant, was arrested by city police December 16 on a felony drug charge after his vehicle was pulled over because its tag was out of date.According to Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann, an officer conducted the traffic stop around 3 a.m. on Alabama 21. The officer noted that Pleasant’s driver’s license had been revoked…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
No parole for Atmore mugger, Brewton ‘Peeping Tom’
Gentry Baggett By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man with a penchant for mugging elderly individuals and robbing them of their valuables, and a Brewton man who has been diagnosed as an anti-social “Peeping Tom” and is serving a life sentence, were each denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.The Atmore man, Jeffrey Daniel Gentry, is serving his third stint in prison since…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Vandalism on Main
Glass shattered in block-long series of downtown windows, doors Mike Smith puts plywood on one of the Atmore News windows. Brown By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A local man with a penchant for — and history of — breaking glass was arrested Sunday afternoon, December 10, just hours after he left a block-long string of shattered shop windows and splintered glass doors in Atmore’s downtown business district.Atmore police took 42-year-old…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago