Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Condemned killer will be test case for new execution method
Smith By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The State of Alabama will try for the second time to carry out the execution of an inmate who was one of two people convicted in 1996 of the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a Colbert County woman, at the same time becoming the first state to test a new method of capital punishment.Gov. Kay Ivey announced recently she has ordered that Kenneth Eugene Smith,…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
51st Pow Wow
Poarch’s annual gathering of the tribes is Thursday, Friday Dancers and drummers from 20 tribes are expected to compete this year. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Report Poarch Band of Creek Indians will present this week the 51st edition of the tribe’s Thanksgiving Pow Wow, which was formed in 1971 as a homecoming celebration for PBCI tribal members and has been held every year but two (during the COVID pandemic) since…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Fleet of new Fords boosts county’s senior meal delivery effort
New wheels for meals Shown from left with the new cars, Karean Reynolds, Brandon Smith, Steven Dickey, Shelia Brown, Larry White, Amy Roberson (Assistant Director, Agency on Aging), Raymond Wiggins. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Senior centers in Escambia County have been delivering 695 meals a day to citizens who are age 60 or older. Now the county commission has taken a huge step in helping to increase that number.In…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Felony arrests
Expired tag leads to discovery of pot, coke, Ecstasy Reynolds Lassiter Longmire By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested November 17 on numerous charges after an Atmore Police Department traffic stop and subsequent search of his vehicle turned up marijuana, crack cocaine, powder cocaine and Ecstasy.APD Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that the traffic stop was conducted around 6:05 p.m., after an officer spotted a vehicle with a…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Brewton man denied parole
Payne By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Brewton man, sentenced to 60 months in prison for attempting to escape from custody, was denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.According to Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) records, David Earl Payne entered the state penal system on June 29, 2023 after his Escambia County conviction for third-degree escape.Currently housed at Limestone Correctional Facility, he had served…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago