Author: Don Fletcher

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Nine local offices will be up for grabs when candidate qualifying begins next week for local Republicans and Democrats who decide to run for office in their respective party’s March 5, 2024, Super Tuesday primary election.Qualifying is set to start at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, October 16, for both parties. Chief Clerk Natalie Rodgers of the Escambia County Probate Office said each local candidate should…

Tait Mitchell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Local police have arrested a second suspect in a May 29 shooting that left a 31-year-old Atmore man dead, and both individuals implicated in the death are now free on bond.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported in a press release that Wiley Black Tait Jr., 42, of Atmore was taken into custody October 4 in connection to the death of Robert Mario…

Smoke billows above the interstate Monday afternoon. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Fire Department personnel definitely earned their pay over the seven-day period from October 3 to 9, responding to more than a dozen incidents, including two major wildfires. AFD Chief Ron Peebles said those fires, as well as vehicle fires and calls of a less urgent nature marked one of the busiest periods in recent memory for…

Accused of local burglaries, thefts Mendez By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A man wanted by three area agencies and believed by Atmore police to be responsible for several burglaries and thefts from local residences in early September, is finally behind bars.Mario Dewayne Mendez, who eluded authorities for more than two weeks, surrendered Saturday, September 27, to Bay Minette police, one of the three law enforcement agencies with warrants against him.“Mario…