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A Walnut Hill man lost his life last Monday when the vehicle he was driving ran off the roadway and struck a tree around 7 p.m. Clayton Joseph Cagle, 31, was traveling east on State Road 297 (Pine Forest Road) east of Pelt Road when he failed to maintain control of the 1999 GMC Yukon he was driving. According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, the vehicle veered off the roadway onto the north shoulder along Pine Forest Road and, as a result, struck a tree. Both the driver and his 8-year-old...
A Century woman who told an officer “some unknown per- son had run by the vehicle and thrown the pipe and metham- phetamine onto her lap” is fac- ing drug charges after the offi- cer observed the vehicle she was a passenger in blocking the roadway and a subsequent vehicle search revealed drugs on Oct. 13. Jennifer McCann Zisa, 37, 3340 W. Highway 4, was a pas- senger in an older model blue Chevy Blazer parked partially off the road at 44 Cottage Hill Road in Cantonment, when an officer observed...
Although they took no action, the Jay Town Council Monday night listened to Allen Turner of Allen Turner Hyundai who presented his support for the ordinance ban- ning automobile tent sales from outsiders recently adopted by the Santa Rosa County Commissioners. The ordinance does not apply to incorporated areas of the county, like Jay. Turner cited the predatory- type activities that go on at auto tent sales leaving victims who purchase the vehicles with no recourse for action when a problem...
The Flomaton Lions Club will host a Veteran's Day 5K Run and Walk starting at 8 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Flomaton Community Center, located at 600 McCurdy Street. Registration for the run/walk starts at 6:30 a.m. The event will last until about 3 p.m. and include a cornhole tournament, lunch, a flag retiring ceremony per- formed by the Boy Scouts, patriotic music and a live broadcast with radio station WPFL 105.1. Veterans and their families are invited to join the festivi- ties and...
A Jay man who shined a laser toward a Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office cruiser traveling down Highway 4 around 3:30 a.m. is now facing a felony charge when the green beam caused the deputy to be unable to see the roadway. Glenn Austin Bingham, 43, 4400 Highway 4, was arrested Saturday, Oct. 12, after an officer driving on Highway 4 near Commerce Street observed a green light pointing in his car's direction from down Highway 4 that made him unable to see the roadway and swerve to avoid it, according t...
The Century campus of Pensacola State College has a new face, with Coordinator John Artinger stepping up to fill the position left vacant by former director Paula Byrd, who retired August 30. Retired in 2017 as a high school administrator, Artinger and his wife moved from Maryland down south to be near his daughter and grandchildren. An adjunct professor at both the Milton and Pensacola campuses of PSC, Artinger has been in education for 35 years. "They needed someone to fill this position,...
The town of Jay will finally get sidewalks from School Street northward to the existing sidewalk network, according to Santa Rosa County Commissioner Don Salter at Jay's Monday, Oct. 7 council meeting. The bid chosen was from Gulf Atlantic Constructors in the amount of $775,708.51. The funding will come from the Local Agency Program (LAP) as a reimbursement program to utilize federal funds through Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to design and construct highway infrastructure...
A Century man is facing drug charges and was arrested Oct. 9, following a traffic stop in Milton on August 25 where officers searching the vehicle discovered meth. John Steven Crawley, 47, 414 Front St., was a passenger in a Mazda Miata on Avalon Blvd. when an officer who knew driver Annalisa Mcbroom's license was expired, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office report. Mcbroom turned onto Frontage Road and stopped her vehicle of her own accord in the middle of the roadway, impeding...
Residents in the Jay area joined the rest of the voters across Santa Rosa County in voting no Tuesday on a proposed 1-cent sales tax that was proposed to generate money to address capital improvements and infrastructure needs throughout the county with 67 percent of county residents against the tax. Countywide, Santa Rosa County residents voted 8,581 in favor of the tax and 17,529 voted no. In the Jay precinct, the sales tax proposal was defeated 217 to 74. Across Santa Rosa County, voter...
The Century Council approved a recommendation from Interim City manager Buz Eddy to allow Escambia County (Fla.) to replace 10 commercial gas meters through a mutual aid response at a cost of $17,171 to help the town. Eddy told the council that Pensacola Energy has agreed, at Mayor Grover Robinson's direction to make the repairs at cost right away. “We were concerned if we did not do an RFP with the complexity of a gas meter like the one at the prison,” said Eddy. “It's very complex work and the...
Area family-friendly fall festivities will kick off Thursday, Oct. 24, in downtown Flomaton and continue Saturday, Oct. 26 at Turtle Point and then wrap up on Halloween in Century and Jay. Flomaton High School will host its Harvest Festival and various churches and organizations will host Trick or Treat in the Street from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24, in downtown Flomaton. Booths will be set up offering games and candy and various organizations and churches will have candy...
An East Brewton man who was stopped after an officer ran his license plate number with negative results was arrested Oct. 4 after a search of the suspect revealed methamphetamine. Derick William Fredric Daines, 26, 201 Grantham St., was traveling northbound on Lewis Road in Jay and crossed over Highway 4 onto Reeder Road when an officer ran the vehicle tag which was met with negative results on being assigned to any vehicle, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office report. When the...
The time of year has come for the 30th Annual Jay Peanut Festival from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., this Saturday, Oct. 5 and Sunday, Oct. 6 at the Gabbert Farm in Jay. The farm is located at 3604 Pine Level Church Road and is put on in memory of the Gabbert's daughter, Melissa Caroline Gabbert, who died from complications of cancer and age 19. Admission, parking, contests and entertainment at the festival are free. There will be arts, crafts, antiques, new merchandise, a rock wall, a bungee jump,...
The Century Council voted Monday Sept. 16 approval for the wastewater treatment plant to pay for repairs to the town's effluent filters for $1,800. Interim City manager Buz Eddy told the council the filters have been out of service for several years due to the controls being submerged in water and they need to be repaired or replaced and returned to service. The filters were installed in 2002 and 2007, Eddy said. “This is a sole source type mechanical assessment by the manufacturer and until w...
A Jay man is facing drug and weapon charges after authorities responded to a report of illegal narcotics being used under a bridge. Jackie Blaine Rogers, 48, 6045 Highway 4, was later identified as the driver of a red pick-up truck reported to law enforcement to be using illegal narcotics parked under the bridge located just east of the intersection of McDaniels Road and Highway 4, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office report. When the officer shined a light on the Rogers, Rogers mad...
The town of Century approved a request from Interim City Manager Buz Eddy Monday night to hire a company to remove sludge from the waste water treatment plant in the amount of $9,500 and an emergency request to approve an expenditure of $36,000 to purchase and repair one of three clarifiers the plant utilizes. Eddy referred council members to a copy each had of a letter from Interim Natural Gas Superintendent Vernon Prather and Water and Wasterwater Superintendent Heath Burkett regarding the...
A Century man was killed Sept. 18 when the motorcycle he was driving hit a tree on Byrneville Road. Richard Goodwin, 42, was traveling west on Byrneville Road east of Crary Road on his 1997 Harley Davidson motorcycle when he left the roadway to the north and collided with tree, according to a Florida Highway Patrol press release. Escambia County EMS responded to the scene of the accident and Goodwin was Life Flighted to Baptist hospital in Pensacola, where he was pronounced dead. The report...
After 45 years working for Escambia County (Ala.) and more recently, as an extension agent, Carolyn Bivins is retiring. A native of Tuskegee, Bivins graduated from Tuskegee High School and went to Tuskegee Institute (University), where she earned a bachelor's degree in home economics education. When asked what inspired her to be a county agent, Bivins said in high school, there was a lady named Mrs. Betty Wilson, who worked with the gas company, and she would come to the high school and give...
A traffic stop in Milton for an illegal turn by a Jay man Sept. 22 resulted in three felony charges involving drugs, evidence tampering and fleeing authorities. Justin Lawrence Soley, 30, 6331 Hall Road, was observed making an illegal turn then following a car too closely in the 2007 Ford Explorer he was driving, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office report. The officer initiated a traffic stop using both his lights and siren and saw the suspect look several times in the driver's...
The town of Century approved the hiring of a city manager last Monday and operations manager Eddy 'Buz' Edwin agreed to serve as interim city manager in the meantime and participate in the hiring and interview process. A Request For Proposals (RFP) will be developed and sent out next week, according to Century Mayor Henry Hawkins. “I think it's a great idea,” said Hawkins. “The city manager and I will work closely together. We can't have it any other way. They will actually run the city. All e...
The Jay Council Monday night discussed and got updates on the progress of several projects the town has going on and approved a new name for the facility that was the old Jay Livestock market. The Livestock Market Representatives with the United States Dairy Association Rural Development (USDA RD) came last week and inspected the work done on the structure and gave a thumbs up of approval. Jay Operations Manager Eric Seib said now the town has to pay all contractors final payments and once...
The town of Century will be searching for a new gas superintendent soon, as Wally Kellett resigned his position with the town recently to take another job. Kellett worked for the town for more than a year while living in Pensacola, according to Century Mayor Henry Hawkins, who feels that Kellett 'got the town on the right track'. The town has prioritized the installation of new gas meters where the old ones don't work and measure right or don't work at all, especially commercial gas meters for...
The Escambia County Board of Education (Ala.) heard several updates, including the W.S. Neal High School construction project and approved the FY 2019-2020 budget among other items at their meeting Thursday, Sept. 12. W.S. Neal High School W.S. Neal High School construction project consisted of two projects. The athletic facilities and the auditorium are in Phase 2. School Superintendent John Knott said the project has been finalized, and he met with representatives from the Alabama Building...
Personnel with the water and wastewater systems and mayor of the town of Century are scheduled to hold a meeting at the water plant on Wednesday, Sept. 25, with several people from the state of Florida, including State Sen. Doug Broxson and State Rep. Mike Hill, according to Century Mayor Henry Hawkins, to address problems. “This is fact-finding meeting so we can get the stuff that we need,” said Hawkins. “We cannot apply for grants without them coming to put an eyeball on what is neede...
W.S. Neal Middle School in East Brewton welcomes native Perry Updike as new assistant principal this fall, following the retirement of former assistant principal Donald Hardyman. A 2002 graduate of W.S. Neal High School, Updike attended W.S. Neal Elementary, Middle and High Schools growing up. She then went to Jefferson Davis Community College (now Coastal Alabama Community College) for one year, then transferred to the University of Alabama, where she earned both a bachelor's and master's degre...
