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Jay Pharmacy has stopped filling any prescriptions for their customers beginning on Friday, Feb. 16, although the store remains open for other purchases. Initial contact with a Jay Pharmacy employee revealed that the pharmacy's ability to fill prescriptions would be halted for what they think will be six to eight weeks, until they get their insurance contracts back. Jay Pharmacy is owned by Physicians Specialty Pharmacy in Pensacola. Several attempts to contact Tom Wiley, Vice President of...
The Flomaton Lions Club is challenging all video gamers to put on their game faces and prove their skills this Saturday, March 10, at their first ever Ultimate Video Gaming Competition at the Flomaton Community Center at 600 McCurdy Street. Registration is $20 per gamer and begins at 9 a.m. The tournament ends at 1 p.m. There can be up to three people on a team or players can choose to play individually. The video competition will take place in a state-of-the-art mobile video game truck...
Students from kindergarten through sixth grade at Flomaton Elementary School got to see what exotic kinds of animals live in the forests of South America last Tuesday when Rick Rackstraw with Rick's Exotic Animals came to the Flomaton High School auditorium for a visit. This was Rackstraw's second visit to Flomaton and he has been bringing his exotic cast of animals to audiences for almost 24 years. "My wife was a teacher and she decided she wanted a monkey," said Rackstraw. "That was 24 years...
Century residents gathered at a public meeting at the Century Business Center Tuesday night to discuss their ideas for what they envision for the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency). A CRA can be used to make improvements to a blighted area by putting a portion of property taxes back into improvements. Those improvements are determined by the CRA which is why these public meetings are important. Hosted by the town of Century, Town Planner Debbie Nickles Peggy Fowler with Peggy Fowler and...
At Century's council meeting Monday night, Councilwoman Ann Brooks made a motion to get Escambia County (Fla.) county attorney Matt Dannheiser involved in the clean up at Alger Sullivan sawmill sight, stating that the warm season will bring snakes, rodents and disease, making it dangerous for those who live in Century. Century Mayor Henry Hawkins told Brooks that he is actively trying to get the county to deed the property to the town through the county administrator so it can be cleaned up....
Eric Seib gave an update at Jay’s council of the town's plan to utilize 'ice pigging' to flush out the cast iron pipes following a recent workshop. Ice pigging involves pushing icy sludge water of a particular consistency through pipes to remove sediment without damaging the interior of the pipe walls. Seib said they requested a quote from a company called Suez that can use a software program to determine the location and quality of pipes. The process could take up to six trucks full of crushed...
A Brewton man is facing felony drug charges after Santa Rosa County law enforcement discovered drug paraphernalia in his truck parked on private property near the Blackwater Wildlife Management Area. Stephen Glenn McCurdy, 50, 520 Polk Rd., was arrested and charged with three counts possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and possession of drug paraphernalia on Sunday, Feb. 18, when Santa Rosa County law enforcement approached his vehicle and ask permission to search it when...
A neighbor's dog started barking about 4 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 and the neighbor got up to see what was going on and saw the glow of the fire and dialed 911. When Fire Chief Steve Stanton arrived on scene at 75 Catherine St., he found a fully involved structure and the house next door on fire also. Homeowners James Rollins and Jewel Warrick, boyfriend and girlfriend, were not there and both their vehicles were gone. A Be On the Look Out was put out for them by Flomaton law enforcement. "When...
A Century man is back behind bars and facing a felony home invasion charge as the result of an investigation by Escambia County (Fla.) law enforcement that began Jan. 21, 2018. Kendrick Washington, 29, 6711 Jefferson Ave., was arrested and charged with one count felony home invasion robbery with a firearm Saturday, Feb. 10, when he was identified by Britni Smith, a resident of 9520 Ivey St. in Century, as the person who had unlawfully forced his way into her home on Sunday, Jan. 21, demanding...
Home owners Rex and Theresa Smith said that the family arrived home after church to see smoke coming from the chimney but none of the family members had started a fire that morning. "We left for church, closed our door, like so many mornings, and come back never able to walk in our home again," said home owner Theresa Smith. "As bad as it was in a lot of the rooms, we found a Bible in every room that made it. That, to me, is a sign that even in the hardest time, He was still there." At 12:30 p....
The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education called a special meeting Monday, Feb. 5, to approve awarding the contract from Triptek Construction to renovate the Flomaton High School home side concession stand and Creamer Dozier to do the demolition work. The total of the bid is $707,800 with $458,000 as the base bid with one alternate bid of $249,800. The $249,800 alternate bid includes the visitor's side concession stand, walkways complete with a concrete pad and drainage. Creamer will do the...
Pineview Volunteer Fire Department responded to a 911 call around 2:30 p.m., about a fire at 11630 Foshee Rd. in Flomaton and arrived to find a metal structure belonging where a motor home camper, vehicle, various farm equipment and 150 gallons of diesel fuel are stored fully involved. The metal shed belonged to Howard Holmes. Flomaton, Barnette Crossroads and McCall Fire Departments assisted as well as Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff's Department. It took about 35 minutes to extinguish the...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education voted at a special board meeting Monday, Feb. 5. to expel a Flomaton High School junior who had a hunting rifle and compound bow in his vehicle. Following an Executive Session, the board announced the decision to expel the student for one year from the date of the incident, Jan. 30, 2018 to Jan. 30, 2019. The weapons were noticed by the school's resource officer during a security check of the parking lot and removed from the vehicle. The student's...
An Atmore teen was charged with careless driving after his vehicle rear-ended a school bus full of students on Highway 4 in Century, Fla., according to an Escambia County (Fla.) media release. Jakeldria Brown, 18, of Atmore, was behind an Escambia County school bus on Highway 4 traveling east approaching Northview High School. Around 8:50 a.m., Monday, Feb. 12, the school bus stopped in the eastbound lane preparing to make a left turn into the school parking lot. Brown's 2005 Monte Carlo failed...
Century residents could see up to a 10 percent raise in gas, electric and water rates and up to 25 percent on gas outside the town limits after Century Council Monday night listened to former Gulf Breeze City Manager Buzz Eddy explain how the Municipal Public Service Tax (MPST) and the alternative revenue source it could generate could help the town of Century. However, the town council took no action on the proposal and will make a decision at a later date. The tax is based on the impact of uti...
The Jay Council Monday night discussed the immediate and long-term plans of flushing, preventing and reconditioning or replacing the cast iron pipes to resolve the dirty water problem in Jay. The town has been flushing the lines over the last four months when sediment was found, but the water has remained discolored. In an official release, the town of Joy outlined its multi-layered plan to resolve the issue. The first step is to hire a flushing contractor to systematically flush the lines, begi...
Last Thursday morning, U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne stopped by Rachel Patterson Elementary School in Atmore during his 100th Town Hall Tour across the first congressional district to speak with educators and visit with preschoolers to see first hand the effectiveness of federal preschool funding through a four-year grant. The program currently receives $77.5 million in state appropriations and has been augmented for the last three years with $17.5 million by Alabama's four-year federal Preschool Deve...
Escambia County (Ala.) School Superintendent John Knott addressed the recently released failing grade given to Escambia County High School by the Alabama Department of Education's State Report Card at Tuesday night's board of education meeting at W.S. Neal High School. The 'F' given to ECHS places it in the lowest 6 percent based on the ACT Aspire test given to students grades three through eight and 10 across the U.S. last year. "This assessment did not align to the standards we teach," said...
Pensacola resident William Perry, Jr., 56, was sentenced to 20 years in Florida State Prison on Jan. 25, 2018 by Circuit Judge Gary Bergosh, according to an Escambia County (Fla.) State Attorney's press release. Perry was convicted by an Escambia County (Fla.) jury on Sept. 14, 2017 of robbery without a weapon. On April 21, 2016, Perry entered Century Laundry and Self Storage at 9521 N. Century Boulevard in Century and committed a robbery. The store manager, a 71-year-old female, was alone in...
A single-vehicle crash at 1:45 p.m., Wednesday, January. 17, has claimed the life of a Brewton woman. Tressa Mechell Richards, 42, was killed when the 2003 Pontiac Grand AM, in which she was a passenger, lost control driving over a patch of ice on the roadway and overturned into a creek. The vehicle was driven by Norma Jean Jerkins, Brewton, who sustained minor injuries and was taken to Andalusia Regional Hospital along with passengers, Regina Kay Stanford and a 6 year old child. Richards was...
The Century Town Council reviewed the town's current bill list presented by Town Clerk Leslie Howington and CPA Robert Hudson before approving it at Monday night's meeting. The total amount was $107,616.09, before grant monies of $39,582.25 reduced the final amount to $68,033.84 for bills starting in Nov. through Jan. 22. The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Drainage Project Fund total is $39,582.25; the gas fund total is $33,134.94; the general fund total is 10,070.81; the Up Front...
A Walnut Hill man was arrested Jan. 20 when law enforcement conducted a traffic stop on Highway 97 discovered drug residue and paraphernalia during a pat down of his person. Stephen Eugene Freeman, 51, 9730 Highway 97, was arrested after law enforcement stopped his wife's vehicle during a traffic stop on Highway 97 at Ficklin Road and discovered drug paraphernalia and residue that tested positive for marijuana and methamphetamine according to an Escambia County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office report....
A Jay man is facing drug charges after law enforcement responding to a suspicious loitering complaint on Jan. 22 discovered methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia on his person. Dexter Darrel Biggs, 40, 4529 Darney Road, was arrested and charged with one count felony possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and one count drug paraphernalia following a search of his person in response to a complaint of a man acting suspiciously at the intersection of Neal Jones Road and Water...
“Jay can take a step back and allow its minions to make phone calls,” was the statement made by Pace resident and Jay business owner Lori Elder to council members Tuesday night at Jay's council meeting. Elder is referring to her attempts to get the permits required by Santa Rosa County, she said she was told that 'Jay has its own way of doing things' by employees in Milton and felt she is “being railroaded” by Jay council members while she has been trying for five years to open Opie's, a coffe...
Jay's former mayor, Kurvin Qualls, has been appointed to the West Florida Regional Planning Council, according to a press release from Florida Gov. Rick Scott's office released Friday. Qualls had served as chairman on the council when he was Jay's mayor, but had to resign from the council when he resigned as mayor of Jay in October 2017. The mission of the West Florida Regional Planning Council is to provide professional planning, coordinating and advisory services to local governments, state...
