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Traffic stops and the use of drug sniffing dogs led to the arrest of five people on drug charges over the past several days by the Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office. James Tunstall, 61, 11296 Tunstall Road, Stockton, and Michelle York, 51, 56330 Stevens Place, Stockton, were both arrested Nov. 2 on drug possession charges. Sheriff's office reports state a deputy approached the vehicle and detected the smell of marijuana and saw a marijuana cigarette in the center console cupholder. A furth...
Republic Services will do its last pickup of residential garbage in Flomaton on Monday, Nov. 11, and Waste Pro will then begin picking up curbside garbage Friday, Nov. 15. Residential garbage service will then continue each Friday from Waste Pro and carts need to be placed curbside by 6 a.m. on Fridays to guarantee pickup. According to the agreement signed by the town of Flomaton, Republic Services will pick up garbage and pick up its garbage carts on Nov. 11. New carts will be provided by...
Monday is Veterans Day, but activities to honor the military services of thousands and thousands of men and women who have served our country actually kickoff at 1 p.m. today (Thursday) with a Veterans Day Celebration at the Century Community Center. Events will continue through Nov. 16 when the Flomaton Lions Club hosts a 5K run/walk. Banks will be closed in honor of the federal holiday Monday along with other businesses. For some it will cap off a long holiday weekend that involves everything...
Escambia Academy's Ty Williams scored four first half touchdowns to spark the Cougars' 41-0 win at Lowndes Academy that clinched homefield advantage for EA throughout the playoffs. The Cougars will wrap up the regular season this Friday at home against Fort Dale Academy on Senior Night. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Friday night's win at Lowndes Academy was the second consecutive shutout for the Cougars in region play. Head coach Hugh Fountain said the Cougars fumbled on the first play of the game...
After a slow start, Jay and Bozeman put on an offensive show Friday night with Bozeman scoring three fourth-quarter touchdowns to pull away with a 49-35 win over the visiting Royals. Jay will wrap up its regular season this Friday night when the Royals host Northview. Bozeman scored on an 84-yard run in the first quarter to take the early lead and then scored early in the second quarter to take a 14-0 lead. Jay's Judd Smith hit Tucker Mandell on a 6-yard touchdown pass and Toby Mandell added...
Flomaton High School captured its first region title with a 20-12 victory Friday night at T.R. Miller to give the Hurricanes the top spot in 3A's Region 1 and home field advantage in the playoffs that will begin in two weeks when the Canes host Opp in the opening round of post season play. Flomaton will wrap up its regular season tonight (Thursday) at Southern Choctaw in a non-region game. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Flomaton had a 20-0 lead over T.R. Miller early in the third quarter and fought...
My mother called me Sunday about a newspaper ad in the Tuscaloosa News from the Poarch Band of Creek Indians setting the 'record straight' about a group that has started a campaign against Poarch's monopoly on gaming in the state and not paying taxes. I later read the ad in the Mobile Press-Register. Maybe I've had my head in the sand, but I didn't know there was a 'group' now going after Poarch. Before I had a chance to read Steve Flowers' weekly column which appears at the bottom of this page...
Fire trucks from multiple jurisdictions lined the streets of Brewton Friday and followed one of their own to Weavers Cemetery in Appleton to pay their respects and to honor Appleton Volunteer Fire Chief Michael Fredrick Tyler, who died Oct. 20 at his residence. Tyler, 67, retired after 20 years in the Air Force as a technical sergeant, radar specialist and instructor. He used that training for more than 20 years as the Appleton fire chief to help train hundreds of firefighters across the area....
Flomaton High School's Miss FHS Pageant will kickoff Tuesday, Nov. 5, with the talent portion of the competition and will return Thursday, Nov. 7, for pageant night that includes physical fitness, presentations by the top 5 talent winners and poise and appearance. It will be held at 7 p.m. each day with $5 admission each day. Contestants pictured above are front row from left, Chaselyn Phillips, Skylar Crawford, Helene Brown, Victoria White, Daisy Chavers and JennyDavidson. Back row are...
Three Atmore residents and one Bay Minette resident were arrested Friday after multiple law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant at an Atmore residence that turned up methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana, prescription pills and numerous drug paraphernalia. Agents with the Alabama Drug Enforcement Task Force and the U.S. Marshal Task Force, assisted by the Atmore Police Department, executed the search warrant Oct. 18 at 517 East Oak Street. Arrested at the scene were Christian James...
For the first time since the Alabama Department of Education began issuing school report cards, Flomaton Elementary School and Flomaton High School each received an A when grades were released last week. Both schools scored an overall score of 90. The two Flomaton schools were the only two schools within the Escambia County School System to receive A's. The school system received a B with an overall score of 85. Scores from other schools within the county school system are: W.S. Neal Middle...
One Atmore man was arrested and another sentenced to 15 years and a day for violating Alabama's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act for failing to properly register with the Escambia County Sheriff's Office on address changes. Frederick Allen Barkley, 58, 58 Edgewood Court, Atmore, was sentenced to 15 years and a day on Oct. 22 in prison in Escambia County County Circuit Court. According to sheriff's office reports, Barkley was arrested in August, 2017, for failure to report for quart...
Flomaton Elementary School and Flomaton High School made an 'A' for the first time under the current Alabama Department of Education report card scores. I say current, because I learned new tests to determine school and system report cards will change next year. FES Principal George Brown and FHS Principal Scott Hammond were proud of the first As those schools ever received under the grading system. I was proud for them. They quickly turned the praise toward their teachers, their students and th...
Flomaton's Daquan Johnson rushed for 290 yards and threw for two touch- downs to lead Flomaton to a 44-21 victory over the visiting Thomasville Tigers Friday night which clinched a playoff spot for the Hurricanes with one region game remaining. That region game this Friday night is at T.R. Miller. If Flomaton wins it captures the region title and will have home field advantage in the playoffs. If Flomaton loses the Hurricanes will drop to fourth place in the region and will likely travel to No....
Connor Roberts rushed 24 times for 185 yards and four touchdowns and Judd Smith was five of eight for 143 yards and a touchdown to lead Jay to a 32-6 win at North Bay Haven Friday night. Jay will be back on the road this Friday night at Bozeman before closing out the regular season Nov. 1 at home against Northview. Jay's offense struck early in the first quarter when Smith hit Brent Eister on a 71- yard touchdown pass. Toby Mandell added the PAT and the Royals led 7-0. North Bay Haven respond-...
The Flomaton Town Council approved its fiscal year 2019-20 budget that provides raises for employees, eliminated a proposed $5-per-month trash fee and set rates for residents using the dumpster behind town hall or curbside debris pickup. In presenting the budget, Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., said raises for all but two employees were eliminated and the $5 trash fee was eliminated. He told the council it would cost about $30,000 to put the raises back in the budget. Councilman Jim Johnson said he w...
After the Flomaton Town Council voted 4-1 to transfer funds to pay bills, Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., then asked the council to approve borrowing $80,000 from the town's line of credit to pay other bills. “For about a year and half now we have not had to go the line of credit,” Mayor Bondurant said during mayor's comments at the end on Monday night's council meeting. “It had been working well.” Bondurant told the council he had been working with vendors concerning overdue bills. “What's...
U.S. Sen. Doug Jones was in Brewton last Thursday afternoon as part of his town hall meetings scheduled across the state of Alabama. Above, Brewton Mayor Yank Lovelace, right, greets Sen. Jones at city hall as the senator addressed about 100 residents in a packed house at city hall....
About 92 years ago, Charles B. Hiller disappeared in Flomaton where he worked in the restaurant and was the newsstand manager at the L&N train depot. He also worked for the Crescent News and Hotel Company. His grandson, Paul Green from San Antonio, Texas, was in Flomaton a few weeks ago seeking clues to what may have happened to his grandfather, who has not been seen since he disappeared. "At the time, all the newspapers in the area said foul play was involved and searches for his body turned...
The Flomaton Town Council approved a recommendation by the Flomaton Library Board to change the hours of operation at the Flomaton Public Library and eliminate being open on Saturday mornings. In a letter to the council, Library Director Kaci Boutwell said over the past year there has been a steady decrease in the patrons using the library on Saturdays but an increase in those needing extra time during the week. She noted on some mornings during the week there are people waiting for the doors...
The Flomaton Town Council is considering giving away land adjacent to the old concrete pipe plant on Highway 31 that includes a baseball practice field in hopes of luring a new business to that location which will employ 38 people. Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., told council members Monday that a company out of Georgia is looking at opening a precast concrete plant on the site. The land, located behind the Tri-City Ledger building, was once donated to the town. The town later sold the land but kept...
The town of Flomaton's residential garbage collection will switch from Republic Services to Waste Pro following a recent bid opening that leaves the garbage rates the same with no increases for two years. The council approved the resolution to award the contract to Waste Pro until Nov. 30, 2022. The new contract begins on Dec. 1. Utilities Superintendent Shaun Moye said Waste Pro will also begin picking up commercial garbage for those that use the standard cans like residences' and that service...
Held over from the last meeting, the Escambia County Commission approved a bid from Ozark Striping for road striping on county roads for the 2019-20 fiscal year. At the last meeting, County Engineer Bill Bridges told the commission he was rebidding the striping. In other business Monday, the commission voted to accept a $33,513 Emergency Management Assessment grant that provides general support to the county's emergency management office. County Clerk-Administrator Tony Sanks said it was an...
Flomaton's Daquan Johnson rushed for 323 yards on 23 carries and scored three touchdowns to lead the Hurricanes to an 18-13 win over visiting Mobile Christian to put the Hurricanes on top of its 3A region as the final weeks of the 2019 regular season arrive. Flomaton sits on top of the region standings with a 3-1 record, followed by Mobile Christian at 3-1, Bayside Academy at 3-2, T.R. Miller at 3-2, Thomasville at 2-2, Excel at 1-3 and St. Michael at 0-4. Flomaton's run to claim the region...
Escambia Academy raced to a 35-0 halftime lead and coasted to a 35-14 homecoming win over visiting Hooper Academy Friday night. The Cougars (4-3) will be back in action this Friday night when they travel to South Choctaw Academy. “It's always tough to focus with homecoming activities, but I was proud of how we started,” said head football coach Hugh Fountain. “Fumbles seem to be a big problem that we need to correct. We do play hard and that makes any coach happy.” The victory moved the Cougars...
