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It won't show up in the record book. It was a prison 'jamboree' between T.R. Miller and Escambia County High School in Atmore Friday night that saw the Blue Devil's varsity defeat the Tigers' varsity 16-7 in the first half of the game. Escambia County High School Principal had made a promise to his football players that if they could defeat T.R. Miller he would have the Blue Devil pitchfork carved in his hair on the side of his head. Fuqua lived up to his promise Monday as barber John Helm...
Escambia Academy started its defense of its state title in championship fashion with 63 points and 289 yards of total offense while holding Snook Academy to negative 47 yards of total offense in a season-opening 63-0 win. Quarterback Jabe Dawe connected with Tyrese Smith on a 55-yard touchdown pass and Sam Martin added the PAT to give the Cougars an early 7-0 lead. Patrick McGhee then returned a punt 30 yards for a touchdown. Martin's PAT was no good but EA had stretched its lead to 13-0....
Posts on social media about a $10 cover charge and all-you-could-drink alcohol at an East Brewton hair salon sent police officers and agents with the Alabama Alcohol Beverage Control Board to the location where one patron was witnessed rolling a joint of suspected marijuana outside the building. East Brewton Police Chief Kenny Brazille said police learned of the illegal party by watching social media, noting it is illegal to sell alcohol without a license. When officers arrived at the business...
A former W.S. Neal Elementary School special education teacher who was arrested on a felony computer tampering charge last May involving the changing of students' grades pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of computer tampering last week in Escambia County Circuit Court. Lisa Carolyn Odom, 58, 1204 Travis Road, Brewton, was given a one-year suspended sentence and placed on one year of supervised probation. Odom has since resigned her position with the Escambia County School System and is no...
Brewton Mayor Yank Lovelace, left, welcomes Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox to Brewton Saturday evening as the Escambia County Executive Committee hosted Democratic candidates who are running for state offices....
I received a letter from the Alabama Department of Education the other day announcing that 50 schools across the state will received $20,000 each because of the good job they did in third grade reading gains during the 2017-18 school year. I began scratching my head. The Alabama Legislature allocated the money for this program during its last session. The letter I received stated “Today, the 50 schools that will receive this earmarked funding are recognized for their efforts in showing the m...
A traffic stop Aug. 19 in Flomaton led to the arrest of a Brewton woman on drug charges after Flomaton Police Chief Bryan Davis found prescription pills and methamphetamine inside the woman's purse. Lisa Lynne Floyd, 49, also known as Lisa McCurdy and Lisa Jackson, with a last address listed as 471 Polk Road, Brewton, was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of prescription drugs. Chief Davis...
In last week's edition of the Tri-City Ledger, the story dealing with the town of Flomaton's finances, a portion of Councilman Buster Crapps' quote was omitted. Crapps was referring to a question previously asked by Councilwoman Lillian Dean about other small towns not having the number of police officers Flomaton has. What Crapps said was, “Do you know why they don't have that many? They don't have the money.” “That's the reason you don't see them in Century, you don't see them in Jay, you d...
Contrary to published reports, East Brewton Mayor Terry Clark said money has been allocated to construct sidewalks from W.S. Neal middle and elementary schools to the apartments on Williamson Street. On Feb. 11, 2016, 12-year old Devon Spencer was struck by a vehicle as he was walking to school and later died from those injuries. Mayor Clark said the city of East Brewton applied for a grant through the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (ATRIP) on Nov. 26, 2016 to...
Citing lost revenue, the Flomaton Town Council voted 5-1 Monday night to approve an ordinance to ask the Alabama Legislature to pass a bill to allow alcohol sales within the town limits on Sundays. Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., said he got the idea from Atmore Mayor Jim Staff, noting that Atmore had its Sunday alcohol sales approved about six months ago. “I'm trying to help with our finances,” Bondurant said. Bondurant said, like Atmore, residents were leaving the city on Sundays to purchase bee...
The ground search for a missing Virginia woman, whose abandoned car was found Sunday in a densely wooded portion of Conecuh County, was called off at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Several volunteers showed up Wednesday morning at the Yellow Hammer Service Center at the Highway 113 and Interstate 65 exit for an announced search, but were told that search had also been canceled by Conecuh County Sheriff Randy Brock. According Sheriff Brock, a father and son riding four-wheelers Sunday on an unnamed road...
Despite findings issued by the Alabama State Bureau of Investigations saying there were no criminal acts involving damage to a Flomaton Fire Department pumper truck, Jimmy Brantley said he stands by his original statement that the truck was intentionally damaged. Brantley originally made the allegations during the June 11 Flomaton Town Council meeting, saying one of the firetrucks had been intentionally damaged and felt an investigation was needed. SBI Agent James Murphy conducted the investigat...
I guess I was as surprised as anyone when Flomaton Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., proposed a resolution Monday night to allow the sale of alcohol within the town limits of Flomaton on Sundays. But I think it's a great move for the citizens of Flomaton. First off, it will be at least March before such a law can be passed by the Alabama Legislature. Why towns and cities need to get approval to govern their owns towns still puzzles me, but as the law stands now, the Flomaton Town Council can't make...
A special agent with the Alabama State Bureau of Investigations has determined no violation of the state's criminal code occurred stemming from allegations made by Jimmy Brantley that a Flomaton Fire Department truck was intentionally damaged. Agent James Murphy filed his report this week with Escambia County District Attorney Steve Billy stating that “individual(s) may have allowed personal feelings, dislikes or vendettas to play a role in the accusations.” Billy said the investigation by SBI...
Cheryl Barton said her husband loved people and loved helping people and wasn't going to let the fact that he was confined to a wheelchair stop him from doing what he love most. Brewton City Councilman Fred Barton died Monday night at his home less than two months after having a tumor removed from his spine. Barton's funeral will be held Saturday at the T.R. Miller High School auditorium in Brewton with visitation from 12 noon to 2 p.m. with the funeral starting at 2 p.m. A graduate of Southern...
The Dog Days of Summer were actually the Dog Days of Summer Saturday at the Gordy Dog Park on Sowell Road in Brewton where about 100 people brought their beloved pets for a day of fun, a good bath and to help raise money for Paws Crossed, an animal rescue group stationed in Brewton. Gordy Dog Park was dedicated in 2017 in memory of Joe Farley Gordy, who donated the land to the city of Brewton for the construction of the park for people to bring their dogs. Edie Kelly, director of Paws Crossed,...
The East Brewton Police Department continues its crackdown on illegal narcotics with the arrest of five people on drug charges that include spice, methamphetamine and crack cocaine. Police Chief Kenny Brazille said one of the department's goals is to rid the city of illegal drugs and said police will continue to crack down on the problem. "We will continue the fight to keep drugs off our streets and out of our city," Brazille said. Brazille also said citizens in the community who suspect illegal...
I used to facetiously say Union Town, Ala., was my hero in terms of voter turnout, but it’s dropped to number two on my list. While we, here in Escambia County, Ala., seem to stay away from the voting booth like we'll catch some disease, there are people in other areas that really know how to get a heavy voter turnout. Last month, 12.62 percent of registered voters across the state of Alabama voted in the Republican runoff. That number dropped to 7.24 percent in Escambia County. Granted those n...
A chase that started near Peterman and spanned four counties Tuesday night ended when the suspect exited his truck and jumped from a bridge in Mobile County, falling approximately 100 feet to his death. Monroe County Sheriff Tom Tate said the incident started shortly after 8 p.m. when deputies were called to Scotch Plywood in Beatrice where a Mack truck had been stolen from their sawmill yard. Tate said one deputy went to the mill and a second deputy patrolled Alabama Highway 21 South on the...
Engineers, contractors and an architect toured the Escambia County Courthouse Tuesday in Brewton to help county commissioners make a decision on what to do about ceilings caving in and water leaks throughout the building causing multiple issues that could become a health hazard. Escambia County Commission Chairman Raymond Wiggins said the experts will get back to him shortly to recommend emergency repairs to the nearly 60-year old building. "It's overwhelming how many issues we have throughout...
U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne brought his 'Better Off Now' tour to Escambia County Tuesday with stops in Atmore and Brewton touting economic and military improvements under the Trump administration and said a new workforce development initiative signed by the president will continue the positive move in the country. While addressing the crowd in Brewton, Rep. Byrne said a 'Better Way' initiative was created two years ago in Congress. He said with tax cuts, tax reform and lifting regulations off of...
U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne all but said it; economic developers have said it: If you want a job in the United States, there is a job available for you. But that's the problem. We've got too many people who don't want a job because they are better off sitting at home letting the government take care of them. On Jan. 20, 1961, Democrat John F. Kennedy issued his inaugural address with the famous words “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.” Let those words sin...
An Andalusia man stopped for speeding Sunday afternoon in Flomaton ended up in the Escambia County Detention Center on trafficking charges after officers discovered 1,001 grams of the herbal substance Kratom, which is illegal to sell or possess in the state of Alabama. Luke Mark Popwell, 32, 25339 Hidden Forest Lane, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, trafficking, unlawful possession of marijuana II, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and speeding. According...
An Atmore woman had about an hour and 45 minutes worth of freedom Monday night after escaping from the Escambia County Sheriff's Office's female minimum security barracks before she was captured without incident. Meagan Brooke Dantzler, 26, 1905 Cowpen Creek Road, now faces a felony escape I charge on top of her original charges. Dantzler was being held in the detention center on charges of burglary III and theft of property III when she left the barracks. Court records note she was being held...
On May 14, 2018, Ken Folsom had a homecoming of sorts when he arrived with the MedStar ambulance at the Flomaton Fire Station. Folsom, 27, never actually lived in Flomaton, but his grandparents John and Shelmerdene Folsom did. He also had other relatives in Flomaton and spent a lot of time in the town. When he got the opportunity to move to Flomaton with MedStar, he jumped all over it. "My boss knew of my personal ties to Flomaton and knew my work ethic, so when he asked me to come to Flomaton...
