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Rita Thomas, a 26-year veteran city of Brewton mail carrier, is reminding residents to participate in the post office’s carrier food drive this Saturday, May 11. “Many area churches, as well as the local food bank, benefit greatly from our annual collection of non-perishable food items,” Thomas said. “They, in turn, are able to give assistance to those in need.” She added that the food drive is a way for everyone in the Brewton community to come together to help neighbors facing hunger an...
A big crowd gathered on the front lawn of the Escambia County Courthouse in Brewton last Thursday for the National Day of Prayer with the theme of 'Lift up the Word - Light up the World.'...
An Atmore man arrested and charged with sodomy I, sexual abuse I and unlawful imprisonment II was given a $50,000 bond following an Aniah's Law hearing Tuesday before Escambia County District Judge Eric Coale. Shaquille Javon Brown, 31, 1106 North Main St., lot 44, was arrested on incidents that began in September, 2019. According to court records, on April 25, Brown is accused of grabbing a female by the hair and forcing her to perform oral sex on him, which resulted in the sodomy charge. He...
The Coastal Alabama Community College North baseball team in Brewton has won the Alabama Community College Conference tournament and is now one step away from punching its ticket into the College World Series. It’s been 26 years since the Brewton-based team won the state’s first community college national tournament, also under Head Coach Keith Griffin, who returned to the dugout in Brewton in 2022. In winning the ACCC championship, the Coyotes fulfilled one of their primary goals despite a slo...
Less than a week after Washington County Circuit Judge Robert C. Montgomery issued an order to nol pross the case against Escambia County (Ala.) School Board Member Cindy Jackson, Judge Montgomery issued a second order dismissing Jackson’s case with prejudice, meaning the charges can’t come back. Jackson was arrested and charged with revealing grand jury secrets. School Board Member Sherry Digmon, who is also the co-owner of the Atmore News and Atmore Magazine, Atmore News reporter Fletcher and...
Former Flomaton residents returned to Oaks Common Park to give back to the community they grew up it with free food, entertainment and fun for children....
Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton said he wanted to let the people in Flomaton and throughout the Flomaton fire district to know that a D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital ambulance is not always stationed at the Flomaton Fire Station. Stanton said since Jan. 1 there have been 20, 24-hour shifts where an ambulance was not stationed in Flomaton. He said most of the times it’s on the weekends. Stanton said he couldn’t understand why hospital administrators are making six figures but a nine-year vet...
Flomaton Police Chief Dane NeSmith resigned from his position and the town has begun advertising to hire a new chief. NeSmith joined the Flomaton Police Department in 2019 and was named police chief last year. NeSmith said he’s not sure what the next chapter in his life will be but said he wants to remain in law enforcement. “I feel like I’ve gotten to a point in Flomaton that it’s time to go somewhere and start a new chapter,” NeSmith said. “I miss police work and I’ve been sitting behin...
The search continued Wednesday to find the body of a Castleberry man who is presumed to have drowned in the Conecuh River near McGowin Bridge in Escambia County. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson said his office received a 911 call about 4 or 5 p.m. Monday of a possible drowning at the bridge. Jackson said sheriff’s officers, along with rescue squads from Escambia and Monroe counties and volunteer firemen from Dixie, Damascus and Roberts were dispatched. Sheriff Jackson said officers with th...
Charges against Atmore News Publisher and School Board Member Sherry Digmon, Atmore News reporter Don Fletcher and school system employee Ashley Fore have been dismissed and charges against School Board Member Cindy Jackson were nol prossed on the recommendation of the Alabama Attorney General’s Office. All four were arrested and charged with revealing secret grand jury information. Digmon was also charged with an ethics violation for using her office for gain. Escambia County District A...
An Atmore man who had active felony warrants for his arrest from incidents that occurred in Atmore in September and November, 2023, was arrested April 18, by agents with the U.S. Marshall's Service when the suspect came back to Atmore. Isaiah Terrell Lee Finney, 22,145 Golden Road was charged with certain persons forbidden to possess firearms, attempting to elude police and unlawful possession of marijuana. Atmore police reports state Finney was in possession of a firearm when he was arrested...
From big snakes and turtles to planting a garden, a big crowd showed up Saturday at the E.O. Wilson Park in Brewton for the Earth Day Extravaganza. Above, students pet a snake and below Edward Pate helps children plant a garden. For more see Page 13....
A record crowd showed up Sunday at Jennings Park for the annual Kick-It-At the Creek with good entertainment, plenty of mudbugs and at least one person stayed away from the crawfish and shrimp to enjoy pizza. See more on Page 13....
About 320 runners went through the woods, the creeks and across obstacle courses to compete in Brewton's Murder Creek Mud Run Saturday which began and ended at O'Bannon Park. For more see Pages 12 and 13....
Earth Week activities will kickoff this Saturday at the E.O. Wilson Nature Adventure Park in Brewton and continue next week with a county-wide cleanup sponsored by the Escambia County Commission and Alabama People Against a Littered State (PALS), along with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians holding a household hazardous wasted and electronics collection day on April 27. The Earth Day Extravaganza at E.O. Wilson Park will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the park located at 100 College Drive....
A 30-year old Brewton man was charged with rape II after being accused of having sex with a 15-year old girl. Charles David Thomas, 165 Kilgore Road was arrested following an investigation by the Flomaton Police Department. Police said a relative of the girl reported the incident. Court records state the 15-year old girl told officers she snuck out of her house and met Thomas and the two had sex. Thomas turned himself in at the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton and was issued a...
With about 370 of the town of Flomaton’s water meters not working and more failing every week, costing the town money, the town council voted Monday afternoon to purchase 100 new meters after previously purchasing another 100 meters. Utilities Superintendent Shaun Moye said the town has 920 water meters in the ground. The town installed 900 water meters in 2007 with meters having a lifespan of 10 to 15 years. With the meters not working many residents have only been paying the minimum bill, w...
Coastal Alabama Community College will host a Mass Casualty Incident Training on the Atmore campus this Friday by partnering with multiple first responder organizations. The trainings will vary by incident types involving the college’s community partners and departments within the college. Participating partners in the drills will be the city of Atmore and Mayor Jim Staff; Atmore Community Hospital; Atmore fire and police departments and E-911; Poarch Creek fire and police departments and E-911;...
A Brewton man who was arrested in November, 2020 for making threats against Escambia County Circuit Judge Todd Stearns and the Otts and Moore law firm had the charges dismissed last week when Monroe County Circuit Judge Jack Weaver granted the defense motion for acquittal and Judge Weaver issued the directive verdict prior to the case heading to a jury. Jason Warren Pugh, whose last address was listed on McGougin Road in Brewton, was accused of making the threats against Judge Stearns and the...
An Athens, Ala., man first observed on Martin Luther King Drive in Flomaton without a seatbelt is accused of attempting to elude the police and clocked doing 62 mph in a 25 mph zone, running through stop signs then exiting his vehicle in an attempt to flee. Shavakie Devon Johnson, 44, was arrested and charged with a felony count of attempting to elude, resisting arrest and driving under the influence. He was also issued citations for not having his seatbelt on and driving while his license was...
A Fairhope man was transported to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton Tuesday afternoon following a struggle and fight with four Flomaton police officers, who also tased the suspect twice. William Christopher Crooks, 58, was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, criminal trespassing and failing to obey a police officer and disorderly conduct. Police Chief Dane NeSmith said the school resource officer, who had already left campus, called the police...
On a 4-2-1 vote Thursday afternoon, the Escambia County (Ala.) School Board voted to hire Kristal Wardrop as the system's new chief school financial officer (CSFO) to replace Rochelle Richardson, who previously resigned that position. The school board had contracted with the Alabama Association of School Boards (AASB) to conduct the search for a new CSFO and sent the board two names to interview: Waldrop and Charles Bass of Deatsville, Ala. The two were interviewed last Monday in Flomaton. Durin...
A Flomaton man reported missing March 8 was found in good health and returned to his family, but Monroe County officials continue to search for Conecuh County man who was reported missing Sunday on the Alabama River. According to Flomaton Police Chief Dane NeSmith, Wesley Allen was reported missing at 8:27 p.m. on March 8. Witnesses reported Allen went walking in the woods about 6:15 p.m. and didn’t come back. Chief NeSmith said police officers, along with Flomaton firemen, K-9 tracking dogs from the prison, drones from Atmore Capt. Joshua Morg...
A 'suspicious' fire destroyed a building Tuesday night owned by Coastal Alabama Community College in Brewton, that was used for storage, remains under investigation by the Brewton Police Department and the state Fire Marshal's Office. The house, located at 117 College St., next to the college's campus, was used to house old documents and records. Brewton Fire Chief Jeff Salter said the first call came in about 10 p.m. Tuesday. Salter noted the building did not have any electrical or gas...
If Flomaton resident Ken Kennard, who lives at 239 Ricky St., wants to clean up the lot across the street and live in a travel trailer, appears the matter may have to be settled in circuit court. Kennard has approached the Flomaton Town Council about moving his travel trailer, but Flomaton’s zoning and land use ordinance forbids anyone from living in a travel trailer. Kennard said he’s been told to take the issue before the town’s board of adjustment seeking a variance, but said such a meeti...
