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Flomaton police are seeking the public's help in identifying the person who dumped nine puppies inside the Flomaton Cemetery on Feb. 14. Police Chief Bryan Davis said School Resource Officer Matt Jernigan called the police department to report several small puppies, possibly a black-lab mix, around the school near the cemetery. Davis and Code Enforcement Officer Heather Patterson went to the cemetery and found a gray tote-tub containing five puppies that appeared to be about one or two months...
By JOE THOMAS Ledger Editor Scott Dawson brought his message to Escambia County this week as the 50-year old minister spreads the word about his Republican campaign for governor, saying politicians have run the state too long. Dawson received his bachelor's degree in religion in 1989 from Samford University and his master's from Beeson Divinity School in 1993. He has spent the past years developing student conferences that have also included major league baseball teams and football teams. He...
First of all it wasn't an AR-15 that killed 17 people and wounded 14 more at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last Wednesday, it was 19-year old Nicholas Cruz who killed those students and faculty members. Like other mass shootings, the gun control nuts come out of the woodwork and blame the gun and not the person pulling the trigger. I've listened to radio and television commentators and read several newspaper articles and there seems to be a theme that we need to ban...
Flomaton police began an increased presence around Flomaton schools Tuesday and will likely continue through the week after police received information of possible threats being made on social media, but noted its own investigation revealed no threats were found. “With concern and recent events in other states, Flomaton Police Department had an increased presence today at Flomaton schools,” Police Chief Bryan Davis said Tuesday. “This is not to alarm anyone, but for reassurance of all the child...
Two Brewton residents, who were originally convicted of sex acts against children, were arrested last week for violating the Sexual Offender Registration Notification Act (SORNA). Aaron Lee Hicks, 48, 1675 South Boulevard, and Danny Darrell Hayes, 30, 130 Ball Lane, were both arrested by investigators with the Escambia County Sheriff's Office. Hicks was originally charged on July 25, 2000,with sexual assault on two children under the age of 12 in Escambia County, Fla. Hicks was arrested Feb. 14...
A Flomaton man being housed in the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton on a previous drug charge, now faces additional drug charges when he returned from a work detail and correctional officers found methamphetamine and synthetic marijuana (spice) in his possession. Earnest Ray White II, 31, was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (meth), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (spice) and promoting prison contraband II. According to reports...
A 23-year old Brewton man was charged with unlawful possession of a forged instrument after being accused of using a fake $100 bill to purchase food from Taco Bell on Douglas Avenue in Brewton. According to Brewton police reports, Douglas Easterling, 102 North Forest Hill Drive, used the bill marked 'for cinema use only' and 'for motion picture use only' to make the purchase on Feb. 6. Taco Bell employees later learned the bill was fake and watched video to identify Easterling as the person who...
A Brewton man who served on the most recent Escambia County grand jury has been arrested on a felony charge after being accused of revealing testimony he heard while serving on the jury. Donald R. Jackson, 52, 1802 Sowell Road, was arrested this week by Brewton Police Sgt. Andrew Casey and charged with revealing grand jury evidence. Jackson was released Monday on $5,000 bond. According to the arrest warrant Sgt. Casey presented testimony to the grand jury which Jackson was serving on on Jan....
What started as the Escambia County (Ala.) Health Care Authority's goal to come up with a solution to provide ambulance service to the Flomaton area is still on that tract in the short term, but proposals are being studied to eye proposals for the Brewton area and possibly county wide as well. For many years, the Flomaton area has been served by the EMS in Escambia County, Fla., which has ambulances stationed in Century. About a year ago, Escambia County, Fla., EMS, said it would no longer...
Bill Harris, who lives across the road where a new dirt racing track is being built at the intersection of Highway 31 and Old Highway 31 in the Pollard-McCall area told members of the Escambia County Commission that he's concerned about the "noise pollution" that will come when the track opens. However, commissioners said there was nothing they could do because there were no noise ordinances in the unincorporated areas of the county. "I feel a little bit selfish," Harris said. "It could involve...
Flomaton resident Dwayne Conrad not only questioned why two vehicles parked behind his Palafox Street business were tagged as a nuisance violation, but also questioned why he only had 72 hours to move them or be fined. Conrad appeared before the Flomaton Town Council Monday night saying code enforcement officer Heather Patterson tagged two vehicles behind his business. “How is a vehicle parked on my own property considered abandoned and a nuisance?” Conrad asked. Police Chief Bryan Davis sai...
The Flomaton Police Department will use $10,000 it received in drug forfeiture money and trade in two older vehicles to purchase two newer vehicles at no additional cost to the town. Police Chief Bryan Davis presented a proposal to the town council Monday night to trade in the department's 2007 Yukon that has more than 200,000 miles and an out-of-service Crown Victoria that also has more than 200,000 miles. He said the town will receive $4,500 for the trade-ins which will be added to the...
Two recent routine traffic stops in Flomaton led to the arrest of four people on misdemeanor marijuana charges. Tuesday night, two Illinois residents were charged with unlawful possession of marijuana II and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Flomaton Police Sgt. Scott Walden and Officer Issac Lopez initiated a stop on Highway 113 on a vehicle doing 65 mph in a 45 mph zone. Sgt. Walden reported when he approached the vehicle he could smell the odor of marijuana. A search of the vehicle...
The old Jackson Theater built in 1926 in downtown Flomaton which later became the Flomaton Antique Auction will soon be owned by the town of Flomaton after the town council voted 4-1 with one abstention to take the building as a gift from Escambia County Bank. John Sansom approached the town council Monday night and requested the council agree to the bank's offer to give the building to the town. Sansom said a committee needed to be formed to discuss ways to raise money to refurbish the...
If you have ever dialed 911, like I have on at least two occasions, it seems like an eternity before an ambulance arrives because seconds become minutes in your mind. So, I understand the concerns people have as the Escambia County Health Care Authority wrestles with its decision on which direction to take in reference to ambulance service. This issue first became an issue when Escambia County (Fla.), which has an ambulance stationed in Century, said it was going to end its contract to serve...
A routine traffic stop on a vehicle with an expired tag revealed one of the occupants had an outstanding warrant and after being transported to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton a charge of unlawful possession of a controlled substance was added when the transport deputy found prescription pills in the back of the patrol car. About 10:15 a.m. last Wednesday, Escambia County Sheriff's Deputy Derrick Lowry was on patrol in the Nokomis area when he noticed the black Cadillac with an...
A routine traffic stop on a vehicle with an expired tag revealed one of the occupants had an outstanding warrant and after being transported to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton a charge of unlawful possession of a controlled substance was added when the transport deputy found prescription pills in the back of the patrol car. About 10:15 a.m. last Wednesday, Escambia County Sheriff's Deputy Derrick Lowry was on patrol in the Nokomis area when he noticed the black Cadillac with an...
An alert driver on Highway 89 in Jay spotted smoke coming from the roof vents of Concord Primitive Baptist Church Sunday morning that prompted five fire departments to respond and quickly bring the blaze under control. Jay Fire Chief Tony Simmons said someone saw the smoke about 8 a.m. Sunday and called 911. The church is located about two miles past Jay High School and about a half mile from the Jay Fire Department. Simmons said when firemen got to the scene the fire was in the attic and was qu...
With the opioid crisis reaching epidemic proportions, the Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office is working with the drug court officials to raise money to arm all first responders with a drug called 'Narcan', which is designed as a reversal agent for people who have overdosed on the drug. Escambia County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Mike Lambert said he has been working with Judge Brad Bryne and Drug Court Director Denise Carlee to raise about $7,800 to arm deputies, police officers and firef...
Since last week five Democrats have qualified for local elections in Escambia County (Ala.) for the June 5 primaries and candidates for both parties have until 5 p.m. Friday to qualify with their local chairman. At this point there will be only one contested local race on the ballot in June with incumbent District 5 county commissioner David Quarker facing Karean Reynolds on the Democratic ticket. Other Democrats to qualify since last week are incumbent District 3 county commissioner Larry White...
A mother has joined her son in jail after the 50-year old Flomaton woman was arrested for trying to sneak drugs to her son who is being held in the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton. Faye M. Kyle, 151 Pecan Grove Lane, was arrested Jan. 12 and charged with three counts of promoting prison contraband, three counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance and three counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. Kyle is being held in jail on $100,000 bond. Her son,...
A joint federal and state investigation led to the arrest of a Pensacola man on drug charges last Thursday outside the Jet Pep Service Station near the Highway 113 and Interstate 65 intersection, charging him with attempting to commit a controlled substance crime. Christopher Brandon Williams of Pensacola was taken into custody by multiple law enforcement agencies about 8 a.m. Jan. 25 outside the Jet Pep on Highway 113. Information released by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said agents with...
Former T.R. Miller head football coach Jamie Riggs retired after the 2015 season with a 305-81 record and four state championships under his belt and now the 62-year old coach is looking to add to those numbers as the new head coach at Houston Academy in Dothan. Riggs was named as the Raiders' new coach last week and said he will begin his tenure there later this month. Riggs said when he retired at T.R. Miller he had no set plans to return to coaching, but kept the door open. "I really thought...
A Flomaton High School junior has been suspended and may possibly face expulsion after a hunting rifle and compound bow were found inside his vehicle parked at the high school. According to reports, this past Monday the school's resource officer Matt Jernigan was making a security check in the parking lot when he saw the gun and bow inside a student's vehicle. The student was identified and the principal was contacted. Sheriff's office reports note the gun and bow were removed from the vehicle...
I watched some, if not most of President Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night. It seemed kind of anti-climatic since I'd been listening to public radio Monday and earlier Tuesday where it was apparent that some, if not all, of Trump's speech had already been handed over to several news outlets. So, by the time I sat down to watch the speech I really didn't hear anything new. I didn't see anything new either. I saw Republicans clapping and I saw Democrats sitting there with frowns on...
