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When Escambia County (Ala.) voters in the Little Escambia precinct go the polls March 5 for the Republican and Democratic primaries, they will cast their ballots at Osaka Freewill Baptist Church instead of the outdated brick building on Mize Road. The Escambia County Commission passed a resolution Monday to move the voting place, calling it a win-win situation for voters and poll workers. District 3 Commissioner Larry White said the commission has wanted to do something over the years to get...
The same grand jury that indicted District 6 Escambia County (Ala.) School Board Member Sherry Digmon on three felony charges also filed a report stating Digmon should be impeached and removed from office. The grand jury indicted Digmon, 72, owner of the Atmore News and Atmore Magazine, on felony charges of revealing secret grand jury information. She was also indicted by the grand jury for using her position as a school board member for personal gain, for the school system paying for...
Flomaton and Century fire departments were dispatched 4813 Old Atmore Road shortly before noon Saturday after the burning of a large vegetative and limb debris pile began to spread, bringing warnings from Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton and the Alabama Forestry Commission not to burn in these extreme dry conditions. Stanton said firemen first attacked the spreading fire and then extinguished the large brush pile. "It was close to spreading to a nearby tree line and then there's no telling how...
In conjunction with the city of Brewton's PorchFest this Saturday, the Brewton Council of the Arts will be hosting the Lee Bain Brewton Invitational Art Show from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 623 Belleville Ave. PorchFest will be from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. along the 600 block of Belleville and Evergreen avenues. Bain came to Brewton in the 1970s through a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts and the Alabama State Council on the Arts and Humanities. The grant was made possible by private funds and...
Escambia County (Ala.) School Board member Sherry Digmon has been arrested twice within a week on charges her newspaper (Atmore News) released grand jury secrets and was arrested again on ethics violations for approving bills as a school board member that benefited the Atmore News and the Atmore magazine. Digmon, 72, 405 South Main St., Atmore, along with Atmore News reporter Don Fletcher, 69, 204 Marshall Ave., Atmore, and school board employee Veronica Ashley Fore, 47, 3998 Ridge Road, Brewton...
A Repton man was arrested on multiple charges after Escambia County (Ala.) sheriff's deputies responded to a shots fired call on Oct. 29. Deshawn Jermaine McMillan, 21, 192 Holman St., was charged with certain persons forbidden to possess a pistol, unlawful possession of marijuana I, possessing a firearm with an altered identification, obstruction of justice for providing a false identification and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Court records state when deputies responded to 4574...
A Monroeville man has been arrested on multiple charges after he allegedly attempted to smuggle cocaine, methamphetamine, synthetic marijuana, marijuana and cell phones into the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton. Tyreke Jamal De'Raye Armstrong, 18, 81 Sellers St., was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, trafficking meth, trafficking synthetic drugs, unlawful possession of marijuana I and promoting prison contraband. According to...
Ed Richburg, Bodie Hammond, Cassie Lassiter and Bo Brantley were inshrined into the inaugural Flomaton High School Athletic Hall of Fame during pregame festivities Friday night. FHS Principal Mark Harbison said the plan is to induct a new class to the Hall of Fame each year during football season. In addition to the presentation the school's homecoming court and crowning of the 2023 queen during pre-game festivities this Friday night, the Hurricanes' 1973 state baseball championship team will...
A Century man was jailed on $300,000 bond on two counts of attempted murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied building and three counts of shooting into an unoccupied vehicle. Travis Lavar Scott, 18, 8101 North Century Boulevard, was arrested Oct. 12, and transported to the Escambia County Detention Center. According to reports released by the Atmore Police Department, officers were dispatched to Atmore Community Hospital on Oct. 6 in reference to a victim suffering a gunshot wound to...
A traffic stop in Atmore for an expired tag and improper lights led to multiple charges after the suspect attempted to flee police on foot after being pulled over. Annie Deloris Frye, 52, 208 Park Drive, Atmore, was arrested Oct. 13 and charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (crack cocaine), obstruction of justice by giving a false name, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, attempting to elude, driving while license was revoked, improper lights and having an expired...
On a second vote Saturday morning, the Century Town Council approved the same 0.924 millage rate for property taxes that has been in place for the past eight years. The council then approved its fiscal year budget for 2023-24. At the Sept. 26 council meeting, the council voted 4-1 to approve the millage rate. Under Florida law, the vote had to be unanimous. Council President Dynette Lewis cast the lone no vote saying she was against any increase for the residents of Century. The council had the...
Two men apparently attempted to rob the wrong people after one of the intended victims shot the two would-be robbers, sending both to the hospital. According to Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Heath Jackson, about 7 p.m. Monday, sheriff’s deputies, along with Poarch and Atmore police officers, responded to the 7400 block of Jack Springs Road in reference to a shots fired disturbance. Sheriff Jackson reported when officers arrived they found two male subjects suffering from gunshot wounds. Both m...
A Flomaton man has been arrested and warrants are signed on a second person after being accused of stealing a credit card and making 42 transactions totaling more than $951. Buddy Wayne Jones, 39, 141 Ledcaylynn Drive, was charged with 10 counts of fraudulent use of a credit card and one count of theft of property II. Warrants have also been issued by the Flomaton Police Department for the arrest of Kimberli Garner-Gafford on a count o0f unauthorized use of a credit card. Flomaton Police Chief...
Lines started forming Tuesday morning and continued today at lottery stores in Century as the Powerball jackpot swelled to an estimated $1.725 billion for Wednesday night's drawing. If there were no winners last night, estimates are the jackpot will exceed $2 billion for Saturday night's drawing. Nobody matched the five numbers, 16, 34, 46,55, 67 and Powerball 14 Monday night. There have been 35 draws since the last Powerball winner on July 19. The jackpot is closing in on the Powerball record...
In December, 2022, Century resident Cynthia Franklin was asking questions and getting no answers when unofficial sources and friends started calling and telling her that her son, Lavor Chante Johnson, 43, of Century had been shot and killed in Frisco City. She still has questions today and not too many answers, but within the last two weeks a Monroe County grand jury indicted Jayden Devon Jenkins, 20, of Frisco City for murder and attempted murder in the Dec. 15, 2022, death of Johnson. While...
The Escambia County (Ala.) School Board meeting scheduled for last Thursday was canceled when four of the seven board members said they would not be able to attend, meaning there was not a quorum to conduct business. Cindy Jackson was out of town and board members Loumeek White, Mike Hoomes and Sherry Digmon called the central office to say could not attend the meeting. Board Chairman Danny Benjamin said the next school board meeting would be held at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12 at the central...
A 39-year old Atmore man was arrested Friday and charged with murder the Aug. 5 death of Kenneth Elbert Harrison, 45, who was attacked in the parking lot of The Tavern of Atmore, located at 5440 Highway 31 in Atmore. Kendrell Monta Madison, 39, 209 ½ 10th Ave., was arrested about 5:40 a.m. after a traffic stop and charged with murder. He was transported to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton and is being held without bond. During a bond hearing Sept. 22, District Judge Eric Co...
A convicted sex offender who had registered his home address in Flomaton was arrested for violating Alabama's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act after officials determined he was living in Century. Darrell Anthony Smith, 51, whose address was listed at 4247 Old Atmore Road, was arrested last week and transported to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton and jailed on $50,000 bond. Flomaton police originally confronted Smith when Smith used an extension cord to hook up to...
Municipalities within Escambia County (Ala.) will soon have to pay the county $35 per day for housing inmates arrested on misdemeanor charges or violating local ordinances under an agreement passed Monday by the county commission. The commission approved a tri-party intergovernmental service agreement for housing city prisoners. The contract presented Monday was for the city of Brewton, but Sheriff Heath Jackson said an identical contract will be presented to Atmore, East Brewton and Flomaton....
The Escambia County (Ala.) School Board has moved its next meeting to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, to vote again on whether or not the board will renew the contract for Superintendent Michele McClung. At its Aug. 30 meeting School Board Attorney Kirk Garrett told the board that a survey filled out by board members gave McClung satisfactory rankings in 11 of 11 categories. After Garrett's presentation, Coleman Wallace made a motion to extend the superintendent's contract until 2027 and have the...
Saturday will be a day to meet at the junction as the Flomaton Area Chamber of Commerce kicks off its annual Railroad Junction Day in downtown Flomaton. The day will begin at 9 a.m. with the raising of the flag and playing on the national anthem in front of the post office and wrap up at 2 p.m. with prize giveaways. Susan Fountain, president of the Flomaton Area Chamber of Commerce, said Wednesday that currently there are 35-plus vendors and at least seven food trucks scheduled to participate...
A 68-year old Jay man was killed early Wednesday morning when his vehicle apparently veered into the path of an 18-wheeler near the intersection of Highway 31 and Ringold Street in Flomaton near the high school. Raymond McDaniel, a 1974 graduate of Jay High School, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 9:05 crash. McDaniel was retired as the maintenance manager for the town of Jay, where he worked for 19 years. Witnesses said McDaniel, who was headed west on Highway 31, veered into the path...
Two Flomaton residents were arrested on drug charges last Wednesday when Flomaton police officers and agents with the Alabama Drug Task force executed a search warrant at their 904 Titi St., residence. Deidre Helen Fitzgerald, 53, and Donald Victor Gregg, 61, were both charged and transported to the Escambia County Detention Center. Fitzgerald and Gregg were both charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and theft of...
By a show of hands Tuesday night about 50 Century residents said the best option of the Carver Community Center on West Jefferson Avenue, which was constructed in 1945 is to tear down the old building and build a new community center with the idea of preserving the old school's history. Tuesday's meeting was a workshop to get community input on what to do with the old building. Another public hearing will be held at a later date before the town council votes. Project Consultant Robin Phillips...
Property owners on both sides of Cottage Road in the Keego community have asked the Escambia County (Ala.) County Commission to vacate the road and take it out of the county road system. Commissioner Larry White said he had no objections as long as the public has no problems. County Engineer Parker Ross told the commission Monday that the property owners on both sides had requested the road be vacated. The commission will hold a public hearing at a later date before deciding on whether or not...
