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With 2023 marking the 50th anniversary of Flomaton High School's 1973 state championship baseball team, FHS Principal Mark Harbison is seeking a committee to kick off a Flomaton Athletic Hall of Fame to begin recognizing the many men and women who have excelled in athletics over the years. "People have done a lot of good things for the school and the community," Harbison said. "And they need to be recognized." Harbison is seeking individuals to form a committee to begin the process of selecting...
One Brewton woman is dead and another remains in the intensive care unit at Sacred Heart Hospital after the two were struck by vehicles Thursday, night, July 6, as they crossed Highway 29 in Century coming from Vallarta Mexican Grill. Jenny Lum Akerman, 53, and Jessica Mathis, 34, were both struck crossing the highway in from of the 910 North Boulevard restaurant. Helicopters landed in the Dollar General Store parking lot to transport the two to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. Akerman died...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission voted unanimously Monday morning to name Parker Ross as the new county engineer. It was noted that Brad Solomon, who has served as the interim engineer since the commission voted 3-2 to fire the previous engineer Bill Bridges, will remain in the engineering office as the assistant engineer and the county's chief bridge inspector. Bridges was fired from his position as county engineer in January after holding that position for 25 years. Parker, 35, is a 2006...
The Flomaton Town Council postponed any action on placing a speed bump or rumble strips on College Street from the three-way stop at the intersection of Wilkerson Street and the four-way stop at the intersection of Ringold Street. Doug Vickery, who lives on College, had previously approached the council about putting up a speed bump, telling council members drivers speed and run through the stop signs at Wilkerson Street. He pointed out that the stretch of road runs behind Flomaton Elementary...
An Atmore man being held without bond on murder charges was scheduled to appear before Escambia County District Judge Eric Coale at 2 p.m. Wednesday to see if the 44-year old man should remain in the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton with no bond or be granted a bond. Eric Depaul Mitchell, 50 Goldenrod Lane, was arrested by Atmore police May 29 and charged with felony murder, discharging a gun into an unoccupied building/vehicle and discharging a firearm within the city limits of...
A Flomaton man was charged with multiple misdemeanor charges following an argument at his residence where his accused of discharging a .40-caliber pistol at least four times. Robert Long, 46, 1735 College St., was charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing governmental operations, reckless endangerment and discharging a weapon inside town limits. He was transported to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton and later released. According to Flomaton police, neighbors reported hearing...
An Atmore man was arrested on multiple charges after police were dispatched June 28 to 2940 Highway 31 in reference to a domestic incident that resulted in the man being transported to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton. Hartwood Oliver McMillan III, 33, 2940 Highway 31, was arrested and charged with domestic violence strangulation/suffocation, sexual abuse I, unlawful imprisonment I, domestic violence III and domestic violence criminal mischief. McMillan appeared before District...
Three Atmore men have been arrested on murder charges for the June 19 shooting death of Joseph R. Liebe, 24, in Pace. Marcus Terel Dickinson, 29, 7400 Jack Spring Road, Ja'Cobey Quartise James, 20, 568 Atmosphere Road, and Ty'Jerrious Keon Malone, 20, Freemanville Road, were arrested and charged with murder. All three were arrested in Atmore. James and Dickinson waived extradition and were transported to the Santa Rosa County Jail where they are being held without bond. Malone was arrested...
An Atmore man was arrested on two counts of arson II after being accused to intentionally setting fire to a vacant residence on two separate occasions. John Edward Norwood, 38, 165 West Road, was arrested June 22 by Atmore police and transported to the Escambia County Detention Center. On June 23, District Judge Eric Coale set Norwood's bond at $250,000. According to reports from the Atmore Police Department, the Atmore Fire Department and Atmore police responded to a structure fire about 5:50...
A Pensacola man found sitting inside his running vehicle talking to himself was arrested by Atmore police and charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under the influence of controlled substances. Ryan Rais Greene, 29, 29 Mohawk Trail, was arrested June 20 after Atmore police responded to 1812 South Main St., in reference to a suspicious person sitting in a parked car ‘acting strangely’. According to reports from the Atm...
A severe Thunderstorm that roared through the area Friday downed trees, damaged homes and cut off electrical power to more than 20,000 structures but there were no reported injuries. Escambia County Emergency Management Director David Adams said all indications are that the damage was caused by straight-line winds and not tornadoes. Adams said wind speeds were likely in excess of 70 mph in some areas when the storm came through. "There were a lot of trees down and major damage to several...
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians' Chief Financial Officer Daryl Speegle was one of three people killed in a three-vehicle crash June 18 on the Baldwin Beach Express near County Road 48 that led to the arrest of a man charged with DUI and three counts of manslaughter. Speegle, 64, of Trussville, Ala., Christie Lowe, 47, Pelham, Ala., and her daughter Margaret Lowe, 19, were also killed in the multi-vehicle crash. David Colburn, no age or address given, was treated for minor injuries, arrested and...
A Brewton man and Evergreen man were killed in a head-on collision early Monday morning on Highway 84 in Conecuh County. According to reports released by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Taleik N. Benjamin, 22, of Evergreen and Phillip D. Hall, 65, of Brewton were both killed in the crash. Reports state that a 2016 Kia Sportage driven by Benjamin collided head on with a 2016 Dodge Dart driven by Hall. The report also noted Benjamin was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The...
An Atmore man who worked as a correctional officer is being held on $1.5 million bond on multiple charges of trying to smuggle drugs and cell phones into Holman Prison in Atmore. Daniel Jason Melvin, 38, 106 Short St., was arrested last week and charged with trafficking methamphetamine, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of marijuana I, attempting to commit a controlled substance crime, attempting to promote prison contraband I and an ethics violation charging...
Flomaton native Dr. Anna Lee took her seat at Flomaton Town Council Monday afternoon after the council voted unanimously to appoint her to the vacant District 3 position. The District 3 seat became vacant when the council appointed Jim Johnson as mayor to fill out the unexpired term of Dewey Bondurant, Jr. At the last council meeting, the council declared the District 3 seat vacant. During Monday afternoon's town council meeting Mayor Johnson recommended that Dr. Lee fill his old District 3...
Former Century Blackcat players for Melvin 'Buck' Powell gathered Saturday to pay tribute to the man they said not only instilled Blackcat Pride in them, but helped mold them into citizens long after their football career ended. Bubba Hammac said Tony Simpson, Tony Brown and Doodle Langhorne, who all played for Powell at Century in Powell's last year in 1975, said they got together and decided they needed to do something to honor their old coach. "We needed to do something for Coach Powell to...
A Walnut Hill woman who was arrested in April on multiple felony counts accused of stealing more than $16,000 from the Northwest Escambia Bradberry Park's had those charges dropped in Florida due to jurisdictional issues, but has now been arrested in Escambia County, Ala., on nine counts of possession of a forged instrument, theft by deceit I and theft by deception II. Paula Star Pugh, 48, 3800 Lambert Ridge Road, Walnut Hill, turned herself in to the Escambia County Detention Center Tuesday. Sh...
After being originally jailed with no bond, a Brewton man charged with sexual abuse I, sodomy I, rape I, incest and aggravated surveillance involving an under-age girl remains in the Escambia County Detention Center but was issued a $500,000 bond Friday afternoon. Jack Clarence Shultz, 50, 33 Matthew Lane, was originally denied a bond on May 30 by District Judge Eric Coale. However, Judge Coale set a pretrial detention hearing, also known as an Aniah's Law hearing for Friday, June 2, to see if...
Residents in the Lambeth community could see a decrease in their homeowners insurance after the Lambeth Volunteer Fire Department recently saw a drop in its ISO rating from a 7 to a 6. Lambeth Assistant Fire Chief Jeremy Lee, who also serves as Flomaton’s lone paid fireman and as a Flomaton volunteer, said it was great news for the Lambeth area. Lambeth has an all volunteer department with 17 on the active roster and owns one pumper fire truck. Lambeth also shares a brush truck with the F...
In the span of four days two vehicles were hit in downtown Brewton at the intersection of Highway 31 and Highway 41 with the occupants of both vehicles escaping serious injury or death. On May 30 a train struck a pickup truck toward the bed of the truck and the driver was not injured. On Friday, June 1, a car was hit at the same intersection with the train traveling south. The car was trapped in front of the train and dragged several hundred yards before the train was able to stop. The two...
A standing room only crowd filled the chambers of Brewton City Hall Monday afternoon as a proposed housing development plan was presented possibly turning Dogwood Hills into a housing complex. The Brewton City Council spent $60,000 for the study of what to do with the property and golf course that was once the Brewton Country Club. Matt Leavell, an architect and developer with the University of Alabama's Center for Economic Development, displayed a site analysis and possible master plan for...
Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton credited what Flomaton students learned during Fire Prevention Week with possibly preventing a major fire and possible injuries early Wednesday morning. Stanton said Addison Green, 15, and her mother Julie Newton, were inside their home at 863 Pineview Cemetery Road about 8:40 a.m. Wednesday when the self-cleaning stove exploded. Stanton said Green called her husband Bo Newton, who told her to get out of the house. Bo Newton then called Stanton. Green and...
A Brewton man is being held without bond and will have an Aniah's Law hearing to see if he will stay behind bars after being charged with sexual abuse I, sodomy I, rape I, incest and aggravated surveillance involving an underage girl. Jack Clarence Shultz, 50, 33 Matthew Lane, appeared before Escambia County District Judge Eric Coale Tuesday afternoon for a bond hearing and said he understood the charges and that he'd already hired a lawyer. Brewton Attorney Earnie White confirmed he and his...
One person is dead, another is hospitalized and the Atmore Police Department is seeking the suspect or suspects in an early-morning shooting Monday. According to Atmore police reports, officers responded to the area of Carver Avenue and King Street about 2:15 a.m. in reference to a shots fired complaint. When officers arrived they reported that two people had been shot. Both victims were transported to Atmore Community Hospital where Robert Starks of Atmore was pronounced dead. The other victim...
A fox and bat in the northern end of Escambia County, Fla., have tested positive for rabies and the Alabama Department of Public Health has confirmed that a bat found in the Flomaton area in Escambia County, Ala., has also tested positive for the disease. Casey Grant, senior public health environmentalist with the Escambia County (Ala.) Health Department, confirmed the bat found in the Flomaton area in March tested positive for rabies. He also noted there was human exposure. The bat was taken...
