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Republican challenger Mike Blackmon has filed suit challenging the results of the Nov. 8 General Election which showed him losing to incumbent Democratic Sheriff Randy Brock by two votes following a recount of ballots in Conecuh County. The election challenge was filed Monday in Conecuh County Circuit Court. Following the Nov. 8 election, unofficial results showed Brock with 2,224 votes and Blackmon with 2,223. After counting provisional ballots, Brock has 2,225 and Blackmon had 2,225. A...
An Atmore man and a Bay Minette man are being held in the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton on separate sodomy charges against children in Atmore ages 12 and 15. Erick Dailey, 51, 105 ½ Swift St., Atmore and Vinson Rene McReynolds, 64, 13105 Homer Hudson Lane, were both arrested by officers with the Atmore Police Department. Dailey is charged with sodomy II and enticing a child for immoral purposes and is being held on a $500,000 bond. McReynolds is charged him with sodomy II...
The stars were lined up in favor of Leandra Corey Morgan who crashed her vehicle last Wednesday afternoon, only to be pulled from the vehicle by Friendship Volunteer Fire Chief Dakota Chancery and by stander Deon Benson a few seconds before her vehicle was engulfed in flames. Chancery, 32, a 2009 graduate of Flomaton High School, has a full-time job with Mobile Fire and Rescue where he works 24 hours on and 48 hours off. Chancery happened to be at the Friendship Fire Department about 2:30 p.m. l...
Santa Claus is coming to town and the town of Flomaton is getting ready for his arrival. The Flomaton Police Department will kick off its ‘Fill the Cruiser’ toy drive campaign Saturday, Dec. 3. The campaign is designed to provide toys for children in the police jurisdiction and to either donate toys or for more information, call the police department at 251-296-5811. Families needing toys for their children are also asked to call the police department or go to the police department’s Faceb...
A 22-year old Atmore resident who was convicted in July, 2020, for enticing an 8-year old for immoral purposes is back in the Escambia County Jail on two counts of violating Alabama's Sexual Offender and Notification Act. Court documents show Robert Lee Stabler, 215 Virginia Drive, was 19-years old when he was charged with enticing a minor for immoral purposes. He was arrested again for failing to follow the protocol of being a registered sexual offender. After his arrest, he was jailed this...
An Atmore woman is being held on $1.5 million bond following her arrest for trafficking cocaine, trafficking fentanyl, obstruction of justice and unlawful possession of marijuana II. Kimbrianna Prescott, 26, with addresses listed on Braggs Road and Cypress Street, was arrested on Nov. 8 by a state trooper with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. According to court records, Prescott was found in possession of a kilo of cocaine, a kilo of cocaine laced with fentanyl and marijuana near County Road...
After Circuit Judge Jack Weaver denied a motion filed by Brewton Attorney Earnie White to dismiss capital murder charges against Jonathan Michael Taylor and or to at least hold a hearing to determine if the district attorney’s office withheld evidence that led to mistrial, White has filed another motion arguing if the court says the prosecution did nothing wrong, why was the mistrial called in the first place. In White’s new motion filed Nov. 11, he again asked the judge to dismiss the charges o...
A Flomaton man, whose current address is listed as 'homeless' was arrested early Tuesday morning on multiple charges after being accused of confronting a Flomaton Police Office with a knife and may now face 60 months in prison on a violation of probation charge. Emanuel Rabun Bethea, 35, was charged with resisting arrest, escape III, disorderly conduct, menacing and criminal trespassing. Flomaton police were dispatched to the Circle K convenience store on Sidney Manning Boulevard about 4:30...
A fiery crash Sunday afternoon in Flomaton left three people dead as citizens tried to free one victim from a burning vehicle before it burst into flames. Christopher P. Bell, 41 of Flomaton, Alfreco Lett, 50, of Century and Shannon P. Lucas, 48 of Flomaton were all pronounced dead at the scene of the 3:20 head-on collision near the 58 mile marker on Highway 31 inside the Flomaton town limits, according to information released by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Witnesses said Lucas was...
Escambia County incumbent Republican Sheriff Heath Jackson rolled past Democratic challenger Shaun Golden Tuesday to win his re-election bid with a heavy Republican turnout that also swept across the state of Alabama. Unofficial returns show Jackson with 7,458 votes, or 77.06 percent, to Golden's 2,206 votes at 22.79 percent. A total of 9,733 Escambia County residents cast ballots Tuesday for a 36.32 percent turnout. Of the ballots cast there were 5,329 straight Republican Party votes cast to 2,...
A 58-year old Pensacola man has been arrested on multiple charges for the Oct. 15 robbery at New York Fashions where the suspect allegedly beat an employee while inside the store. Paul G. McReynolds, 7891 Sumpter St., was arrested last Thursday after Atmore and Poarch police located Reynold's vehicle parked outside Wind Creek Casino. Police noted that McReynolds was identified as "a person of interest" early in the investigation. Reports state when McReynolds noticed police approaching him last...
Jay High School will induct four people into the high school's Athlete Hall of Fame during halftime of Friday's home football game against Wewahitchka. Members of the second class of inductees are Truss Shell, Terry Diamond, Rick Weekes and Matthew Dobson. Jay's first Hall of Fame class was inducted in 2019, which included Merle V. North, Benny Russell, Dr. C. David Smith, Coach John Clarence Smith, Kristi Jernigan and James McDaniel. Shell Shell graduated from Jay High School in 1949 where he...
A Monroeville man originally arrested on domestic violence and theft charges now faces additional charges after he was accused of trying to escape from an Atmore police officer after being taken to Atmore Community Hospital after complaining about health issues. Savon Deon Hurst, 27, 13 Crowe Ave., now faces escape III and criminal mischief III charges in addition to the domestic violence charges. Hurst also had a warrant for his arrest for violation of probation from community corrections....
A car fire ended up destroying a home; a space heater caused a fire and a possible electrical fire had firefighters busy over the past week with no injuries reported. Flomaton received a 911 call at 3:35 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21 of a fire at 121 Martin Luther King Drive in reference to a house fire. Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton said when he arrived it appeared the fire started at an electric space heater and the blaze had climbed the wall and headed toward the attic. Flomaton, Friendship, Lambe...
Circuit Judge Jack Weaver denied a motion filed by Brewton Attorney Earnie White to dismiss capital murder charges against his client, Jonathan Michael Taylor, claiming prosecutorial misconduct. Taylor faces a possible sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole or death if convicted of the March 15, 2015 killing of Cory Brian Moncrief. Taylor’s co-defendant, Nadiya Diane Walker, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and has agreed to testify against Taylor at his t...
With the General Election set for Nov. 8 applications for absentee ballots in Escambia County (Ala.) must be made by 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at the circuit clerk’s office inside the courthouse in Brewton. As of Tuesday, Circuit Clerk John Robert Fountain said he had sent out 214 ballots and had received 135 back to his office, leaving 79 ballots still outstanding. In addition to Fountain’s office, absentee solicitations are also available on the secretary of states’ website at www.s...
Atmore police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the person responsible for robbing and beating an employee inside the store on Saturday Oct. 14. According to information released by the Atmore Police Department, a customer went into New York Fashions on North Main Street Saturday and found an employee inside suffering from a head wound. The customer dialed 911 and Atmore police responded. Sgt. Darrell McMann reported the attack apparently occurred between 10 a.m. and noon Saturday. O...
Flomaton’s planning commission gave its OK to the construction plans of covered pole barn structure on Highway 31 that will be the home of a food-truck style restaurant with outside covered seating. The property was zoned B-1 so the only action required by the planning commission was to approve the construction plans. Utilities Superintendent Shaun Moye told the commission that the plans met specifications and the zoning currently allows that type of business. The business, call ‘The Spo...
Megan White and Christy Yoder had their lives turned upside down by opioid addiction but today both women are drug free, have good jobs and credit Escambia County, Alabama's drug court for getting their lives back together. This month marks the 20th anniversary of drug court in Escambia County, which was started by then Circuit Judge Bradley Byrne in 2002. Although retired as one of the county's two circuit judges, Byrne continues to oversee the drug court program. Since its inception 599...
Although no official vote was taken, the Escambia County (Ala.) Commission agreed to resurface a portion of Country Road 6 (Wolf Log Road) and Traveler’s Rest Cemetery Road while work crews are in the area resurfacing Upper Creek Road. Commissioner Scottie Stewart and Larry White, who defeated Stewart to win the Republican Primary for the District 3 seat on the board, both addressed the commission. Tuesday was likely Stewart’s last commission meeting as the District 3 representative and Whi...
Tax notices were mailed out to Escambia County (Ala.) property owners last Thursday and are due Jan. 3, 2023 to avoid any penalties and fees. By law, property taxes are due Dec. 31, but since Dec. 31 falls on a Saturday the deadline is extended to Monday, Jan. 2. If tax bills are paid through the mail they must be postmarked by Jan. 2 or before to avoid penalties. Tax Collector Tim Pettis said his office sent out tax notices totaling $19.5 million this year compared to $18.1 million last year...
With the price of asphalt, fuel, materials and other items increasing, the Flomaton Town Council voted to cut the repaving of College Street out of its paving projects was to be done through the $250,000 grant received from the state of Alabama using funds from the Rebuild Alabama Act. The town was recently awarded the grant, which requires a $35,000 match from the town. The original plan was to resurface College Street, Hillview Drive and Alley 5 with the grant funds and the match. Utilities...
Johnny Wilson will simply move his office down the hall following Friday morning's special-called Flomaton Town Council meeting where he was unanimously approved as Flomaton's new police chief. Wilson has been with the Flomaton Police Department since March, 2021. "I feel it's a blessing and I'm honored to fill some big shoes with the former chief," Wilson said. The town council began its search for a new police chief following the resignation of Chance Thompson, who is now employed with the...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced that the town of Flomaton has been awarded a $250,000 grant for resurfacing and draining improvements on four roads. The grant funds are coming from the Rebuild Alabama Act the Legislature established after raising the gasoline tax in Alabama. The Legislature has earmarked $10 million from the state’s allocation to help fund local road projects across the state. Gov. Ivey announced last week that more than $3.6 million in Rebuild Alabama Act funds were granted to...
An Atmore man who was given a $30,000 bond Monday for theft of property I, criminal mischief I and criminal mischief II was scheduled to be back in court Wednesday for a bond hearing on three counts of unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle and another charge of theft of property I. Dalton Edward Harrison, 26, 303 Sowell Road, was arrested by Atmore police on charges of thefts at Pepsi Bottling Co., and Lee's Collision. According to reports from the Atmore Police Department, police responded t...
