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The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission approved its fiscal year 2022-23 budget Monday on a 3-2 vote with Commissioners Steven Dickie and Karean Reynolds voting no due to the elimination of the road department’s special projects crew. Commissioner Brandon Smith made the motion to approve the budget and Commissioner Scottie Stewart issued the second. Board Chairman Raymond Wiggins joined Smith and Stewart in voting yes, while Dickie and Reynolds voted no. Dickie said he could not vote yes for the b...
An 18-year old Brewton resident is being held on $300,000 bond on a rape II charge, accusing him of having sex with a 14-year old girl. Trent Michael Cooper, 307 North Pine St., was booked into the Escambia County Detention Center Tuesday and went before District Judge Eric Coale later that day for a bond hearing. According to court records, Cooper is charged with having intercourse with the 14-year old girl on or about Sept. 7. If released on bond, Judge Coale ordered Cooper to have no contact...
Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton is begging people not to burn; the National Weather Service is begging people not to burn; the Alabama Forestry Commission is begging people not to burn. A combination of high winds, low humidity and the lack of rain has put the area under extreme conditions for possible wildfires. “We are dry as a bone,” Stanton said. “Please don’t burn.” Humidity is about 25 percent and the National Weather Service said it could drop as low as 17 percent over the next few...
The Flomaton Town Council passed a budget showing about a $300,000 positive balance that included some raises and funds to hire an additional employee in the front office. The budget also includes about $15,000 for improvements at the Flomaton Community Center that houses the senior citizen SAIL site. Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., said the new front office person was desperately needed, noting the town of Century has six people in their office and Flomaton has two. Town Clerk Carrie Moore said...
Two Atmore residents were arrested on multiple counts of attempted murder in two separate incidents on Patterson Street. Eric Montray Frye, 31, 49 Liberty St., was charged with eight counts of attempted murder and is being held in the Escambia County Detention Center on $500,000 bond. Court records state Frye fired multiple shots into a crowd of people on Sept. 17 while driving by the gathering. Nobody was injured in the shootings. On Sept. 20, Atmore police were dispatched to the 200 block of...
Three Flomaton students are being credited with helping a woman who fell during a seizure and suffered a severe cut to the head. Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton said Chloe Smith, 15, Devon Lambert, 17, and Ryan Smith, 13, were inside the Circle K convenience store on Sidney Manning Boulevard about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday when the woman had the seizure and fell to the ground. Stanton said firemen and EMS were dispatched to the store in reference to a female having a seizure. “When I got there I s...
Gex Billups will begin his tenure as Escambia Academy's interim head football coach Friday when the Cougars host Valiant Cross Academy in a 7 p.m. kickoff. Billups replaces Coach Brandon Wilcox who resigned as the head coach after coaching three games in his first year at E.A. Escambia Academy Headmaster Susan Kirk said earlier this week that Wilcox was no longer associated with the school. Kirk added that it was a mutual decision between the school and Wilcox and "we wish him the best in his...
With what started as a way to make money and turned more to the excitement as Billy Dekel flew numerous trips to Columbia and beyond bringing large cargos of marijuana back to the United States. His drug smuggling career ended on Sept. 27, 1990 in the parking lot of Bennigan's Restaurant in Pensacola when Ed Hudson arrested him on federal warrants that eventually led to Dekel being sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility of parole and eight 30-year sentences. He spent his time...
After a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Flomaton's Railroad Junction Day is returning this Saturday, Sept. 24, with a full day of fun, food, crafts, entertainment, a car show, a cornhole tournament and more that also includes a $1,000 giveaway for visiting area businesses. The day will kick off at 9 a.m. with the opening ceremonies in front of the post office with a welcome from Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., and Dietrich Bondurant playing the national anthem and the Boy Scouts...
The Flomaton Town Council unanimously approved Bennie Stokes as its interim police chief following the resignation of Chance Thompson and the council has begun the process of advertising for the permanent police chief. Thompson, 28, submitted his resignation last week stating he was going to work for another law enforcement agency. A 2013 Flomaton High School graduate, Thompson began working with the police department and served as chief since Oct. 5, 2019. Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr.,...
Flomaton resident Johnny Wayne Griffis, who competed in the Discovery Channel's 'Moonshiners Master Distiller' and the new 'The Country Networks' television series 'Alabama Shine' has been arrested and charged with possession of a still and possession of prohibited beverages. Griffis, 48, 394 Community Church Road, was arrested Monday by agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. He was released from the Escambia County Detention Center Tuesday on $3,000 bond. According to court records on...
The Flomaton Town Council approved making roof repairs to the old log cabin next to the Alabama Welcome Center and Railroad Museum and also agreed to reopen the welcome center which has been closed since early 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The town of Flomaton received a $15,500 grant from the Alabama Historical Society the replace the cedar shake roof on the old cabin. Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., said the total cost of the project would be $21,617 so the town would have to add a little...
Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thompson submitted his letter of resignation to Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., Tuesday noting he will step down from the chief's position on Sept. 27. Thompson, 28, is a 2013 graduate of Flomaton High School and began working with with the ambulance service while still in high school. He joined the Flomaton Police Department in 2014 and was named chief on Oct. 5, 2019. "This resignation is made in full personal confidence with no party or other person pressuring me or...
Escambia County (Ala.) District Attorney Steve Billy called the grand jury back into session last Wednesday and the panel issued indictments of capital murder against Caleb Scott Anderson and William Joseph Everett, Jr. If convicted of capital murder, the two face sentences of either life without the possibility of parole or death. With last week's indictments, Escambia County now has 13 pending capital murder cases which not only backlog the court system but make it difficult to find attorneys...
Most residents in Escambia County (Ala.) will see an increase in their property taxes this year due to the cost in the housing market going up. Tax Assessor Thad Moore, Jr., said most property owners should see an increase based on market values and property owners should have already received or will receive a notice in the mail saying what their new tax bill will be. “A lot of values are going up because the real estate market has gone up,” Moore said. Moore added that if people think the val...
Following a closed session of the Escambia County (Ala.) Healthcare Authority Tuesday afternoon, Stephen Fischer was appointed as the interim Chief Executive Officer following a week that saw former CEO Jeffrey Quentin Booth placed on paid administrative leave, followed by his resignation and then Booth being arrested twice: Friday and Saturday. Booth, 59, a resident of Dadeville, Ala., had served as the health care authority's CEO since April, 2021. Earlier last week Booth was placed on paid...
A Birmingham man and Tuscaloosa man are being held on $1.5 million bond each for the delivery of drugs and cell phones to the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore. Derrick Anthony, 49, 4339 North East St., Birmingham, and Larry Sentell Mack, 33, 117 Juanita Drive, Tuscaloosa, were both charged with trafficking methamphetamine, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of marijuana I and promoting prison contraband II. According to court records on Aug. 27 the two are...
A Pollard teenager was taken by helicopter to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola early Tuesday morning following a singe-vehicle crash that left him trapped inside the vehicle. The Flomaton Fire Department was dispatched to the intersection of McBride Street and Pollard Road at 5:31 a.m. in reference to a wreck with entrapment. Fire Chief Steve Stanton said Dustin McBride, 18, was still inside the vehicle trapped under the steering wheel. Firefighters used the jaws of life to free McBride from...
A missing person report turned into murder warrants being signed on an East Brewton resident who officials say confessed to strangling the woman to death and then dumping her body. William Joseph Everett, Jr., 50, 3044 Travis Road, was arrested Friday, Aug. 19 and later charged with the murder of Elisha Jordan. During a bond hearing Monday before District Judge Eric Coale, Everett was ordered to be held without bond. Sheriff Jackson said a family member and friend of Jordan reported they...
Possible threats at W.S. Neal High School, the Career Readiness Center in Brewton and all Flomaton schools were recently put under a lockdown due to potential danger but all schools reopened quickly after law enforcement determined the schools were not under any threat. W.S. Neal and the readiness center went under lockdown last Friday and Flomaton schools were locked down about an hour Monday afternoon. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson said last Monday morning a Snapchat photo circulated...
Over the past 14 months, the Escambia County Commission has spent more than $5 million resurfacing roads and the commission passed its 2023 transportation plan Monday to resurface a portion of Damascus Road and Hoomesville Road, which is also in the Damascus community. County Engineer Bill Bridges said weather has delayed several projects such as Tippens Eddie Road and Upper Creek Road, but told commissioners the resurfacing of Upper Creek Road should begin in the next few weeks. Commission...
Those who knew Regi Burkett the best said a couple of traits stood out: Burkett was loyal and always had your back and he fought for what he believed in, even against heavy odds. Burkett, 62, who spent 39 years as a member of the Century Volunteer Fire Department and served as the department's chief from 1987 to 2017, died Saturday, Aug. 20 at his Century residence. David Adams, who followed Burkett as Century's fire chief, said he'd known Burkett basically all his life, noting their birthdays...
Escambia County District Attorney Steve Billy told District Judge Eric Coale that Caleb Scott Anderson met Flomaton resident Anthony Dixon through an adult website app and that Anderson came to Flomaton with one goal – to kill Dixon. Dixon, 52, was found stabbed to death shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3, inside his 231 Dixon Road residence and Anderson was quickly identified as a suspect. Billy told Judge Coale that Anderson is a suspect in a murder that occurred Aug. 2 in Green B...
An Atmore woman who approached a driver's license check in Flomaton apparently fled from the scene and was later stopped and charged with multiple drug charges and driving under the influence of alcohol. Fenetrias Lewis, 39, was arrested Aug. 13 and charged with DUI, two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Ecstasy and cocaine), unlawful possession of marijuana II, tampering with evidence and attempting to elude law enforcement. According to Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thomp...
Although most people look forward to retirement, for Pat Harwell her retirement after 47 years as director of the First Baptist Church Day Care comes with mixed emotions. "It didn't seem like work to me," Harwell said. "I enjoyed going to work and talking to the parents at the door and welcoming the little ones in." Harwell, 76, was honored Sunday afternoon with a retirement reception at the church's fellowship hall where past students, parents and others joined in her celebration. Pastor Jake...
