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After spending 16 of his 17 years at Jay High School as an assistant football coach, Brian Watson will take over the reigns of the football program as the new head football coach. About 50 Jay students who are either football players or who want to play football gathered inside the school's auditorium Tuesday morning when Principal Benjie West introduced the new head football coach. As West said, Jay will have a familiar face as the head of the football program, noting that Watson came back to...
As of Tuesday morning, Escambia County (Ala.) Tax Collector Tim Pettis said his office had collected about $16.6 million of the $18.1 million in property taxes that were due Jan. 3, but he expects some more to come in through the mail that was postmarked by Jan. 3. Pettis said the percentage of taxes collected before the deadline was a little higher than last year and said the on-time payments should top $17 million once all the mail arrives. Property owners who did not pay their taxes by Jan....
With the deadline to file property taxes looming, Escambia County (Ala.) Tax Collector Tim Pettis said as of Wednesday morning his office has collected about 60 percent of taxes that are due. Property taxes are traditionally due by Dec. 31 but due to New Year's Eve falling on Dec. 31 the deadline has been extended to Monday, Jan. 3. “I expect a huge increase these next few days,” Pettis said of taxes collected. “A lot of people wait until the last minute to pay their taxes.” Taxes not paid by...
Edward O. Wilson spent many hours playing in the dirt and looking under logs in search of just about anything that moved or grew while growing up in Brewton. His love of nature, and especially his fascination with ants, led to a great career that included 46 years as a professor at Harvard and two Pulitzer Prizes for his books 'On Human Nature' and 'The Ants'. His love of nature led to the city of Brewton preserving 100-plus acres of land on both sides of Burnt Corn Creek that was dedicated as...
Escambia County High School graduate Ron Middleton was named the interim head coach of the New York Jets this past weekend after head coach Robert Saleh was out due to COVID-19. The former Blue Devil football star from Atmore led the Jets to a 26-21 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars giving Middleton a 1-0 record as a head coach in the NFL. Melvin Middleton, who helped coach Ron Middleton in junior high school and high school in Atmore, said he knew Ron would be successful in whatever he...
A Jay man who admitted to killing his father-in-law and was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death has been removed from death row and a new trial has been ordered following a ruling from the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. Brett Richard Yeiter was convicted in Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Court of capital murder in the death of Paul Phillips, 69, on Oct. 27, 2014. Phillips was the pastor of Books of Acts Holiness Church and was found shot to death while inside his truck parked...
Century's Buck Showalter, known as 'Nat' by friends and neighbors in the Century area has been named the new manager of the New York Mets. Showalter is a 1974 graduate of Century High School and began his post high school baseball career at Chipola Jr. College and later transferred to Mississippi State. At Mississippi State, Showalter was an All-American and set the school's record for batting average in 1977 batting .459. He played several years in the minor leagues and eventually started his...
Following a 45-minute public hearing Tuesday night, the Flomaton Town Council voted unanimously to approve a zoning ordinance and future land use map for the corporate limits of the town. With Councilman Jim Johnson absent, council members Roger Adkinson, Kay Wagner, Charlie Reardon and Lillian Dean, along with Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., voted to adopt the ordinance and map. In casting her vote, Wagner said the vote was “inevitable” and stated “I'm against it, but I'll vote for it”. The new...
A Flomaton High School graduate, who served as physical therapist through the Andrews Institute and Baptist Health Care, was arrested Dec. 9 and charged with a school employee having sex with an FHS student under the age of 19. Kelsie Lauren Johnson, 26, 88 Tom Shivers Road, Flomaton, was charged with engaging in sexual intercourse with a 17-year old Flomaton High School student. Johnson, who graduated from FHS in 2013, was employed as a physical therapist through Andrews Institute, but was not...
An East Brewton man was jailed on $1 million bond after being arrested at his 119 Virginia St., residence with 280 grams of methamphetamine. Brian Keith Meadows, 58, was charged with trafficking meth, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. According to court records, Meadows was at or near his residence on Oct. 12 when officers discovered the meth. Reports also state officers found pipes used to smoke meth at his residence. During a bond...
An Evergreen man who ran his vehicle into a house in the 1700 block of Highway 41 in Brewton was arrested on multiple charges including attempted murder for allegedly firing a weapon at sheriff's deputies who responded to the original crash complaint. Shawn Jerome Miller, 40, 40 Camillia Lane, was charged with attempted murder, public intoxication, reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. According to court records, Miller is...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey was in Brewton Wednesday morning for the official ribbon cutting of the new Provalus complex in downtown Brewton. Provalus General Manger Will Ruzic said with the new building, Provalus now has more than 50,000 square feet in the total complex. Provalus is an Information Technology outsourcing company that currently has about 200 employees with the idea of increasing the number of jobs to about 400. Ruzic said the new facility will allow the company to house additional...
A correctional officer at the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton has been arrested for promoting prison contraband and using her position for personal gain. Taylor Alexandra Boatright, 25, 11656 Highway 29, Brewton, was arrested Nov. 23 after jail supervisors conducted a search of employees entering the facility. Sheriff Heath Jackson said Boatright was found in possession of a cellular telephone that was being smuggled into the jail to be given to an inmate. Jackson stated Boatright...
A week after the Escambia County (Ala.) School Board split 3-3 to elect a new president, the board voted unanimously Monday morning to elect District 7 Board Member Coleman Wallace as the next president. That vote followed a 4-3 vote to elect District 2 Board Member Danny Benjamin as vice president. At the Nov. 22 meeting to elect a board president, Wallace received three votes and District 3 Board Member Mike Edwards received three votes. District 1 Board Member Kevin Hoomes was absent. In...
A man with addresses listed in Castleberry and Montgomery was arrested on multiple drug charges including trafficking in methamphetamine that netted him a $1 million bond following his Nov. 27 arrest in Brewton. Alvin Cunningham, 53, who told Escambia County District Judge Eric Coale he lived at 380 Manuel St., Castleberry, also had a Montgomery address listed in records filed with the circuit clerk's office was charged with trafficking meth, unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, unla...
Flomaton and Jay will kickoff the area Christmas parades this Saturday, Dec. 4, with both parades beginning at 10 a.m. Both parades will follow their normal routes with a small change in Flomaton. Flomaton's route will follow the same route as the homecoming parade, leaving from the high school and heading down College Street and turning on Dr. Van Avenue. The parade will make a loop around Ringold and Cary streets and include Palafox Street to the railroad tracks and back through town. The...
A Pensacola man who led state troopers on a high speed chase Sunday afternoon on Highway 113 in Flomaton and eventually crashed into a vehicle on Highway 31 now faces multiple charges including unlawful possession of a controlled substances including methamphetamine and cocaine. Adrain Kiwane Hale, 24, 8555 Untreiner Ave, Pensacola, is accused of crashing into a vehicle occupied by an Auburn couple who was stopped and attempting to make a left turn off of Highway 31 onto Highway 113. A release f...
A Flomaton woman who came to the Flomaton Police Department Nov. 9 to make a statement concerning an incident that happened the day before was charged with Domestic Violence II-criminal mischief on the original complaint and then charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance after officers found methamphetamine inside her purse while she was at the police department. Kaylene A. Belden, 35, no address given, was arrested and transported to the Escambia County Detention Center in...
An Atmore man is facing several felony charges including sexual assault of a minor and auto theft when he was arrested Nov. 11. Sylvester Jones, 35, 101 Brown St., was later identified as the driver of a beige Chevrolet Tahoe that pulled up next to a female in an undisclosed location in Escambia County, Fla., between the ages of 12 and 18 around 8 p.m. Oct.3, according to an Escambia County (Fla.) Sheriff's office report. The female told authorities Jones offered her a ride and he appeared to be...
In last week's edition of the Tri-City Ledger we accidentally ran the wrong photograph of one of two people who were arrested on sex charges. Michael Tracy Tedder, 29, of Century was arrested Oct. 28 and charged with sexual assault on a minor under the age of 12 and Tabitha Rolin Tedder, 55, also of Century, was arrested Nov. 5 and charged with a felony count of failure to report child abuse. On Oct. 20, Norman Tracy Tedder, 55, and his wife Tabitha Rolin Tedder, 50, along with their son...
A Flomaton woman is facing a drug charge following a traffic stop Nov. 10 when a law enforcement officer searched her car. Whitney Lee Warden, 32, 91 Evelyn St., was traveling on Highway 29 when a Florida deputy observed the gray Kia Sportage she was driving weave from the far left to the far right side of the highway, according to an Escambia County (Fla.) Sheriff's office report. The report said the driver gave no signal with intentions of switching lanes while moving across the white lines....
Flomaton Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., announced that a public hearing concerning the town's proposed zoning ordinance and future land use map has been changed from Monday, Dec. 13, to Tuesday, Dec. 14. The public hearing will be held at 6 p.m. before the ßtown council's regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting is open to the public to voice their opinions over the proposed zoning ordinance and zoning map. A copy of the proposed map and ordinance is scheduled to be published in full in next...
A Century couple who were arrested Oct. 20 with two other individuals for child neglect due to the living conditions of the property now each face felony charges of sexual abuse in the home. Michael Tracy Tedder, 29, was arrested Oct. 28 and charged with felony sexual assault on a minor under the age of 12 and Tabitha Rolin Tedder was arrested Nov. 5 and charged with felony failure to report child abuse within the home following an investigation, according to an Escambia County (Fla.) Sheriff's...
The COVID-19 pandemic gave William Lee Golden time to reflect in his Hendersonville, Tenn., home that led him to realize a vision he had two or three years ago about performing with his sons Rusty, Craig and Chris. That vision and dream will come to life this Saturday when William Lee Golden and The Goldens hit the stage together in his hometown of Brewton as part of Porch Fest. The event will kickoff at 2 p.m. with The Goldens performing on the main stage in front of the Downing House at the...
An Atmore man is being held on $250,000 bond on charges of rape II and incest for having sex with an underage girl and the charges could be upgraded to rape I. William Earl Shavers, 53, 102 White St., Atmore, is accused of having intercourse with a girl less than 16 but more than 12 between Jan. 1, 2017 and Dec. 23, 2019. During a bond hearing Monday, Assistant District Attorney Kim Pettis told District Judge Eric Coale that she expects the rape II charge to be upgraded to rape I and asked for...
