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An Atmore man is being held on $1 million bond for multiple charges including trafficking synthetic cannabis (spice) and faces prior charges that led to the traffic stop Sept. 9. Charlton Orlando Jones, 32, 705 E. Ridgeley St., was charged with trafficking, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, attempting to elude and resisting arrest. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said police, along with agents from the Alabama Drug Task Force, took Jones into custody. Brooks said Jones had outstanding...
The Flomaton Town Council passed its 2021-2022 budget Monday afternoon that projects revenues to be 20 percent above expenses and also increases water, sewer and garbage rates by 3 percent beginning Oct. 1. Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., said the budget does include two new vehicles for the utility department: one for the parks and the other for waste water. Mayor Bondurant said in years past the council had automatically raised utility rates 3 percent but had stopped that practice several years...
The Flomaton Town Council gave its stamp of approval on a deal inked by Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., to pave west of Railroad and College streets at a savings to the town. Bondurant said Escambia County Engineer Bill Bridges called him about two weeks ago to say the county was going to pave Old Atmore Road all the way to Highway 31. He also said the railroad would also be doing paving. Bondurant said Utilities Superintendent Shaun Moye had already received a bid of $28,500 for the paving west of...
David Nolin, who spent his career in education and is remembered for his love of children and working to create a path of success, died Thursday, Sept. 2, from complications with COVID-19 and left a legacy of helping others. The long-term educator was serving as the District 6 representative on the Escambia County (Ala.) School Board at the time of his death. His seat sat vacant during a special board meeting Tuesday afternoon as fellow board members paid tribute to his life and contributions...
Sherry Digmon will return to the District 6 school board seat she lost in 2016 to David Nolin after the Escambia County School Board voted unanimously to appoint her to the vacant seat left by Nolin's death on Sept. 2 due to complications with COVID-19. During a special meeting Tuesday afternoon, Attorney Kirk Garrett told the board that while it was uncomfortable talking about replacing Nolin so soon, state law required a replacement be made within 30 days of a vacancy. He noted that if the...
Escambia County's criminal jury term scheduled for Sept. 13 through Sept. 24 in Brewton has been cancelled, but Presiding Circuit Judge Jeff White issued an order Tuesday calling for a mandatory settlement docket of persons who were scheduled to be tried by a jury. Judge White said the increase in COVID-19 cases, increased hospitalization and what he said appears to be a higher mortality rate, prompted him to issue the order. About 250 jury summons were sent out in anticipation of holding jury...
Newly selected Escambia County (Ala.) School Superintendent Michelle McClung will soon be moving into a rental house near W.S. Neal Elementary and Middle School in East Brewton after the school board approved a rental agreement on board-owned property. The house is located at 601 Williamson St., near both schools. School Board Attorney Kirk Garrett told the school board Tuesday that it had to receive a fair market value on the rent according to state law. It was also noted that the house is in...
A 41-year old Brewton man wanted for sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12 turned himself in at the Escambia County Sheriff's Office on Aug. 24 and an additional charge of sodomy I was added for the alleged abuse of a 9-year old child. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson went to social media to distribute a wanted poster for the arrest of Thomas Benjamin Davis. It was noted in the wanted poster that the sheriff's office would extradite nationwide when Davis was located. In addition to...
Atmore police are continuing their investigation into a 6:38 p.m. Tuesday shooting on South Main Street where the alleged shooter and the alleged victims fled the scene before police arrived. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said witnesses told officers that someone pulled to the gas pumps at the Chevron Station and went inside to pay for the gas. While pumping the gas, another vehicle came through the traffic light and stopped on Highway 21. The man pumping gas, dove back into his vehicle,...
Flomaton resident Ted Dean said he was watching TV last week about the March On For Voting Rights being held in Washington, D.C., Saturday and he told his wife Lillian "I'm going to Washington this weekend". Dean was among those who marched on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963 with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with blacks demanding equal voting rights. During the 1963 march, Dr. King delivered his famous 'I have a Dream' speech to the large crowd at the Lincoln Memorial. Saturday's march was exactly...
Escambia County (Ala.) Presiding Circuit Judge Jeff White said COVID protocols are being taken to hold the criminal court week Sept. 13 through 24 at the courthouse in Brewton and as of Tuesday the plans are to continue with the session. “We are monitoring it closely,” White said. White said 350 jury summons were sent out instead of the normal 350 to 400 in an effort to reduce numbers. He said all trials will take place in the large courtroom to maintain social distancing. He also said mas...
A Huntsville woman was scheduled to appear in a Madison County, Ala., courtroom yesterday (Wednesday) for a violation of probation hearing from a previous robbery charge, but instead was sitting in the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton after being charged with robbery I in Atmore. Therease Antoinette Fletcher, 30, 6117 Valley Park Drive NW, Huntsville, is accused of threatening a clerk with a gun at the Walmart in Atmore and demanding cash. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said police...
Flomaton's committee charged with developing a zoning plan for the town limits, which will be voted on by the town council, will hold its second meeting today (Thursday, Aug. 30) at town hall. The public is invited to attend. The committee, appointed by Mayor Bondurant and approved by the council, held its first meeting on July 21 and was presented a preliminary zoning plan as a starting point. Diane Burnett with South Alabama Regional Planning Commission is helping the town develop a zoning pla...
The Century and Flomaton areas mourn the loss of 93-year-old Lloyd Barrow, a fellow citizen and long-time resident who not only received the outstanding citizen award in 2012, but had a major impact on his community and the people in it. Barrow died Friday, Aug. 20, and his funeral was held Wednesday, Aug. 25, and he was laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery with Flomaton Funeral Home directing. Barrow was a veteran of World War II and member of the Century Lion's Club. An avid collector of local...
A 45-year old Brewton man who allegedly set up a sex date online with a 14-year old girl was arrested Friday, Aug. 13, when he arrived with three condoms, one breath mint, on Viagra pill, marijuana and one Oxycodone pill in his pocket at a pre-determined location to meet the girl, only to be greeted by law enforcement officers and not the young girl Blake Thomas Martin, 45, 3161 Keego Road, was arrested and charged with electronic solicitation of a child, traveling to meet a child for sex,...
With the 2021-2022 school year into its second full week, students and faculty members in the Brewton City School System and the Escambia County School System have been sent home due to COVID-19 issues that involve positive tests and contact tracing. However, superintendents for both systems say steps continue to be taken to insure safety and to keep students in the classroom. As expected, the county school board followed the Brewton City School board, by implementing a mask order last Thursday...
Michelle M. McClung will take over as superintendent of the Escambia County (Ala.) School System on Sept. 1 after the school board gave Board President Cindy Jackson the approval to sign the contract during a meeting last Thursday in Brewton. The school board voted 4-3 on July 30 to select McClung as the new superintendent. McClung's attorney made some changes to the original contract and the board voted to accept some and not accept others. The revised contract was signed by McClung and sent...
Flomaton's pre-season football game scheduled for this Friday night will be held but with a different opponent after a COVID-19 outbreak at Geneva County forced the Bulldogs to cancel their trip to Flomaton to take on the Hurricanes. Flomaton head football coach Doug Vickery received the word Tuesday of the cancellation and said he reached out to a friend who is on the coaching staff at St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope. The Cardinals will now travel to Flomaton for a 7 p.m. kickoff...
A coach and teacher at Escambia County High School in Atmore who had a warrant for his arrest of having non-consensual sex with a student was killed in an Aug. 2 vehicle crash in Mobile when the suspect apparently made a U-turn into the path of an oncoming dump truck. Kasuan Denetrius Bullard, 39, died in the 10:30 a.m. collision on the Chochrane Causeway. Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Heath Jackson said a warrant had been issued for Bullard's arrest charging him with rape I and a teacher...
Although Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has not issued a mask mandate due to the spike in COVID-19 cases, individual groups, including schools and courts, are implementing mandates. Dr. Kenneth Varner, superintendent of the Brewton City School Board, issued an order, approved by the school board, that began Wednesday to require masks for all students, staff and masks inside the school system's facilities until Friday, Sept. 10. John Knott, superintendent of the Escambia County School System, said he...
After voting 4-3 on July 30 to hire Michelle M. McClung as the Escambia County (Ala.) School System's new superintendent, school board members met in a special session Thursday, Aug. 5, to finalize her contract in a meeting that turned into a finger-pointing session with accusations that School Board Chairman Cindy Jackson had told McClung she wasn't welcome. Jackson quickly responded that those accusations were a lie. McClung did send a telephone message Tuesday night that she had signed the...
In Flomaton's effort to keep illegal drugs of the streets, police have made three drug arrests in the past several days that involved synthetic marijuana, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Police Chief Chance Thompson said the police department will have a zero tolerance for illegal narcotics and is stepping up its interdiction program. On Aug. 3, Johnathon Buchanan, 30, of Georgia was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia...
While he said it's too early to predict how Tropical Storm Fred may impact the area, Escambia County (Ala,) Emergency Management Director David Adams said people need to keep an eye on the storm. The storm changed from a tropical depression to Tropical Storm Fred Tuesday night. Adams said it's likely to lose strength when is crosses the Dominican Republic and other islands in the Caribbean and drop back to a tropical depression. However, he said once it reaches the Gulf of Mexico it will likely...
Following two rounds of voting Friday afternoon, the Escambia County (Ala.) School Board selected Michelle M. McClung as the next superintendent to replace the retiring John Knott. "I'm very excited and elated about this opportunity," McClung said Tuesday. "It's a great opportunity to work with teachers and principals at the schools for the betterment of the students." McClung currently serves as the director of teaching, learning and assessment for the Mobile County Public Schools' Board of...
An Atmore teenager is being held on $200,000 bond after being charged with sexual abuse of a child less than 12 for allegedly having a 2-year old fondle him. Kevin Dalton Jimenez, 18, 565 Bama Road, Atmore, was arrested earlier this week. Court records state that the day after his 18th birthday, Jimenez subjected the young child to the sexual act. Circuit Judge Todd Stearns set Jimenez's bond at $200,000 Monday. If released on bond, Stearns stated in his order that Jimenez is to have no contact...
