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An East Brewton woman and her boyfriend were arrested last Wednesday after East Brewton police executed a search warrant at their 504 Dailey St. residence and seized a large quantity of illegal drugs and found multiple items police believe were stolen during a rash of burglaries in and out of East Brewton. East Brewton Police Chief Kenny Brazille said Melba Joyce Walsh, aka Melba McDaniel, 43, and Ronnie Bogan, 38, both living at 504 Dailey St., were arrested. Walsh was charged with four counts...
Atmore police continue their search for Rodarious Tyrig Dailey, 22, who is wanted for murder in the Nov. 27 shooting death of a 17-year old Atmore teenager. Police Chief Chuck Brooks said shortly before 3:30 p.m. Friday, police received a 911 call in reference to someone being shot at 163 Harris St. When officers arrived at the scene, they discovered the male victim with a gunshot wound to his upper body. The 17-year old, whose name has not been released, was transported to Atmore Community Hosp...
As of Wednesday, Atmore and Jay are still on go for their annual Christmas parades with Brewton announcing this week that its Dec. 11 parade has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. Brewton joins Flomaton, Century and Barnett Crossroads in cancelling Christmas parades due to COVID-19 related issues. Jay will kickoff the area's parades this Saturday, Dec. 5, at 11 a.m. and Atmore will hold its Twilight Christmas Parade, 'Songs of Christmas' at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 12. The Atmore parade will begin at...
During an emergency meeting last Thursday afternoon, the Flomaton Town Council gave its tentative approval to Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., to borrow about $1.6 million to consolidate most of the town's debt and reduce monthly debt payments by about $11,000 per month. Bondurant said he sought proposals from Escambia County Bank, United Bank, Bank of Brewton and First Bank. He noted Escambia County Bank could not commit without more financial information but told the council United Bank had agreed...
A Brewton man who was on probation for an arson II conviction was arrested last week for making a terrorist threat for allegedly threatening to burn down the Otts and Moore law firm in Brewton with everyone inside; threatening to show up at Circuit Judge Todd Stearns house; and saying that he would sue attorneys Earnest White, Danny White and Mike Godwin for everything they ever had. Jason Warren Pugh, 53, 3494 McGougin Road, was arrested in Louisiana on a violation of probation charge and the...
A Brewton woman is accused of using social media to make threats against her former employer and Pollard-McCall Jr. High School, which prompted the school to go into a lockdown Monday. Elizabeth Michelle Smith, 25, 110 River Road, was arrested Monday afternoon and charged with making a terrorist threat against the school and Provalus. Court records state Smith made threatening posts on social media toward her former employer, Provalus, and also made made mention of children, who she does not...
An Andalusia teenager was arrested on felony charges of enticing a child for immoral purposes for allegedly forcing a 15-year old girl to have sex with him at a location in Brewton. Ashton Montgomery Hines, 19, 19555 County Road 70, Andalusia, was jailed on $500,000 bond following his arrest for enticing the child and rape I. Court records show on or about Sept. 17, 2020, Hines enticed the young girl to enter an abandoned house on Martin Luther King Drive in Brewton for the purpose of having...
Flomaton Police Capt. Scott Walden resigned his position Friday, a day after he was placed on paid administrative leave for his post of Facebook that generated more than 500 calls to the Flomaton Police Department complaining about the post and wanting him immediately fired. Walden's Facebook post was in response to a post by Susanne Glass that read "The idiots that voted for Biden hated Trump enough to throw the country away. Thank the lying liberals and democrats news media." Walden's...
Some parents of students within the Escambia County (Ala.) School system who opted for their children to do virtual learning received a letter within the last week informing them that their child or children is no longer eligible to be a virtual learning student and is required to return to school immediately. School Superintendent John Knott said the letter was prompted by tracing the students' progress and work through the virtual option and those who were not engaging the program, failing or...
Due to COVID-19 issues within the Escambia County (Ala.) Tax Collector's Office at the courthouse in Brewton, the office was closed last Thursday and will remain closed until Monday, Nov. 2. Tax Collector Tim Pettis said the collector's office inside the Atmore Satellite Courthouse at 8600 Highway 31 remains open and is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Pettis said his office will not charge penalties for late renewals of vehicle tags that were due to expire at the end of...
Residents across the area were bracing for Hurricane Zeta Wednesday as the storm roared across the Gulf of Mexico with an anticipated landfall near the Louisiana-Mississippi line and then turn east that was expected to bring tropical storm winds and rain across the area. Escambia County (Ala.) Emergency Management Agency Director David Adams said Wednesday that the county had a high probability of tropical storm winds from 40 to 74 mph and rainfall in the 2 to 3-inch rain. He said the worst of...
When Escambia County (Ala.) voters head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 3, they will experience new technology with an electronic poll book that will scan driver's licenses to verify addresses and voter registration. Natalie Rodgers, chief clerk at the Escambia County Judge of Probate's Office, said the new technology will speed up the voting process and insure accuracy. She said the new scanner was used during the poll worker training session with no difficulties. Polls across the county will be...
A Flomaton man who was on probation for theft of property III is back in jail after being arrested Friday in Andalusia and charged with burglary III and theft of property III. Travis Lee Salter, 32 445 Old Fannie Road, was arrested by officers from the Andalusia Police Department and jailed on $20,000 bond. Escambia County District Attorney Steve Billy said a motion has been filed to revoke Salter's bond in a Flomaton case. Court records show Salter pleaded guilty Oct. 15, 2019, to a felony...
Due to COVID-19 issues within the Escambia County (Ala.) Tax Collector's Office at the courthouse in Brewton, the office was closed and will remain closed until Monday, Nov. 2. Tax Collector Tim Pettis said the collector's office inside the Atmore Satellite Courthouse at 8600 Highway 31 remains open and is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Pettis said his office will not charge penalties for late renewals of vehicle tags that were due to expire at the end of October for several...
Due to positive COVID-19 tests within the Flomaton High School football program and the quarantine of an undisclosed number of players, Flomaton was forced to forfeit this past Friday night's regional matchup at Hillcrest in Evergreen and will also forfeit this Friday's home game against T.R. Miller. Flomaton is scheduled to wrap up the regular season on Oct. 30 against Escambia County High School. COVID-19 has also derailed this Friday night's game between W.S. Neal and Opp, which had been sche...
Through the first two days of Florida's early voting for the Nov. 3 General Election, 156 ballots were cast at the Billy G. Ward Courthouse in Century and another nine mail-in ballots were collected from the dropbox outside the building. Florida's early voting kicked off Monday and will continue until Oct. 31. The early voting precincts will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day, including Saturdays and Sundays. Monday, 90 early voters cast ballots in Century and another 66 voted Tuesday. Four...
Thanks to funds appropriated by the Alabama Legislature, the Brewton Public Library and the Atmore Public Library have partnered with the Alabama Supercomputer Authority to expand broadband internet services within the two facilities and expand access to the parking lots of both libraries. Walter Overby, chief executive officer, and Cary Hill, education and outreach director of the authority, met with city leaders and library staffs at both libraries Monday to explain the computer upgrade. Hill...
When Kay Wagner takes her oath of office as Flomaton's District 4 councilwoman, will she have to give up her part-time job as an assistant for the town's municipal court? That's the question the Flomaton Town Council is asking the Alabama attorney general's office. During Monday afternoon's town council meeting, the council approved a resolution asking for the attorney general's opinion. The specific question to the attorney general states: "The town of Flomaton employs a part-time employee in t...
A Brewton man was jailed on $100,000 bond for allegedly trying to run a woman off the road on Interstate 65 and firing shots into her vehicle. Robert Boggan, 44, 306 Stallworth St., was charged with shooting into an occupied vehicle and reckless endangerment. According to information released by Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Heath Jackson, on Oct. 11 deputies were notified of a possible road rage incident that took place on the interstate inside Escambia County. The victim told deputies she...
Helene Brown reigned as the 2020 homecoming queen during kpre-game festivities Thursday night at Flomaton High School. From left are 2019 Queen Savannah Blackburn, Helene Brown, her father Nathan Brown and Flomaton High School Principal Scott Hammond. For more on Flomaton homecoming and other sports, see Pages 6-7A....
Barney Cash loved to help people and he helped a lot of them over the years. That's the sentiments people who knew him remember the most. Cash, 88, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, at his home in Century. Cash spent most of his life running Century Motors on North Century Boulevard and spent a lot of that time providing vehicles to people who would likely not be able to purchase one anywhere else. In 1972, Cash said he was coaxed into opening the lot by two of his friends from Brewton, Romine Harwell and...
In wake of continued vandalism and destruction, the Flomaton Town Council voted to move forward with a gate at the main entrance of Oaks Common Park and will set hours for all the parks in Flomaton to be open. Councilwoman Lillian Dean sent Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., a letter outlining some projects she wanted to see done on Martin Luther King Drive and putting a gate at Oaks Common Park was one of the things on the list. In the past, vandals had ripped the sink off the wall in one of the...
Due to positive COVID-19 tests within the Flomaton High School football program and the quarantine of an undisclosed number of players, tonight's football game at Hillcrest High School and next Friday night's game in Flomaton against T.R. Miller have been cancelled. Flomaton will forfeit those two region games. No decision has been made on Flomaton's Oct. 30 home game against Escambia County High School. See next Thursday's edition of the Tri-City Ledger for updates and more details....
