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An Atmore man who was being held on $500,000 bond at the Escambia County Detention Center on kidnapping charges following an April standoff with police is now being held without bond after his previous bond was revoked for repeatedly calling his mother from the jail. As a condition of his bond, John Bradley James, 42, 1102 Sneed Drive, was to have no contact with the victims. He was arrested after threatening his mother and father with a gun that ended after a 12-hour standoff with police. The...
Richard Royce has spent his life in public service as a firefighter and a sheriff's deputy. The Brewton resident now wants to take that public service to another level as he announced he will be a candidate for the District 5 seat on the Brewton City Council in the Aug. 25 municipal elections. "I've lived in Alco for 48 years," Royce said. "When my wife and I got married we bought a home in Alco and raised two children there. We're still there. I have something to offer to the people of that...
An East Brewton man was arrested Monday on five counts of possession of child pornography after nude and semi-nude photos of girls as young as 8-years old were found on his cell phone and included a video of an adult male having sexual intercourse with a girl estimated to be about 10-years old. Richard James Rabon, 42, 727 Williamson Street, Apartment 3D, was arrested following a joint investigation involving the Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office, the East Brewton Police Department, the Al...
Alabama State Sen. Greg Albritton said some factions in Montgomery are trying to use the coronavirus to push political agendas with the expansion of Medicaid at the top of the list. "One of our left wingers is meeting with the governor tomorrow (Thursday) and push for the expansion of Medicaid," Albritton said. Albritton also said false figures on how much such an expansion would cost are also circulating. He said some are saying it will cost the state $168 million the first year and $38...
The town of Flomaton will be giving away food again beginning at 10 a.m. this Saturday at the Flomaton Community Center on McCurdy Street. As with past giveaways, cars should come down Ringold Street, turn onto McCurdy and pull up in front of the community center. “I applaud the mayor and others who provided the food,” Flomaton Councilwoman Lillian Dean said during Monday afternoon's council meeting. “Every person was grateful.” She also thanked the many people who helped during the giveawa...
Warrants have been signed for the arrest of a Flomaton man for stealing a trailer and Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thompson said an investigation is continuing and other charges may be forthcoming. Warrants have been signed for the arrest Joseph M. Creamer, 27, with no permanent address listed but according to Chief Thompson he had been living on Cary Street in Flomaton, charging him with theft of property III, criminal mischief III and criminal trespassing. Chief Thompson said in April a...
In a move to get more accurate readings and to save the town money down the road, the Flomaton Town Council voted Monday afternoon to borrow $27,500 from its line of credit to begin doing environmental testing in-house at the sewer lagoon on Martin Luther King Drive that will eventually save the town money and give it more accurate readings. Jeremy McMath, with Civil Southeast Engineering, said during the telephone conference meeting, that he had two items to bring to the council with only one...
The Flomaton Town Council voted Monday afternoon to go to its line of credit to borrow $117,680 to repair the pump on the water tank on Highway 113 that failed, which prompted the town to purchase water from the McCall Water System. During the telephone conference meeting, Utilities Superintendent Shaun Moye informed the council that the pump on the Highway 113 tank failed a couple of weeks ago. He was able to rent a pump and tie into the McCall Water System to provide water for the short term....
I hear the complaints and I'm sure judges hear the same complaints. I look at some, not all, social media complaints. The complaint is why can a person being charged with drug trafficking get a $1 million bond and a person accused of sexually abusing a child or possessing child pornography charges get a $500,000 bond. I attended a bond hearing Tuesday where Richard James Rabon of East Brewton, charged with five counts of possession of child pornography was given a $500,000 bond by District...
Ask 10 people to describe Lovelace Parker and all 10 responses would include a generous public servant who loved to help people and loved to hunt quail. Hunter Lovelace Parker, 91, of East Brewton died Thursday, April 19, but will always be remembered for his big heart and love of people. Flags in East Brewton were flying at half staff in East Brewton Monday when Parker was laid to rest in Fort Crawford Cemetery. A 1946 graduate of W.S. Neal High School in East Brewton, his first and last jobs w...
In its bi-weekly update on the COVID-19 pandemic released Tuesday, the Escambia County (Ala.) Health Care Authority reported there have been 32 confirmed cases of the virus in the county and two confirmed deaths. Statistics from Atmore Community Hospital show 24 confirmed cases. At the Atmore hospital 298 people have been tested and 254 had negative results. There are 19 tests pending and one death with inconclusive results of COVID-19. There have been four confirmed cases at D.W. McMillan...
The town of Flomaton reopened the walking trails at town parks and the fishing lake at Hurricane Park Tuesday afternoon with some restrictions. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Flomaton Town Council voted March 16 to close all parks until further notice. Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., and the town council agreed to reopen the parks Tuesday. However, the order says there will be no baseball field use, no basketball court use, no playground use, no use of tennis courts and no gatherings of 10 or...
Although the court systems in Escambia County or across the entire state of Alabama have never been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions have been put into place and according to a new order issued Thursday, April 30, by the Supreme Court of Alabama all jury trials have been suspended. Thursday's supreme court ruling extends the previous state of emergency declaration for the judicial system until May 15. The order further states jury trials will remain suspended and no jury...
A Flomaton woman was arrested Tuesday on a warrant stemming from a March 11 search warrant and charged with multiple drug charges that included trafficking methamphetamine. Jessica Danielle Griffis, 35, 151 Pecan Grove Lane, Lot 6, appeared before District Judge Eric Coale Wednesday and was give a $1 million bond. Griffis is charged with trafficking methamphetamine, unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, three counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful...
Being in the newspaper business is not always easy in terms of covering the news and writing opinion pieces about what's going on in our community, state or nation. Relationships can sometimes be strained by things I print in the newspaper – whether its an actual news story or some of my opinions. People get mad. My wife's been mad at me and some of my best friends have been mad at me. Sometimes I think my wife is still mad. But the relationship between a reporter or editor and an elected o...
Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton credited Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thompson and Volunteer Fireman Hunter White for saving the life of a 4-year old boy last Wednesday afternoon when the fire chief discovered the child inside a burning vehicle on Twin Bridges Road. At 3:21 p.m. last Wednesday Flomaton dispatch received a 911 call of an explosion and a fire at 1119 Twin Bridges Road. Chief Thompson arrived on the scene to find a car trailer containing a welding machine on fire. “Chance got o...
When baseball returns at Flomaton High School the Hurricanes will have a new coach at the helm with Tuesday's hiring of Coy Campbell, Jr., who will take over the baseball program. The Escambia County School Board approved the transfer of Campbell from W.S. Neal High School as a driver's education and physical education instructor. He will also be the head baseball coach. Flomaton Principal Scott Hammond said Keith Nall, who was serving his first year as the Hurricanes' coach this year before...
The success of Saturday's food giveaway in Flomaton has prompted the town to do it again this Saturday and Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., said he hopes to the program will continue another two weeks. Bondurant said more than 300 boxes of food were given away during Saturday's drive-thru at the Flomaton Community Center. With donations from the community, the town purchased a tractor-trailer full of food for $1,500 and volunteers were on hand to divide the food into boxes. This week's giveaway will...
The Atmore Police Department is asking the public to help identify the person or persons responsible for the death of an Atmore man whose body was found early Saturday near the Patterson Street Apartments. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said the police department received a 911 call at 1:24 a.m. April 25, in reference to a person who had been assaulted and suffered what appeared to be a gunshot and stab wound. Atmore police and Atmore Ambulance Service were immediately dispatched near the 200...
Beth Drew, who has spent the past 37 years with the Escambia County (Ala.) School System that included 14 years as a teacher and assistant principal at Flomaton Elementary School, is retiring July 1 from her current position as assistant superintendent. Drew, 61, is a native of Walnut Hill and a 1976 graduate of Ernest Ward High School. After attending Pensacola State Junior College, she received her bachelor's degree in elementary education at Troy University and her master's degree in...
As I talked to people prior to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's address Tuesday about what the state was going to do in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, I predicted she would do a 'soft-opening'. I also told people I could probably write that story before she made her speech and I wouldn't miss it by much. I was right on both points. The one point I would have missed was the opening of the Alabama beaches along the Gulf Coast. But like the most of the changes, it was a soft change. Her new order says t...
The long-awaited resurfacing of U.S. Highway 31 within the city limits of Brewton is scheduled to begin in June with the Alabama Department of Transportation saying the majority of the work will be done at night during low traffic. State Rep. Alan Baker and State Sen. Greg Albritton notified the city Friday that the state had awarded a $1.5 million contract to H.O. Weaver & Sons of Mobile to do the project. Sen. Albritton said it's been a project he has been working on for months and was happy...
An Atmore man who threatened and held his parents at gunpoint was arrested Tuesday evening after about a 12-hour standoff with police that ended after officers used tear gas and took the suspect into custody with nobody getting hurt. John Bradley James, 42, 1102 Sneed Drive, was charged with two counts of kidnapping I and transported to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said more charges are likely. According to Chief Brooks, James went outside...
A 32-year old Atmore man has been jailed on a felony sexual abuse I for allegedly abusing a 13-year old girl while the child was asleep. Charles Franklin Jones, Jr., who had multiple Atmore addresses listed, was arrested and given a $250,000 bond. Under his bond conditions he is to have no contact with the victim or any child under the age of 18. Jones was arrested by officers with the Atmore Police Department. The arrest warrant said the alleged abuse occurred on or about Jan. 4, 2020. The...
Due to possible bad weather today (Thursday) the town of Flomaton has moved its food giveaway to Saturday with boxes of food to be given away outside the Flomaton Community Center on McCurdy Street. Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., said a tractor-trailer truck load of food will be delivered to the community center Saturday morning and volunteers will begin giving out boxes of food at 12 noon. Bondurant said the giveaway will continue until all the food is gone. Police Chief Chance Thompson is...
