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New Beginnings Worship Center, Pensacola Caring Hearts and the city of Brewton teamed up to hand out 15,000 pounds of food last Thursday and has plans to hand out another 9,000 pounds today (Thursday), weather providing. New Beginnings Administrator Samantha Bell, who also serves as the director of the center's women's program, said the 15,000 pounds of food fed more than 400 families which helped feed about 800 people. Bell said the center plans to continue the ministry each Thursday as long...
In 2009, Danny Cottrell made national news with his $2 bill stimulus package during the recession. The owner of Flomaton Medical Center Pharmacy in Flomaton, Brewton Medical Center Pharmacy in Brewton and Cottrell's Pharmacy in East Brewton has brought the $2 bill program back. On April 14, Cottrell gave each of his 30 employees $200 in $2 bills. His only instructions were to spend the money at their local businesses. "A lot of businesses are struggling through this coronavirus," Cottrell said....
An Atmore man who was out on bond from a 2017 case charging him with a felon being in possession of a firearm, is back behind bars facing charges of kidnapping I and violation of a domestic violence restraining order. Kenyatta McCants, 47, 406 Peach Tree St., was arrested by Atmore police and later given a $250,000 bond. The district attorney's office has also filed a motion to have McCants' bond revoked on his previous charge. Court records show McCants was issued a domestic violence...
Last week I wrote about how things will never be exactly the same after the COVID-19 virus goes away. I've been thinking that maybe somethings will be better in the aftermath. We live and learn and we try to improve things as we go along. Kind of like Gomer Pyle's old saying of 'fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me'. Last Thursday I went up to New Beginnings Worship Center in Brewton as they handed out 15,000 pounds of food to the people in the community. The center plans to...
The town of Flomaton will be opening a food bank next Thursday that will provide food to Flomaton residents from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the community center on McCurdy Street, with plans to hold the food give-away each Thursday during the COVID-19 pandemic. During Monday afternoon's teleconference council meeting, Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., asked the council its thoughts on the town opening a food bank for its citizens. “I agree,” said Councilwoman Lillian Dean. “People are not going to the groce...
When Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thompson launched his 'How Are Ya!' program a few months ago, Sophronia Quinley was the first person to sign up. Last week Chief Thompson paid her a home visit to give Ms. Quinley a birthday cake to celebrate her 84th birthday. Wearing gloves and a mask due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Thompson kept his social distance in presenting her with the cake. Today, Chief Thompson has 15 senior citizens or handicapped individuals living in the Flomaton Police...
Escambia County (Ala.) Tax Collector Tim Pettis announced that the county's delinquent tax property sale has been postponed until July 2 to give taxpayers additional time to pay their bills before additional penalties are added to the total. The sale of properties where the property taxes have not been paid is normally held in May in front of the courthouse. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Alabama Department of Finance Office of the State Comptroller has extended the county's final settlement...
The Brewton Lions Club presented D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital with a $6,000 check to help create two UV light rooms that will be used to sanitize hospital equipment like masks and gowns. The Lions donation pays for one and a half of the two rooms. Using social distancing and masks, Lions Club President Steve Claytor presents the check to Lee Shaughnessy, director of integrated facilities management at the hospital. From left are Hugh Miller, Lions Club secretary-treasurer, Claytor, Gabe...
Businesses in downtown Flomaton owned by the town of Flomaton will have their rent payments suspended, but not forgiven, during the shutdown ordered by the COVID-19 pandemic. During a teleconference council meeting Monday afternoon, Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., said due to the shutdown, those businesses are not able to pay rent because they are closed. Town Attorney Chuck Johns said an attorney general's opinion said the town could defer the rent payments but could not forgive those payments. The...
In its bi-weekly COVID-19 update released Tuesday, the Escambia County (Ala.) Healthcare Authority announced there have been 10 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the county and no deaths reported. The report states that the 10 positive tests in the county were county residents out of 165 county residents tested. There has been one positive test reported from D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton and nine from Atmore Community Hospital. However, the two hospitals have tested 262...
I saw a post on Facebook last week that made me laugh. Whoever originally posted it said things must be getting back to normal because they had started getting those calls informing them about their extended car warranties. I hadn't really thought about it, but I haven't gotten one of those calls in several weeks. Two days after reading the post, I got one. I got another one the next day. What I didn't miss were the political calls we would have been bombarded with a few weeks ago when Alabama...
Members of the Flomaton Town Council praised town employees and first responders during Monday afternoon's teleconference meeting, citing their jobs during the COVID-19 shutdown. “All employees have done a good job from our police officers, utilities workers, first responders and others,” said Councilman Jim Johnson. “We will get through this and go back to normal life.” Other council members agreed. “All have done a good job,” said Councilman Roger Adkinson. “I haven't had any major problem...
Once the coronavirus became a pandemic and got its own name as COVID-19, there has been one constant theme – protect yourself and protect others. It started with social distancing and telling people to wash their hands. It's grown to multiple states of emergency and mandated stay-at-home orders. The snowball began to roll downhill after the NBA announced it was shutting down. The SEC basketball tournament held one night of games in Nashville and then announced the tournament would continue w...
The town of Flomaton, like many other municipalities, are spending time, money and effort to unclog sewer lines and sewer pumps that are being clogged and damaged by people flushing items other than toilet paper down the toilet. Flomaton Utilities Superintendent Shaun Moye said since last week the town has had three major issues that have forced employees to work until the early morning hours. He also said the town has had to report three sanitary sewer overflows to the Alabama Department of...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Health Care Authority announced Tuesday that there have been three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Escambia County with no deaths reported. Jason Daniels, director of public affairs and marketing, said the health care authority will release COVID-19 updates each Tuesday and Friday. The report, as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, stated the three confirmed cases in Escambia County came from 84 specimens collected. Across Alabama there have been 2,168 confirmed cases out of...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a mandatory statewide shutdown order last Wednesday in wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey followed suit Friday with both states virtually closing all non-essential businesses. Alabama's shutdown began at 5 p.m. Saturday saying “every person is ordered to stay at his or her place of residence except as necessary to perform essential activities.” The order says a person can leave their residence to purchase food or other con...
Dr. Seuss is quoted as saying "Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than remember me and cry." Brewton's Philippa Hamilton could have just as easily uttered those words. Ms. Hamilton died on Dec. 13, 2009, but like Dr. Seuss, she still lives in the minds of children. Both had a gift to educate and entertain young people at the same time. Their gift was really to teach children without the children really knowing they were being taught. They did it through fun. Like Dr. Seuss, people...
In its Friday update, the Escambia County (Ala.) Health Care Authority has announced there have been five confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus reported in Escambia County. The report notes there have been six confirmed positive tests at Atmore Community Hospital and one confirmed positive test at D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton. The five confirmed from Escambia County were Escambia County residents. Residents confirmed at local hospitals are counted in their home county. No...
On the recommendation of Alabama's State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Kay Ivey declared a state public health emergency and ordered 33 businesses deemed 'non-essential' and ordered them closed to non-employees beginning at 5 p.m. this past Saturday. In the order signed Friday, Gov. Ivey said the it will remain in full effect until 5 p.m. on Friday, April 17. She did note that a decision would be made at that time on whether or not to extend the order....
Residents on Bell Street in Flomaton told firemen they heard an explosion before a wooden shed erupted into flames that spread into a brush fire which prompted multiple fire departments to respond to contain the blaze. Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton said the department responded to a 911 call at 11:22 a.m. Saturday on Bell Street, which is located off of Martin Luther King Drive. Stanton said when he arrived on scene the shed was fully involved and the fire had already started spreading into...
Escambia County (Ala.) Commission Chairman Karean Reynolds announced Monday that the courthouse in Brewton and the satellite courthouse in Atmore will remain closed to the public through April 17, but beginning April 6, limited access will be available. During a special commission meeting on March 17, the board voted to close the courthouse to the public in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Numbers were posted on the front door of the courthouse for people needing to contact individual...
The Atmore Police Department continues to investigate the discovery of a badly decomposing body officers found last Thursday, March 26, when officers responded to a burglary call at the residence. In a release from Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks, at 10:22 p.m. last Thursday, police received a call of a burglary in progress at 71 Jones St. According to Chief Brooks, when officers arrived they surrounded the residence and then observed the residence had been forcibly entered. When officers...
A Greenville man who crashed his semi-truck into a wooded area off Highway 29 in Century was pronounced dead a few hours after the crash. John Rivers, 59, was pronounced dead at Atmore Community Hospital, according to reports released by the Florida Highway Patrol. According to reports, Rivers was northbound on Highway 29 near the intersection of Pond Street in an empty log truck when he veered across the southbound lanes and collided with the trees. It took emergency personnel almost two hours...
To quote the great Yogi Berra, it is deja vu all over again this week as we navigate ourselves through the COVID-19 pandemic. Since we first started reporting on the virus several weeks ago, I've been consistent in telling people to not pay attention to time and date deadlines, because they change daily and sometimes hourly. Cities and states will tell us some things will resume at such-and-such date, but they really don't know. They don't know because those dates are based on the best informati...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey amended her previous state of emergency declaration on March 13 to issue a 'stay-at-home' order that goes into effect at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 4. The order mandates residents to stay at home with the exception of getting essential supplies for the family or pets. Pharmacies, grocery stores, stores that sell gasoline, businesses that provide automobile repair services and more are allowed to be open. For a full copy of the governor's 'Stay-at-home' order, you can click the...
