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By now most people in the United States have received their 2020 census form, but many residents who get their mail delivered to post offices boxes are not on the list. Every 10 years the United States conducts a population and housing census in an attempt to get an accurate count of the people living in the country. If someone gets their mail delivered to their house, they should have already received the form. Census forms are not delivered to post office boxes. Flomaton Mayor Dewey Bondurant...
A 27-year old Monroeville man was killed and his passenger was injured in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning in Flomaton that left Highway 31 closed to traffic for about three hours. Samuel W. Colbert was killed after being ejected from the 2011 Jeep Cherokee he was driving. Officials with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency stated Colbert was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, Zachry Alsop, 26 of Atlanta, Ga., was...
Realizing the hardship COVID-19 is and will be placing on families, the Jay Town Council voted Tuesday night to suspend utility cutoffs and waive late fees, turnoff fees and reconnect fees providing residents fill out a hardship application at town hall. Mayor Shon Owens and Councilmen Wayne Godwin and Joshua Holloway unanimously voted to suspend the cutoffs and fees during the coronavirus state of emergency. Operations Manager Eric Seib noted town hall closed its lobby Tuesday but residents...
As we continue to deal with COVID-19, things haven't changed much since last week. Dates you see about school starting back and other public buildings being open are good starting points, but may change any day. Alabama has tentatively moved its March 31 runoffs to July 14. I use the word tentatively because that date could change as well. County commissions and city councils have set certain dates to reopen, but we're really not sure if those dates will hold true. I attended a special meeting...
With school out and efforts to reduce large crowds gathering, Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thompson said his department will be stepping up the enforcement of the town's curfew ordinance that restricts the times minors under the age of 19 can be out in public. “This is to protect our kids and keep them off the road late at night,” Thompson said. “Now it is very important, especially with the current issues with minors being out of school. Our officers will be strictly enforcing this ordin...
By order of Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of Alabama has ordered the closure of non-essential businesses and non-work related gatherings of 10 people of more effective at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 28. A full list of those businesses deemed 'not-essential' can be found by clicking the link below: https://governor.alabama.gov/assets/2020/03/Amended-Statewide-Social-Distancing-SHO-Order-3.27.2020-FINAL.pdf... Full story
Governmental bodies on the city, county and state levels have declared states of emergency in wake of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic by shutting down municipal complexes, courthouses and other government-owned properties leaving only essential services in place. The shutdowns in the area began Monday when Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Judge Dave Jordan announced that all court cases had been canceled until further notice. He did state that the court system will remain open but no jury...
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday morning that the primary elections scheduled for March 31 have been postponed until July 14 and the last day to apply for an absentee ballot has been set for July 9. Races on the ballot in Escambia County, Ala., include the Democratic runoff between James Averhart and Kianai A. Gardner for the U.S. House of Representatives' First Congressional District. On the Republican ticket, Jeff Sessions and Tommy Tuberville will...
Flomaton High School's baseball team was scheduled to begin its 'real' season today (Thursday) when the Hurricanes were to host Bayside Academy to kickoff area play. When and if those games will be played is questionable at this time as all school activities have been canceled until at least April 6 due to the coronavirus. Flomaton head baseball coach Keith Nall said he's been told there will be no practices or games until April 30 but realizes the time frame can change at any time. "The state...
The one thing I've learned, especially over the past week, is that what I learn today won't necessarily be true the next day or even the next hour or so. As everybody scrambles to make decisions about how to react to the coronavirus COVID-19 things change on an hourly basis. Friday afternoon I sat down with Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Judge Dave Jordan to see what the court system was going to do. At the time they had a court session scheduled to start Monday morning with hundreds of people...
Traffic along Highway 31 in Brewton was scheduled to be reopened late Wednesday afternoon following two days of closure in anticipation that the Alabama Department of Transportation will repave the U.S. highway through Brewton in early summer. U.S. 31 was closed from Underwood Street to the Evergreen Avenue intersection Tuesday and Wednesday as the town made repairs to the sewer line. Town workers also found a ruptured water main in the process. Ray Madden, utilities superintendent for the city...
It's been called everything from the $20 million fishing pier to the bridge to nowhere; it's been joked about, laughed about and ridiculed for the waste of taxpayers' money that was simply wasted. I'm talking about the new bridge on Highway 41 crossing the Conecuh River in Riverview. But it's no laughing matter. It's been hard keeping up with who's to blame on the original screw-up and who's been sued. It's been hard keeping up with who's filed bankruptcy and how much money was spent and how...
Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thompson is reaching out to the Flomaton community seeking donations to purchase and house a no-bite drug dog that won't cost the town a dime if the citizens respond. Thompson addressed the town council Monday night asking permission for the police department to begin soliciting donations for the purchase of a trained K-9 that can be used to detect illegal drugs and help track missing children, persons or fleeing fugitives. "The K-9 will be a great tool for the Floma...
Two Atmore men are being held on $1 million bond each for multiple drug charges and both have had previous bonds and probations revoked. Timothy Wayne Satterwhite, 49, 1207 Hall Creek Road, and Willie Carl Calhoun, Jr., 52, 206 Peach St., were arrested last week in separate incidents and charged with trafficking illegal drugs. Calhoun was also charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of prescription pills without a...
A Flomaton man was scheduled for a bond hearing Wednesday afternoon after being arrested Monday on charges alleging he had sex with a girl under the age of 16. Adam Eugene Taylor, 39, 131 Forest Hill Drive, was charged with sodomy II and rape II on warrants obtained by the Flomaton Police Department. Police Chief Chance Thompson said the events with Taylor and the girl occurred in 2019. After receiving the complaint, Capt. Scott Walden conducted an investigation that led Taylor's...
A Brewton man is being held on $500,000 bond after being arrested on sodomy and sex abuse charges on a child prosecutors said was 4 or 5 years old at the time. Brandon Pugh, 26, 1066 McGougin Road, could face a sentence of life without the possibility of parole due to the age of the victim. He was charged with sodomy I and sex abuse of a child under the age of 12. During a bond hearing Monday, Assistant District Attorney Todd Stearns told District Judge Eric Coale that Pugh had an extensive...
A Brewton man and his wife were arrested Sunday and charged with possession of a forged instrument after Brewton Police found them in possession of $1,200 in counterfeit $100 bills after the two allegedly tried to pass the bills off at at least two Brewton businesses. Jackson Herald Crutchfield, 27, 180 Smallwood Lane, and his wife Haley Crutchfield, 24, same address, appeared before District Judge Eric Coale Monday afternoon and were both given bonds of $50,000. During the bond hearing,...
For the rest of this week and through next week, work will be done on the old bridge across the Conecuh River near Riverview with the bridge being briefly closed for all traffic. According to information provided by Katelyn E. Turner, public information officer for the Alabama Department of Transportation, work began Monday for a joint removal and replacement operation. She said this is a more permanent solution to the work performed on the bridge last week. This week, the northbound lane will...
Flomaton Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., told members of the town council Monday night that the proposed new concrete pipe plant in Flomaton has been put on hold and will not happen at this time. “Right now it has come to a halt,” Bondurant said. “I appreciate what the people have done in working on this project, but it won't happen at this time.” Foley Pipe Co., had announced plans to construct an estimated $18 million pre-cast concrete pipe plant on Highway 31 on property the company owns behind...
Sarah LeMesurier wants the student ministry at Flomaton Pentecostal Holiness Church (The Flo) to team up with the town of Flomaton to help make a difference in people's lives by reaching out beyond the walls of the church. LeMesurier addressed the town council Monday night saying the youth group would love to get involved in events and projects within the community. “Whether it is beautifying public property or helping someone in need who does not possess the resources and/or have physical limit...
A few takeaways from Tuesday tells me a couple of things. First, I'm glad I was wrong on my 20 percent or below voter turnout prediction. We had a whopping 33.01 percent of voters in Alabama go to the polls and 28.16 percent of Escambia County residents. You know I'm being sarcastic because it's still hard for me to rejoice and wave a victory flag with well more than half the registered voters in this state and in this county who don't vote. They apparently don't care about taxes, health care,...
Several trees hit the ground, houses were damaged and power poles were snapped Wednesday morning when a severe thunderstorm roared through the middle of Brewton leaving a path of destruction but no injuries were reported. Connie Baggett, director of program management for the city of Brewton, said about 7:55 a.m. Wednesday she received a weather alert on her cell phone about a severe thunderstorm heading toward Brewton. Within 5 minutes the storm hit with high winds and dark clouds. "Within 5...
A Pineview church, estimated to be 100 to 120 years old, was left in ruins last Thursday night when the old wooden structure erupted into flames limiting firefighters to focusing on keeping the blaze from spreading to other structures. The Pineview Volunteer Fire Department was first dispatched about 9:15 p.m. to Crossroad Church on Pineview Cemetery Road and when the first truck arrived, fireman found the structure fully involved. Pineview Fire Chief Jay Ates said one of the first duties was...
Voters in Alabama will continue to elect their representatives to the state school board and those voters will also be heading back to the polls March 31 for some unfinished business to select party nominees in multiple races, including the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Escambia County and Alabama Democratic voters followed the trend of other states of Super Tuesday by giving support to Joe Biden for president. Unofficial returns released by the Alabama Secretary of State's...
Brewton resident Eric Scott Risley, 40, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and still faces additional drug charges in Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Court for distribution and possession of a controlled substance. U.S. Attorney Richard W. Moore announced that Risley was sentenced Feb. 27 after entering a guilty plea on November, 2019. U.S. District Judge Terry F. Moore set the 57-month sentence, which is to be followed by three years of...
