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We enter 2020 as an election year but for some reason I don't feel the excitement. In about 2 months Alabama voters will be going to the polls to vote in the 2020 primary elections. That date is March 3. Florida's primary elections will be held on March 17. What happened to June primaries? My bet is that the people in Alabama wanted to be ahead of the curve in the presidential election cycle. Many times after a Super Tuesday in March the presidential candidates had been set. Alabama wanted to...
The Brewton branch of the NAACP will hold its annual Martin Luther King, Jr., parade on Saturday, Jan. 18, and those wanting to participate in the parade need to contact Joe Watson at 251-809-5423. The annual parade honors the late civil rights leader with this year's parade having the theme of 'Reaching Across Barriers'. Lineup for the parade will be at 10 a.m. at the Brewton city garage on Sowell Road and the paraders will leave at 12 noon. It will end at the Fisher Community Center where the...
A former Flomaton resident listed as a registered sex offender was arrested on two violations of Alabama's Sexual Offender Registration Notification Act, and released on $100,000 bond but was back in jail about an hour later when he was arrested again on a violation of probation warrant. Trey Alexander Weekes, 23, was arrested last Thursday on the SORNA violations for failing to report an address change and for moving into a forbidden residence, which was less than 2,000 feet from a school or...
Escambia County (Ala.) School Superintendent John Knott said the search for a new principal for Escambia County High School in Atmore will begin immediately to fill the vacancy created by Thursday's resignation of ECHS Principal Dennis Fuqua. Fuqua, 41, who has served as the school's principal for the past seven years, resigned to take the position of director of Coastal Alabama Community College's Brewton campus. He will assume his duties at Coastal on Jan. 13. "I will have the job posted by...
The blueberry won't drop but Brewton will welcome in the New Year Dec. 31 with plenty of food, entertainment and of course fireworks at midnight when the calendar turns from 2019 to 2020. The Brewton Area Chamber of Commerce and the city of Brewton will host an evening of food and music under a big white tent in the parking lot at Camp 31. Local musicians will begin at 6 p.m. Bobby Moore and the Rhythm Aces will take the stage at 8:30 p.m. and Kirk Jay, a finalist on 'The Voice' will perform...
Escambia Academy head football coach Hugh Fountain said he knew there was something special about Kainoa Gumapac the first time he saw him. So, he wasn't surprised to learn the 2017 graduate from EA had recently completed Navy diving school and was headed to Hawaii. "I knew his family because they were here in Flomaton and Kainoa is just like family," Fountain said. "He had a tremendous work ethic and worked hard to improve on everything he did." Fountain said he arrived at Escambia Academy when...
When news first started seeping out that Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats were thinking about impeaching President Trump over his so-called quid pro quo with the Ukrainian president about holding up U.S. military aid unless Ukraine investigated and exposed Joe Biden for illegal activity, I wrote a column saying Trump probably wanted to be impeached. I talked about the old story of Brer Rabbit who acted like he didn't want to be thrown into the brier patch and even begged not to be tossed. But...
A Brewton man arrested Dec. 5 on a violation of probation warrant after leading law enforcement officers on a chase now faces additional charges and is being accused of tying one of the tracking dogs trailing him to a tree, where it stayed for two to three days. Johnathan D. Holliman, 31, with an address listed only as McGougin Road, Brewton, was charged with harassing a police animal and animal cruelty. On the afternoon of Dec. 5, deputies with the Escambia County Sheriff's Office and the...
Flomaton High School's Daquan 'Money' Johnson made it official Wednesday morning when he signed a football scholarship with Duke University and will take his talents 660 miles away to Durham, N.C. Surrounded by family and friends, Johnson made the announcement at FHS that he was headed to Duke. Johnson had scholarship offers from Southern Miss, Army, South Alabama, Troy and Tulane. He had previously committed to Troy, but said Duke opened up a lot of opportunities. "Football ends at some...
Inmates at the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton got an early wakeup call at 5 a.m. Saturday when more than 40 law enforcement officers conducted a shakedown that turned up some contraband, but no cell phones. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson the officers secured the facility and during the search found a small amount of fermented fruit, a small amount of tobacco and two small hand-made weapons. In February, the same type of shakedown resulted in seizing 13 cell phones, four...
The Brewton branch of the NAACP will hold its annual Martin Luther King, Jr., parade on Saturday, Jan. 18, and those wanting to participate in the parade need to contact Joe Watson at 251-809-5423. The annual parade honors the late civil rights leader with this year's parade having the theme of 'Reaching Across Barriers'. Lineup for the parade will be at 10 a.m. at the Brewton city garage on Sowell Road and the paraders will leave at 12 noon. It will end at the Fisher Community Center where the...
They simply call him 'Money'. Daquan Johnson, who led Flomaton High School to its first state football championship a year ago, is headed to Duke University in Durham, N.C., to become a Blue Devil in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Money had verbally committed to Troy University months ago. The Duke offer was just too much to pass up. He actually sent his signed letter to Duke at 7 a.m. Wednesday, two hours before the ceremonial signing at the lobby inside Flomaton High School. When I first...
I remember the excitement when the Flomaton High School girls' softball team won the state championship; I celebrated with the T.R. Miller High School girls with their state basketball titles; the girls' track team at Jay claimed many state titles and the Royal girls' softball team made it to the finals. I watched for many years as my daughter played softball and could see the smiles on all the girls' faces. I grew up in an era where girls didn't have that opportunity. Even though Congress...
Foley Pipe Co., hopes to open its new pre-cast concrete plant in Flomaton by October, 2020, with a $17.6 million investment and about 35 jobs that will average $18 per hour plus full benefits. Jess Nicholas with Coastal Gateway Regional Development Alliance and Allen Butcher, chief financial officer for Foley Pipe Co., appeared before the Flomaton Town Council Monday to make the official announcement. The council later approved a resolution giving the company a 10-year non-educational tax...
Karean Reynolds was sworn in for his first term as the District 5 representative on the Escambia County (Ala.) Commission last November and on Jan. 21, 2020 he will take over as chairman of the board following a 4-1 vote Monday Morning. Reynolds, 38, is serving his first of a four-year term on the commission. "It's an honor and a privilege when your peers give you a chance like this," Reynolds said. "I'm looking forward to the opportunity." Reynolds will be replacing District 2 Commissioner...
Longleaf Machining, LLC, located inside the Brewton Industrial Park, cut the ceremonial ribbon of its 8,000 square-foot addition Tuesday that includes a new piece of equipment that owner and president Thomas E. McMillan said will bring cutting-edge technology and more jobs to the business. "I've always wanted to make things," McMillan told the crowd gathered inside the new facility. "This machine will build something you don't find anywhere. This sets us apart." Technically, the new machine is a...
State Sen. Greg Albritton told members of the Escambia County (Ala.) Commission meetings are continuing to solve the problem with the $15 million bridge over the Conecuh River in Riverview noting lawsuits have been filed. Albritton said he and the other two members of the Escambia County legislative delegation, State Rep. Alan Baker and State Rep. Mike Jones "continue to work on this fiasco". He told commissioners a meeting was held last week with lawyers and the state's top engineer. He said...
Flomaton resident Ted Dean handed out a few smart phones to members of the Flomaton Town Council Monday night and asked them to pull up the Google map of Flomaton, which shows Martin Luther King Drive as Straughn Street. “I'm not being rude, but I was told if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's a duck,” Dean said. He questioned who changed the name of Martin Luther King Dr. “Martin Luther King Drive does not exist,” Dean said. Utilities Superintendent Shaun Moye said the name has not...
Two Brewton residents who apparently tried to steal a utility trailer loaded with a motorcycle only to see the trailer come loose from their vehicle were arrested and charged with theft of property I and theft of property III. Brandon Pugh, 26, 1066 McGougin Road, and Kary Nicole Davis, 18, 45571 Highway 31, were both arrested by officers with the Flomaton Police Department. According to reports, police were dispatched Dec. 7 to a residence on Fowler Lane in reference to the stolen trailer. The...
Flomaton police were dispatched to a trespassing call about 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 10 at Pecan Grove Trailer Park and arrested the suspect on drug charges after finding methamphetamine and other paraphernalia in his possession. Eric Mathis, 24, no address listed, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (meth) and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. According to reports, when police arrived they observed the suspect, later identified as Mathis, running from the police...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission presented State Sen. Greg Albritton with two plaques Monday honoring him for sponsoring two bills which commissioners say will be a great help to the county and the state. One bill gives county commission chairmen the authority to declare emergency situations following an official declaration by the governor's office. He noted in the midst of a natural disaster, external conditions often make it difficult for local government bodies to convene a quorum,...
After the Flomaton Town Council voted to seek a Community Development Block Grant to extend sanitary sewer lines to the new precast concrete plant on Highway 31, Councilwoman Lillian Dean said it will only add more waste to the sewer lagoon on Martin Luther King Drive. “When will it stop?” Dean asked. “It's our neighborhood, when are you going to stop?” Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., said the town had a study done to construct a waste water treatment plan and the cost estimate was about $3.5 mi...
The only thing Joseph Balouvas did wrong Saturday was going to social media to apologize to the Alabama nation after he boinked a 30-yard field goal off the goal post at Jordan-Hare Stadium, which would have given Alabama a 48-48 tie with less than two minutes to play. Many insensitive Alabama fans went to social media to criticize the sophomore backup kicker for costing Alabama the game and a possible shot at reaching the college football playoffs. As an Alabama fan my stomach hurt when he...
Shock, disbelief and the feeling it was some kind of bad dream is the way friends of Randell Gordon Nichols, Jr., felt when word began to spread over the weekend that the 28-year old Atmore native had been killed in a fiery crash early Friday morning. According to information released by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the crash occurred about 2:45 p.m. Friday on Deere Creek Road. The report stated the vehicle left the roadway, struck a tree and then caught on fire. Nichols was the only...
Academic success continues at Flomaton High School following the school's first 'A' on the state report card with senior Alex Glidewell making the highest score on the ACT test in the school's history with a 35. ACT stands for American College Testing, which is a standardized test used for college admissions in the United States. The highest possible score is 36. FHS Principal Scott Hammond said Glidewell's 35 is the highest score any Flomaton student has ever scored on the test. "It's...
