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The Century and Flomaton chambers of commerce honored their outstanding citizens, businesses and citizens Tuesday night during the annual awards banquet held at the Flomaton Community Center. From left are Dr. Gary Silbernagel, Flomaton's Outstanding Business; Brenda Cox, owner of Southern Treasure Florist, Century's Outstanding Business; Dee Wolfe-Sullivan, Century's Outstanding Citizen; Jaye Jaye Hagan, Flomaton's Outstanding Citizen; Gracie O'Bannon, Flomaton's Outstanding Student;and Logan Calloway, Century's Outstanding Citizen. See more...
The Flomaton High School auditorium featured interesting acts Thursday night as the school held its annual womanless beauty pageant. With the theme "A Night at the Movies", students took advantage of having fun with various acts ranging from lipsyncing "Let it Go" from Disney's "Frozen" to belly dancing to Shakira's "Hips don't lie". Logan Hanks, appearing as "Logania Monroe Jackson Hanks" pulled out the win, taking first place and being named the crowd favorite. First runner up was Micah...
Republican Congressman Bradley Byrne of Alabama is currently accepting applications for summer interns in his Washington, D.C. and Mobile offices. Applicants should be current college students or recent college graduates. The deadline to apply is February 16, 2018. The application can be found online at Byrne.House.Gov/Internships. Preference will be given to applicants who reside in Alabama’s First Congressional District but all are welcome to apply. The Internship Program offers students a real-life glance at how the federal legislative b...
Job Fair The Brewton Career Center will host a Swift Lumber Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 15. The Brewton Career Center is located at 1023 Douglas Ave, Brewton, Ala. Available positions: are Millwright, Saw Filer, Laborer, Process Control Technician, with many openings available. Veterans are encouraged to apply. Financial Workshops The First United Methodist Church located at 820 Belleville Ave, in Brewton, Ala. will host the following workshops in the month of February. Registration by Feb. 17 for each workshop is...
Currently, Alabama high school seniors and their families are positioned to leave a significant amount of money for college on the table, if they do not complete the FASFA form by the March 1, 2018 deadline, in a few weeks. Last year, students and their families left $24 billion worth of financial aid on the table. The National College Access Network coordinates a FAFSA tracker, and based on up-to-date data featured on the tracker, Alabama is now ranked 43rd for FAFSA completion. Alabama Possible manages the Cash for College Alabama campaign,...
Escambia County (Ala.) residents wishing to run on the Democratic ticket for local elections in the June 5 primary can begin qualifying Friday by contacting Escambia County Democratic Party Chairman Mike Godwin. Qualifying for state races and the local Republican primary began Jan. 8. Qualifying for both parties will end on Feb. 9 Local candidates seeking office on the Republican ticket need to contact Jackie Gay at 251-809-4322 and those seeking to run on the Democratic ticket need to contact Godwin at 251-867-7724. Godwin said information on...
The Brewton Council of the Arts will present The Bretts at 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Woodfin Patterson Auditorium on the campus of Coastal Alabama Community College (formerly Jefferson Davis) in Brewton, Alabama. The Bretts offer a dazzling and unique experience that combines music, comedy, video, lighting, and dance that you will not soon forget. Entertaining audiences for nearly 20 years, their show mixes original music with chart-topping hits and timeless classics. In addition, their show has been chosen as the #1 patriotic show in...
Flomaton residents made their annual march along Martin Luther King Drive Monday morning to honor to Dr. King's birthday. Cities across the area took pause Monday to pay tribute to Dr. King and his dream of racial quality. For more, see Page 7-A....
Troy University is pleased to recognize students from Atmore and Brewton who completed the requirements for graduation during the Fall Semester and Term 2 of the 2017/2018 academic year. Students from Atmore include: Michael Jones, Master of Science in Human Resource Management degree; Nathaniel Dennis II , Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree; Karissa Matthews, Bachelor of Science degree; William Miller, Master of Arts in Economics degree. Students from Brewton include: William Whittle II, Bachelor of Science degree; Carla...
In recognition of academic performance, the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs at University of the Cumberlands (UC) has announced Jayson Byrd of Atmore as one of the students named to the Dean's List for the fall 2017 semester. To be eligible for the Dean's List, students must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.50 and be in good academic standing. Located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, University of the Cumberlands is an institution of regional distinction offering quality undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and...
Derik Andrew Kidd of Atmore, Haleigh Nicole Ridgeway of Frisco City and Miles Jeffrey Barnhardt and Susannah Lynn Dorrace, both from Monroeville, have all been named to the Huntingdon College Office of the Registrar’s list of full-time day students whose academic performance during the fall semester 2017 qualified for recognition on the College's Dean's List of Honors or Dean's List of High Honors. Kidd, Barnhardt and Dorrance were listed on the Dean's List of High Honors, recognized as those who achieved semester grade point averages of 3.8 t...
Pollard-McCall Jr. High School announces their honor roll students for the second nine weeks. The students are as follows: All A's First Grade (Parker): James Bell, Breanna Britton, Kinsley Burkett, Lane Bush, Ryder Campbell, Kyleigh Coburn, Rodrigo Coloa Zepahua, DaKota Creamer and Austin Johnson; (Findley) Braylen Boartfield, Carlee Hamric, Ashton Howell, Kylen Johnson and Carsyn Powell Second Grade (Jackson): Abigail Britton, Julie Davidson, Noah Floyd, Isaac Gay, Matthew Lambeth, Russell Lassiter, Ashley Mixon, Kaydence Richburg, Cameron Ro...
Escambia Couty (Ala.) has released the food scores for December 2017. The scores are as follows: Atmore Arby’s - 90 Atmore Dragway - 98 Buster’s Restaurant - 92 Church’s Chicken - 89 Diamond #23 - 96 Dixie Catfish Shack - 96 Escambia Academy - 98 Esc. Co. Middle - 98 Esc. Co. High School - 99 Gold’s BBQ - 95 Kentucky Fried - 97 McDonald’s - 93 Rachel Patterson - 100 Waffle House #1969 - 92 Brewton Brewton Elem. - 99 Brewton Middle - 98 Country Club - 94 Diamond Gas #7 - 95 George’s Old Time - 93 Mark’s BBQ - 94 McDonald’s - 92 Naseeb Enterpri...
Flomaton High School hosted the county-wide spelling bee last Friday, Jan. 12 in the library....
Sixth grade throught eight grade students who participated in the spelling bee are, in no particular order, Raquel Knight-Escambia County Middle School, River Ramer-Huxford, Christopher Crawley-Flomaton Elementary School, Jamaya Johnson and India Dees-W.S. Neal Middle and Christian Fain-Pollard McCall Junior High School....
Several local agencies have joined forces to produce tree giveaway events in observance of Florida's Arbor Day which is Friday, Jan. 19. Escambia and Santa Rosa counties along with the Florida Forest Service will hold events Friday, Jan. 19 and Saturday, Jan. 20. Escambia County will hold its tree giveaway and public planting from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 20 at Barrineau Park Community Center, located at 6055 Barrineau Park Road, Molino. Support for the event is provided by the Florida Forest Service and Escambia County UF/IFAS...
Senior Farmer market vouchers are now available. No one is entitled to Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) checks because the budget does not allow enough checks to satisfy everyone who wishes to receive them and is eligible. Issuance is on a first come-first serve basis until all available funds are expended. To qualify for SFMNP, the following age and income criteria must be met in order to receive SFMNP coupons. A person must be 60 years of age or older on the day of application, no one under age 60 is eligible. To be e...
The Atmore Area YMCA was selected by Wind Creek Atmore to receive a donation from its popular TITO (Ticket In-Ticket Out) program. Wind Creek Atmore Property Manager Tim Ramer presented the check for $10,339. "With TITO we put donation boxes around the property and give guests the opportunity to donate to a different nonprofit group each month," said Ramer. The program has gained enthusiastic support from Wind Creek guests since it began in 2016. The donations can include cash as well as...
The Flomaton Lions Club received a Centennial patch for a project club members completed in 2017. The International Lions celebrated 100 years of service in 2017. Above left, Flomaton Lion President Ruth Harrell receives patch from 2nd District Vice Governor Yvonne Burroughs....
Brewton and Atmore are gearing up for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration and holiday observance that will kickoff in Atmore on Jan. 12. Monday, Jan. 15, is a federal holiday to honor the late civil rights leader. Atmore An Atmore Community Day of Service will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Unity House at 313 North Main St. The event is designed to assist families and individuals to get a good hot meal, food, clothes, shoes, household items, linens, furniture, paint and ot...
A two-vehicle accident involving an ASAP Simmons ambulance transporting a patient resulted in two injuries, authorities say. The accident occurred last Thursday evening at 6:40 p.m. near mile marker 29 on AL-21. John Higginbotham, 36, of Franklin was driving the ambulance, a 2007 Chevrolet CT3 with Michael Stanton, 37, of Peterman as an occupant. Sergeant Derek Gessner with the Evergreen Post of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Stanton was being transported from Monroe County Hospital in the ambulance as a patient when the accident occur...
The Alabama Rural Coalition for the Homeless (ARCH) will which serves Escambia County (Ala.) is one of 43 counties to receive a portion of $304,577 that Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded as part of $2.6 million in grants to help homeless Alabamians find immediate housing and to assist others who are in danger of becoming homeless. These funds will help ARCH continue its mission of Eradicating Homelessness in Rural Alabama. The funds from the Emergency Solutions Grant program will support organizations across the state that provide shelter, legal and...
Santa Claus gets a late request last Thursday at Nadine McCaw Park in Century during the Movie and Santa festivities in Century. For more see the photo gallery....
The Girls in Action and Royal Rangers from Liberty Baptist Church visited the Gatewood Nursing Home in Brewton on Saturday, Dec. 23. Above, from left, Callie Kent, Amberlyn Carnley, Bailey Fillingim, Danielle Hagan, Tylise Child's, Leon Childs, Bryer Chavers, Rett Parish, Myles Hagan, standing Tennisson Carnley holding Kenna Grace Carnley....
The Communty Action Agency of South Alabama will receive $166,847 of grants totaling $2.3 million Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded for programs that help low-income residents take steps to secure gainful employment and improve their quality of life. The Community Services Block Grants will enable 20 Community Action Agencies throughout the state to help low-income residents achieve self-sufficiency and address barriers to success through a variety of programs and services. The specific needs of the communities served determine which programs are...
