Articles from the January 2, 2025 edition


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  • Century still hunting for clerk

    Gretchen McPherson|Jan 2, 2025

    The town of Century still needs a town clerk following its last meeting when an applicant from Michigan was approved but withdrew her application after a series of phone calls from anonymous callers leaving messages that she shouldn’t come to Century. At its Dec. 17 meeting, the Century Council approved to hire new town clerk, Jennifer Tien, but within days the applicant turned down the position, the second applicant to do so since the town began looking to hire a town clerk. In September 2...

  • Atmore seeks help identifying shooter

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Jan 2, 2025

    Atmore police is seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspect or suspects in a Dec. 30 shooting on Ashley Street that left one person injured. According to reports from the Atmore Police Department, about 11:13 p.m. the police department received numerous telephone calls in reference to shots being fired near the 100 block of Ashley Street. When officers arrived they reported finding a male victim with a single gunshot wound to his lower extremity. The victim was transported by a...

  • Fire department adds equitment

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Jan 2, 2025

    The Flomaton Fire Department recently added another piece of equipment to its ability to provide life-saving efforts with the addition of a battery-powered cutter that will be used to free people trapped inside vehicles following a crash. The fire department recently purchased the $11,710 piece of equipment that was added to the budget by the Flomaton Town Council. Jeremy Lee, Flomaton's lone paid fireman, said it's a great addition to the fire department, noting that the battery-powered 'jaws...

  • Roy gets new ride for Christmas gift

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Jan 2, 2025

    Christmas came early for Atmore resident Roy Tolin when Steve Stanton, Jeremy Lee, Larry White and Ronnie Hammond pooled their resources to purchase a new bicycle to give Tolin new transportation. Stanton said he first met Tolin after hearing him on WPFL radio 105 phone ads needing an air conditioner. "I found him an air conditioner and delivered it to his house," Stanton said. "He works cutting grass and needed some transportation." Stanton said he, along with Lee, White and Hammond made sure...

  • Brewton woman arrested at library

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Jan 2, 2025

    A Brewton woman was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication following an incident outside the Flomaton Public Library at noon on Dec. 27 after yelling profanities that threats into her cell phone and then profanity toward police officers when they arrived. Lindsey Marie Hanks, 43, 365 Stick City Road, was arrested and transported to the Escambia County Detention Center. According to police reports staff inside library called the police concerning a disorderly person near the fron...

  • Flomaton man is arrested for drugs

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Jan 2, 2025

    A Flomaton man who was arrested in November for attacking a clerk inside the Chevron station at the intersection of Highway 31 and 113 was sent back to jail Dec. 21 by Atmore police after Atmore officers found drugs inside his vehicle following a traffic stop. Atmore police charged Justin Michael White, 39, 45 Karen St., with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of marijuana II and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. According the Atmore police...

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