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Century residents will have on demand public transportation beginning Feb. 20 following a presentation by the Escambia County Transit Authority (ECAT) at Monday night's meeting. Tonya Ellis and Linda Roush with the Escambia County (Fla.) Board of County Commissioners Mass Transit Department, which is responsible for ECAT, spoke to the council at the meeting. “We came in September to discuss potential inservice for transportation in the Century Area,” said Ellis. “We applied for a grant with the...
Two East Brewton residents were among five people arrested in Monroe County for hunting deer and night and additional game infractions. On Sunday at 3:29 a.m., game wardens arrested Timothy Dueitt, 56, of Citronelle on charges of hunting deer at night, hunting from a public road, and hunting by the aid of a motor vehicle. He was released Monday. Arrested in conjunction with Dueitt was Paul Howard, 54, of McIntosh. He was also charged with hunting deer at night, hunting from a public road, and hunting by the aid of a motor vehicle. He was releas...
Local students Ryan Daniel and Perry Metzler, both of Atmore, were recognize as Troy University students who completed the requirements for graduation with bachelor of science degrees during the Fall Semester and Term 2 of the 2018/2019 academic year. Metzler, along with several other local students, including Mary Peace and Madalyn Weaver of Brewton, Chelsea Turner, Ariel Whatley and Ziah Young of Atmore and Kimberly Waldrop of Flomaton, have been named to the Chancellor's List for the Fall Semester and Term 2 of the 2018/2019 academic year....
An East Brewton man who was being served a trespassing citation for being at an apartment complex ended up with a bed in the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton after police found 52.7 grams of marijuana inside the apartment being rented to his girlfriend. Frank James Williams, 31, 747 Williamson St., Apartment B2 was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana I. According to reports released by the East Brewton Police Department, officers were assisting the apartment manager in...
Due to construction and remodeling, the Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Clerk's office at the courthouse in Brewton will be closed to the public until Tuesday, Jan. 15. Circuit Clerk John Robert Fountain said his office was closed Wednesday and will remain closed to the public through Monday, Jan. 14. However, he did note that jurors scheduled for next week's jury term that begins on Monday, Jan. 14, are to report to the main courtroom at the courthouse. “We will be open on the 15th if all g...
As of Tuesday, $16,250,845.98 of the $17,595,199.33 in property taxes owed in Escambia County, Ala., had been paid and property owners have until Feb. 28 to pay their taxes before additional penalties and fees are added. Tax Collector Tim Pettis said collections are up compared to this time last year, but a little more than $1.3 million is still owed. Property taxes were due by Dec. 31, 2018. Beginning Jan. 1 those not paid pay a penalty of 3 percent of the balance plus a $5 collector's fee....
Runners in and around the Century area lace up your running shoes and get ready for the first annual Century Cross Country Classic, a 5K Run, 5K Walk and Fun Run (free) fundraiser, hosted by Matt and Teresa Dobson beginning at 8 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 26, to benefit the Century Area Chamber of Commerce. The run will begin at Showalter Park through Anthony Pleasant Park and other areas of Century. The course is grass, dirt, and some pavement throughout. Course maps will be available on race day....
The standoff in Washington, D.C., isn't so much about money, national security or humanitarian efforts; it's about politics, plain and simple. President Trump and the Republicans want $5.7 billion to build 'The Wall' to separate the United States from Mexico and stop the influx of illegal immigrants. The Democrats don't want to give him the money because if they do it's likely to be a feather in his cap as we grow closer to the 2020 elections. I didn't listen to much of Trump's speech Tuesday...
Progress sometimes hurts. When the state or county has to shut down roads to make repairs it can cause hardships for people who use those roads on a daily basis, whether going to school, work or simply to the grocery store. But those repairs are necessary for the safety of those traveling those roads. People will be inconvenienced the rest of this week and until Tuesday with the closure of the Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Clerk's office due to repairs and renovations. Progress hurts sometimes. Circuit Clerk John Robert Fountain will be...
Watching Democrats wrestle with presidential losers who just won’t go away has been amusing, but to the consternation of most Republicans, they have one now too. Failed 2012 Republican Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, is trying to stage some kind of awkward comeback to the national scene by maligning his party’s president. Apparently since John McCain is gone, the job was open. But first an aside, where did this garbage concept of American aristocracy come from where our self-anointed nobility scour the nation for open royal titles? Until n...
Flomaton High School head football coach Doug Vickery was named the Class 3A Coach of the Year by the Alabama Sportswriters Association which also tapped Bailey Bass and Daquan Johnson on the first team All-State Team. Da'Shun Odom received an Honorable Mention by the sportswriters, but Coach Vickery said he was a little bit disappointed by the lack of respect more players on the 2018 state championship team didn't get the recognition they deserved. The honors continued with Johnson being named...
