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Flomaton's Daquan Johnson was named the Class 3A Back of the Year by the Alabama Sportswriters Association after leading the Hurricanes to the 2018 state championship. See Pages 6-7A for the All Tri-City Football Team as selected by coaches from Flomaton, Jay and Northview....
With a decrease in police officers and an increase in crime the Flomaton Town Council voted Monday to pay overtime to insure at least two officers are on duty each shift until the council can hold a workshop and figure out how to bring the department up to full staff. In 2017 the Flomaton Police Department had 10 full time officers. That number dropped to seven in 2018 which is actually six since Sgt. Chris Byrd is on military deployment. Capt. Chance Thompson and Assistant Chief Bennie Stokes...
Escambia County Circuit Judge Dave Jordan issues the oath of office Friday afternoon to Heath Jackson, who officially took over as the county's new sheriff on Jan. 15. After taking the oath, Jackson presented retiring Sheriff Grover Smith with a Henry rifle as a gift from the deputies. For more see Page 9A....
What started as a home hobby is about to become a new business just outside Brewton with Roger Templeton and his family set to open its Junavelli Winery on property the family owns on Gum Tree Lane off of Highway 31. The Escambia County Commission voted unanimously Monday to approve the Alabama Beverage Control Board manufacturer's license for the new business. Commission Chairman Raymond Wiggins said he went door-to-door in the vicinity of where the new wine brewery would be located and said...
Century Town Planner Debbie Nickles was asked by Century Mayor Henry Hawkins to explain charges totaling $1,500 she had submitted to the town at Century's last council meeting on Jan. 13. “I got the invoice today and I've got some questions on it that I'm going to basically challenge or question the whole thing,” said Hawkins. “Bills for May 2, May 16, June 4, Sept. 19 and Oct. 23. Can you give me more information on these?” Nickles had submitted the bills to the town to be paid, which include...
The Century Heat youth basketball team is gearing up for a fish fry from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Friday, Jan. 18, at Nadine McCaw Park in Century to raise money for equipment following Tuesday's win against the Atmore Pelicans with a final score of 9 to 6, in Atmore. Plates are $10 and come with fish, potato salad, baked beans, cake, soda and bread. Donations are also welcome and to order multiple plates to be picked up, contact 571-258-7231. The Century Heat players, ages 8 to 10, Jakel Phifer,...
If you read between the lines, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced she will serve her next four years as governor and retire into the sunset. In my book, she will go down as either a great politician or a great leader who surrounded herself with great people as she marched to the governor's mansion. Ivey mounted a gubernatorial campaign several years ago only to abandon that campaign when polling numbers showed she couldn't win. She didn't totally jump ship, she just shifted directions. She decided...
We applaud the Flomaton Town Council for taking the first step toward boosting a law enforcement presence in the town and within the police jurisdiction. Monday night was the first step in what we hope is a long-term plan to make sure we have at least two police officers on duty at all times, especially at night. Currently, Flomaton has six full time active police officers. You can't provide 24-7 service with those numbers. Capt. Chance Thompson presented the town council with some interesting facts Monday night but the few that stood out the...
Although no action was taken on the item, Florida Gas Utility (FGU) General Manager and CEO Tom Geoffries presented to the council an opportunity through Peninsula Pipeline Company to save money on natural gas at its Jan. 13 meeting. “Century is a member of Florida Gas Utility, provide various services to town, one is to help on various projects,” said Geoffries. “This is to get connected to second pipeline system that will save the town and citizens money.” Geoffries said currently, Century rec...
Flomaton resident Nancy Cottrell asked the town council Monday night if it would be interested in either donating or selling the old Jackson Theater to be turned into some type of youth center to give the children something to do. “I have a desire for something in our community for our youth,” Cottrell told the council. “I'm not looking for a church, I'm looking for something for our youth.” She said there is no outlet for the youth in the community and she'd like to either purchase the buildin...
A Century man who ran from authorities trying to serve a warrant for battery Dec. 26 faces felony vehicular grand theft charges after authorities discovered a trailer reported stolen Nov. 5 was located in a barn belonging to his grandfather. William Johnathan Hamilton, 28, 90 Hilltop Road, was arrested Jan. 10 and charged with felony grand theft when deputies discovered a 12-foot Bear Track heavy-duty aluminum trailer parked in a barn on property which belonged to Hamilton's grandfather, where...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission passed a resolution Monday to ask the county's legislative delegation to pass a statewide bill that will raise the pay for poll workers to $150 per day and $175 per day for the poll's chief clerk. Under current state law, poll workers are paid $100 per day with the supervisor receiving $125. The commission voted to give poll workers a $25 raise during the last election, but is now asking the Legislature to pass a bill to increase the pay. Under current law,...
More new sidewalks are coming to Poarch after the Escambia County Commission accepted a $435,472 grant on behalf of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. County Clerk-Administrator Tony Sanks told commissioners Monday that Poarch will provide the matching funds on the grant and the county will have no costs involved in the sidewalks. The federal money comes from the Transportation Alternative Program which is administered through the Alabama Department of Transportation. This is the second phase of...
A Century man is facing felony drug charges after deputies made contact with the him about a cracked windshield on the car he was driving and discovered his license had been suspended in 2014 and a search of his vehicle revealed marijuana, spice and drug paraphernalia Jan. 9. Daryl Lamar Brown, 50, 131 W. Highway 4, was traveling east on Front Street when deputies noticed a cracked front windshield, according to an Escambia County Sheriff's office report. When Brown proceeded to 901 Freedom...
A head-on collision Wednesday night in Bratt close to 8 p.m. left an Atmore man and a Brewton woman in the hospital. Justin Elliot, 19, of Atmore was traveling in a northerly direction on County Road 99 when his 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe failed to maintain a single lane and struck the front of a 2017 Jeep Cherokee traveling south, driven by 28-year-old Patricia Griener of Brewton, according to a Florida. The Tahoe came to rest facing a southerly direction in the southbound lane while the Cherokee...
