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Issac Lopez, a former Flomaton police officer who was fired in December, 2020, after being arrested in Escambia County, Fla., for trafficking methamphetamine and charged in Alabama for using his position for personal gain, is back behind bars facing new misdemeanor charges and had his $200,000 bond in Alabama revoked. Lopez, 37, was originally arrested Dec. 7, 2020, in Florida on the trafficking charge in Pensacola. He was released on $100,500 bond in Florida and then jailed at the Escambia...
A Flomaton man was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and reckless endangerment after running into two vehicles on Poplar Street as parents and grandparents were picking up children from Flomaton Elementary School, with one woman using her cell phone to take pictures of him and his tag number. Richard Browning was arrested by Flomaton police Wednesday, the day after the incident. Rose Wilson said she was in line on Poplar to pick up her granddaughter when Browning's black Mercedes...
Escambia County (Ala.) voters casting ballots in certain districts in the May 24 Republican Primary will have three contested local races following Friday’s deadline to qualify for primaries. All Republican voters across the county will see incumbent District 22 State Sen. Greg Albritton being challenged by Stephen Sexton for the party’s nomination. Republican voters in the Alabama House of Representatives District 92 will decide between Matthew Hammett and Greg White. Mike Jones currently hol...
The Century Council Monday night approved to advertise for two positions, coordinator and town planner, to fill in a position left vacant by Town Planner Debbie Nickles, as she retires from working with the town after more than 30 years. Nickles became a Senior Planner III with the West Florida Regional Planning Council in Pensacola and started working with the town in October of 1989. From 1989 to 1991, she worked on Land Use Planning and Community Development. From 1991 to 2007, she worked in...
Rachel Wagner of Flomaton has qualified to seek the Republican nomination for the District 4 seat on the Escambia County School Board. Married to Tippy Wagner, the couple has eight children together, five of which went to Flomaton schools and two more will begin in August. “I am a life-long resident of Flomaton and 1993 graduate of FHS,” Wagner said. “I am an RN of 26 years and co-owner of RaBo’s Sweets in Flomaton.” “I am running in this election because I believe every parent should be engaged in their child’s life by knowing what is going...
