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At the January Flomaton Town Council meeting Nancy Cottrell asked the council to either sell her the old Jackson Theater downtown or donate it to her and allow her to turn it into some type of youth center to give children in Flomaton something to do. However, there is a problem. During Monday night's town council meeting, Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., said by law the town can't sell the building below appraised value unless the council voted to deem it as surplus property. Escambia County Bank...
Last year, Gov. Kay Ivey initiated her workforce development, job creation and education under her Strong Start, Strong Finish plan. Ivey has a 20/20 plan through the Department of Education to present the big college and career tech emphasis and several Escambia County schools have embraced the program, allowing students to jump start their careers by getting their first taste of working in the field or in a position they may consider making into a career. “Work-based learning gives the o...
The Atmore Police Department identified the man who was struck and killed by a train last Wednesday as Eric Edwards Smith, 40, of Atmore. Shortly after 1 p.m. on Feb. 6, Atmore police responded to a call in reference to a pedestrian being struck by a train at the railroad crossing at Martin Luther King Avenue. According to reports, when police arrived they observed Smith lying face down on the grass next to the railroad track. The body was immediately checked for vital signs, of which there...
Ernest Ward Middle School 7th Graders Kelsey Boykin and Judson Lee placed for their individual Science Fair Boards and Interview Presentations in the 2019 Annual West Panhandle Regional Science and Engineering Fair at UWF. Boykin’s chemistry board, entitled Rainbow of pHacts, won 1st place overall, in the junior division. Boykin receives the Dr. B.H. Daughdrill special award, $50 cash and a certificate, the Dr. John P. Riehm Memorial special award, $50 cash and a certificate, the Society for Science and the Public-Broadcom Foundation Special A...
Coastal Alabama Community College has released its Fall 2018 Presidential and Dean’s List. The following local students made the President’s List: from Atmore: Ann L. Boatwright, Katelyn Alexis Daughtry, Henry Earl Freemon, Jr., Lauren Beth Metzler, Kajal Sevantilal Patel and Lawrence Shawn Ramer. From Brewton: Clyde Michael Albertson, Rebecca Anne Boutwell, Elisabeth Joi Cannon, Anna Danielle Gravely, Mi’asha Danielle Straughn, Landon Grey Tindell and Robert Weston Waldrep. From East Brewton: Paige E. Joyner. From Flomaton: Hayden Jenni...
Upcoming Red Cross blood donation opportunities bewteen nowand Feb. 15 will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 23 at Monroeville at Trustmark National Bank, located at 60 Hines Street and from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, Feb. 15, at Walmart, located at 3371 South Alabama Avenue; and in Atmore from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 8, at Escambia County High School, located at 1215 Presley Street. A donation shortfall over the winter holidays is prompting the American Red Cross to issue an emergency call for blood and platelet donors...
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall issued the following statement last Thursday night in response to the execution of death-row inmate Domineque Ray at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. “For 20 years, Domineque Ray has successfully eluded execution for the barbaric murder of a 15-year-old Selma girl,” said Attorney General Marshall. “In 1995, Ray brutally deprived young Tiffany Harville of her life, repeatedly stabbing and raping her before leaving her body in a cotton field. A jury gave him a death sentence for this heinous crime...
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tristen Creamer, a 2018 graduate of Northview High School, graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. Creamer is the son of Tonya Gevedon of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, grandson of Lois Creamer of Century, Florida, and husband of MacKenzie Creamer of Murfreesboro. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen...
When James Eddings was 4-years old and started playing football in Myrtle Grove he knew it was a game he loved and something he wanted to continue playing. The Jay High School senior will see that dream continue next fall after signing a scholarship with Warner College, a Christian college in Lake Wells, Fla., near Lakeland. Eddings said he fell in love with Warner College the first time he went down there, especially the multiple lakes in the area that will allow him to continue his second...
Flomaton High School's basketball team came short of setting the school record of 22 wins with back-to-back losses to Thomasville and Mobile Christian in the 3A state playoffs. The Hurricanes lost 53-50 to Thomasville at home on Feb. 7 and saw the season come to an end Tuesday night at Mobile Christian, 65-61. The 2018-19 Hurricanes set the bar high by tying the school record with 21 wins and had the highest offensive performance in Flomaton history with its 113-33 win over T.R. Miller High...
