Articles from the March 3, 2022 edition


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  • Century agrees on new pump

    Gretchen McPherson, Ledger Staff|Mar 3, 2022

    Tuesday night, the Century Council approved to put out for bids, as required by the town's charter for any purchase of more than $500, on a new pump motor the town's waste water treatment plant used to keep the system in operation. In operation one at a time, the town had three pump motors. One is in service right now at the water treatment facility, one was repaired and is on its way back to the town and the third was deemed unrepairable, which prompted the need to purchase a new one. A new...

  • Driver critical in crash

    Gretchen McPherson, Ledger Staff|Mar 3, 2022

    A Pensacola man is in critical condition after his vehicle left the road Tuesday morning in McDavid, Fla. and hit a tree. The single vehicle crash involved a white sedan traveling northbound on Highway 29 just south of Cotton Creek Road in McDavid, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. The 47-year-old driver failed to navigate a slight curve of the road and subsequently entered the east shoulder of the roadway and collided head-on with a tree. He was transported to Sacred heart Hospital...

  • Flomaton adds a new squad to its fleet

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Mar 3, 2022

    The Flomaton Volunteer Fire Department recently added a new squad and rehabilitation vehicle to its arsenal with a donated gift from the Perdido Beach Fire Rescue Department in Baldwin County thanks to Charles Jackson and his wife Cindy. The 1997 International command vehicle was put into service last week in Flomaton. Charles Jackson serves as the Chief of the McCall Volunteer Fire Department and his wife serves as the certified incident officer for McCall. Charles Jackson also serves as...

  • Turtle Point's Stiles honored for her work

    Gretchen McPherson, Ledger Staff|Mar 3, 2022

    Turtle Point Science Center Director Sierra Stiles was named the Best Environmental Educator for the Environmental Association of Alabama for 2022 at a professional development conference last week. Stiles was nominated for the prestigious award by Escambia County (Ala.) Gifted Education Program Director Lisa Hurley for the Alabama Water Watch Program Stiles and Hurley partnered to bring to students in the classroom this past fall. "We taught about stream pollution and bacteriological water moni...