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A Flomaton man is facing multiple charges following the alleged attempt to steal a vehicle and additional charges were added when correctional officers at the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton found methamphetamine in his possession. Jesse T. Ellis, 26, 4713 Atmore Road, was charged with attempted theft of property I, breaking and entering a vehicle, possession of burglary tools, criminal mischief I and unlawful possession of a controlled substance. District Judge Eric Coale set his...
Local author Ed Hudson, who wrote the book 'As the Crow Flies: The Redemption of an International Drug Smuggler, will be appearing on the Mike Huckabee Show at 7 p.m. March 20 and 8 p.m. on March 21 to discuss his book. The Mike Huckabee Show is broadcast on the TBN network. Hudson's book follows the late Century resident Freddie Crow who helped operate a marijuana-smuggling operation from Belize to the Florida panhandle. Hudson, a narcotics officer, was the hunter, Crow and others were the...
Coastal Alabama Community College will host a free financial literacy workshop for adults and children from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, March 8, at the college's Atmore campus. Kay Leigh Faircloth, adult education instructional coordinator and Ready to Work instructor, said the workshop will include instruction on planning and saving, credit and debt management, budgets and 'The Road Ahead'. Children ages 7 and up are also welcome to attend. The children will participate in an interactive...
Brewton resident Glenn Freeman retired from the Brewton paper mill in 2019 after 61 years and at 80 years old he continues one of his passions of organizing car shows and will be on hand this Saturday, March 6, with a show at the 5th Annual Collard Green Festival in Evergreen. Held at the Evergreen Regional Airport, the festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a collard green cook off, steak cook off, cow patty bingo, corn hole tournament, plenty of food and crafts and the car show....
The Century Town Council opted to reschedule a public hearing to apply for a $200,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) until Tuesday, March 9 due to a technicality of having the wrong address on the public advertisement for the hearing scheduled incorrectly at Century City Hall Monday night. According to the requirements of the grant, a public hearing has to be held, and that hearing has to be publicly advertised at least five days before the council meeting to approve a potential...
