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Shock, disbelief and sadness were the emotions that began hitting the Flomaton community last Wednesday as people learned that the person who died in an industrial accident in Cantonment was 2022 Flomaton High School graduate Dalton Layne Hanks, 19. Social media and television stations began reporting that someone had been killed about 4:30 p.m. at the Foley Products Company concrete site on North Highway 95A near Quintette Road in Cantonment. Those reports didn't mention a name, other than a...
A Flomaton woman lost her life last week when her vehicle appeared to have run off the road and collided with a tree off Old Atmore Road, according to information released by the Flomaton Police Department. Cynthia Marie Brown, 61, of Flomaton, was pronounced dead on the scene when the Flomaton Fire Department and Flomaton Police Department along with EMS responded to a single car crash on Tuesday, March 14 around 9 p.m near Community Church Road in Flomaton. Reports also noted brown was not...
A head-on collision last Friday on Highway 29 in Escambia County (Fla.) killed both drivers, one a Northview High School senior. Kara Santorelli, 18, of Molino, Fla., was traveling northbound on Highway 29 about 12:41 a.m. on March 17, approaching Quintette Road, when a white Chevy sedan traveling southbound collided with Santorelli's vehicle head-on, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. The report said the Chevy sedan caught fire with the driver still inside. Both drivers died on scene...
Following a public hearing, the Jay Town Council Monday night approved a resolution to allow grant writer and administrator Robin Phillips to move forward in submitting an application for a Community Development Block Grant Hurricane Sally Disaster Recovery funds for improvements to Bray-Hendricks Park in the amount of $5,479,939.96. Improvements will include the construction of a community disaster response center multi-purpose building, to provide a central staging and recovery response site...
A Flomaton woman and Mobile woman were both arrested on drug charges after Atmore police found the two women sleeping inside a vehicle near 500 East Church St. Madonna Faith Barnhill, 57, 1711 Roosevelt St., Flomaton and Carolyn Faye Harris, 43, 3515 York Road, Mobile, were both charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. According to Atmore police, officers were dispatched March 19 to a parking lot near 500 East...
The Freedom Road Bridge in Century may be repaired sooner than later following a public hearing and the council’s approval Tuesday night for grant writer and administrator Robin Phillips to submit an application for two projects, one that will qualify Freedom Road Bridge to be replaced, and one that would establish a shelter in Century with the town matching funds of $7,500 for each. The grants are available through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) for Small Cities H...
