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By JOE THOMAS Ledger Editor A Brewton man is facing multiple charges after admitting to kicking in the door of his ex-girlfriend's house in Flomaton and assaulting her. Marcus Knowles, 40, 35 Scott Road, was charged with burglary I, domestic violence III and interfering with a domestic violence call. According to reports filed by the Flomaton Police Department, Officer Scott Walden responded to a domestic call at 6:31 p.m. on March 16. When he arrived he made contact with the female victim who...
Four grants recipients were honored last Thursday night, March 15, at the Atmore Area United Bank Fund dinner at Wind Creek. Above, from left, are grant recipients Foster Kizer and Bub Gideons, Pride of Atmore; Ruth Robinson, Grace Fellowship Unity in the Community; Debbie Bolden and Toya McMillian, Escambia County Middle School; Paul Chason, Atmore Area YMCA. Other grantees of the Atmore Community Foundation not pictured: Atmore Area United Fund and Turtle Point Environmental Science...
Flomaton High School held its prom Saturday, March 10. Seniors Logan Hanks and Shelby Barnes were voted Prom King and Queen....
Local residents, elected officials, employees of the Alabama Forestry Commission and others came to a grand re-opening of the Claude D. Kelley State Park in the Little River Sate Forest on Highway 21 last Saturday, March 17, to share memories and possible plans to find financing for the park's future operations to keep it open permanently. "This place brings so many great memories for me," said Rep. Harry Shiver. "I had the most fun here. I've dedicated myself to trying to get it open. They're...
I found it a little ironic and Don Siegelman was quoted along with several other former lieutenant governors in Alabama saying he thought the 'powers' needed to be restored to the lieutenant governor position when he was the one who initiated gutting the powers of that position. An Alabama Senate bill introduced by Sen. Gerald Dial would essentially gut the powers of the lieutenant governor and make that position more ceremonial than governmental. I haven't read Sen. Dial's bill entirely, but...
'You can't put a price on safety'. We've heard that statement many, many times. To some extent it's true, in other times it's not. We applaud the Town of Flomaton and the Escambia County School Board working out an agreement where the town will pay to have an additional resource officer on the Flomaton schools' campus for the remainder of this school year. Whether or not that resource officer will be on campus next year is still in negotiations. When you get right down to it, there is a price put on safety. The problem comes with how much...
Each year, during Holy Week, Christians gather in the pews to remember the death and crucifixion of Jesus and celebrate his resurrection. As we retell the story of the Passion and celebrate Easter, we count our many blessings and profess our faith as Christians. For many Americans, Easter marks a time of reflection and celebration spent with family members. It can be easy to take for granted our freedom to practice our beliefs freely. Unfortunately, in other parts of the world, people of minority religious backgrounds are in danger of being per...
Every constitutional statewide office is up for election this year. Just like the governor’s office you can serve two consecutive four-year terms and then you are through. Kay Ivey would have been term limited as Lt. Governor. She could not have run again for that post even though she ascended to governor last year. Young Boozer has served his two four-year term limit as Treasurer. Young has chosen to not run again for anything. John McMillan has exhausted his eight-years as Agriculture Commissioner. He is running for State Treasurer and is f...
Loving our children, we fawn over every little thing they do. From cheering first steps and words to applauding school graduations, we are proud of their achievements and development. So imagine the jolt when the first words of the newest youngest generation was a crudely constructed string of expletives! With so much angst and sometimes derision for “millennials,” society hasn’t paid much attention to the next generation. Sometimes called “Generation Z,” the “IGeneration,” or even “Linksters,” these are the kids generally born since about 2000...
The scene is all too familiar – a bad vehicle crash with serious injuries when every second counts. While firemen work to free the victims from the wreckage a helicopter is launched from Baptist Hospital in Pensacola to give patients fast travel to an emergency room. The key to getting seriously-injured residents to the hospital by a helicopter takes coordination from the pilot and firemen on the ground. On March 15, firemen from Flomaton, Friendship, Lambeth, McCall, Wallace and Pineview g...
