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A corrections officer at the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore is now behind bars on $1.5 million bond after being arrested for trying to smuggle drugs and paraphernalia into the prison. Robert O'Brian Rivers, 32, 57 Limestone Road, Monroeville, was charged with trafficking, attempting to commit a substance crime, unlawful possession of marijuana I. According to court records, on March 27, Rivers, an employee with the Alabama Department of Corrections, entered the facility and was found...
The Flomaton Town Council voted to begin advertising for a new town clerk after Carrie Moore announced she was resigning the position effective May 1. Moore has agreed to accept a position with the Escambia County (Ala.) Commission. Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., thanked Moore for the job she has done for the town, but told the council there was no way the town could match the salary being offered by the county. He also said he always encourages his own employees at Bondurant Lumber and Hardware...
A ‘controlled burn’ that got out of control late Monday afternoon in Floamaton had firefighters and other volunteers scrambling to protect Little Escambia Baptist Church and other homes and structures after the fire began to spread outside the ‘controlled’ area. The Alabama Forestry Commission issued the control burn permit to Freddie Lambeth to burn 117 acres of land near County Road 25 (Upper Creek Road) and Highway 113. Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton said he received a call from Teddy L...
Although they made no decisions, the Century Town Council Tuesday night discussed several ways to utilize the money the town has received for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), funds to be used to support response and recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency. The town has received $462,288, half of the total of $924,576 through the Florida Division of Emergency Management under the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund. The other half will come in later this year and all...
A new sign is posted in front of Flomaton Town Hall announcing that the town's water placed second in the state as the best drinking water which was judged during the annual Alabama Rural Water Conference held last week in Mobile. Utilities Superintendent Shaun Moye said rural water systems from across the state brought samples of tap water to be judged in the contest. He said a preliminary judging was held Monday and the list was narrowed down to six. The final judging was done Tuesday during t...
