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Jay's James Eddings and Dylan Phillips will advance to the state weight lifting meet April 13 in Panama City following their success March 29 at the regional meet. Eddings was the regional champion in the 183-pound class with a total of 580 pounds and Phillips was the regional runner-up in the 119-pound class with a total of 385 pounds. The Jay team that participated in regional meet are front row from left, Kaden Roberson, Stone Brown, Phillips and Hunter Deese. Back row is head coach Jace...
At Monday night's meeting, Century Mayor Henry Hawkins gave each council member a copy of a letter and check issued to the Town of Century in the amount of $1,751.70, a repayment of money he spent for potential economic development in October 2018. At an earlier council meeting, Councilwoman Ann Brooks had questioned several charges on the town's bill list made on Oct. 23, including Expedia charges for $107.58 and $560.92, a Frontier airfare of $214.90, a Delta air charge of $366.90, and an...
An early morning crash in Baldwin County has claimed the lives of a Century man and Atmore man and left three others hospitalized. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 30, Alabama State Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Baldwin 87 near Cowpen Creek Road in the Elsanor community. Steve A. Leonard, 57, of Atmore, was driving south on Baldwin 87 when his 2009 Dodge Ram collided head-on with a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. Leonard was transported to University Hospital in Mobile where he...
At Monday night's meeting, Jay council members discussed the influx of calls from Jay residents who are requesting a recheck of their water meter following a rate increase according to Jay Operations Manager, Eric Seib. Seib said that they have received 10 to 12 customer calls per week asking for a water meter recheck. He said it's the accuracy of the new meters versus the old ones, which allowed some water to slip by, and what used to read 2,000 to 3,000 gallons is now reading 5,000 to 6,000...
Alisa Carson of Griffin, Ga., is homeless but having the time of her life traveling around the country on a mini-bike with her dog Noah on a trip that brought her through Flomaton last week. She said with all her family members dead she really had no where she needed to be and decided to take off. She's been through Pennsylvania, Texas and the panhandle of Florida. "I didn't have anywhere I needed to be and I decided I wanted to travel around and visit the country," she said. She was in...
I seriously doubt the fact that Century Mayor Henry Hawkins repaid the town of Century $1,751 for airline tickets will simply solve the issue. But I think it's a start. But I have a problem with Hawkins using his own money to pay for those tickets if those tickets were on the up-and-up for economic development. I'm all for transparency in government. The people who pay the taxes to operate government need to be able to see their entire process and access public records. We don't want...
Too often we don't appreciate the job our police officers, sheriff deputies, highway patrolmen and others do to keep us safe. We simply see them as people driving a patrol car and carrying a weapon and a badge. Law enforcement officers go through extensive training at the police academy to get certified. They then continue extensive continuing education and classes and training throughout their career. Being a cop 30 or 40 years ago compared to being a cop today are like night and day. Last week we sat down with East Brewton Police Chief Kenny...
East Brewton police had warrants for the arrest of two people on felony drug charges, but when one of the warrants was served Tuesday night a third suspect was arrested on multiple drug charges while the two targets remain at large. Brianna Stewart, 23, 119 Adams St., East Brewton, was jailed Tuesday on charges of unlawful possession of marijuana I, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and chemical endangerment of a child. According to reports...
The Jay Area Chamber of Commerce voted on next year's officers at its meeting Monday at the library of Jay High School, and approved two donations totaling $650 to help local youth. The Jay Chamber's new president will be Eric Seib, Operations Manager for the Town of Jay and current president Terry Miller will be vice president. Current secretary Gretchen McPherson will continue to hold that position, while former treasurer Megan Ivy, who stepped away earlier this year while pregnant, will...
A Century man is facing 10 felony counts drug and weapon-related charges after law enforcement executing a search warrant discovered drugs, drug paraphernalia, and weapons at the residence. Sim Brown, III, 24, 401 Bonwell St., was arrested March 28 when officers executing a search warrant gained entrance to the residence and found several bags of suspected methamphetamine in bags that fell on the floor when officers placed the suspect on the ground and floating in the toilet bowl of the...
The East Brewton Fire Department purchased a new fire truck through a grant. Above, from left, Chief Joey Shell, Councilman Byron Palmer, Assistant Chief Kevin Hoomes and Mayor Terry Clark....
