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A woman sleeping in a house on Ashford Alley in Century said she was awakened about 4 or 5 a.m. Sunday morning by the sound of gunshots and pellets from a shotgun coming through the house. "I was in the house asleep and heard the shots," the woman, who didn't want to be identified, said. She said she heard five shots and the house and a car parked outside were full of pellet holes that appeared to come from a shotgun using buckshot. "It's not right," she said. "As far as I know, we have no...
On Friday, April 8, Century Mayor Ben Boutwell met with State Rep. Michelle Salzman and Gov. Ron Desantis in Indian Pass, Fla., and was presented a check to the town of Century for $3.255 million to renovate and upgrade the town's two community centers. The money is funded through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) as part of the Community Development Block Grant-COVID (CDBG-CV) program to promote economic development following the COVID-19 pandemic. Proposed upgrades to both...
Angela Flowers will become the new town clerk in Flomaton following a unanimous vote Monday afternoon by the Flomaton Town Council. Flowers will replace Carrie Moore, who recently announced her resignation to take a position with the Escambia County (Ala.) Commission. Moore's resignation becomes effective May 1. Flowers currently works as the bookkeeper and property clerk for the Escambia County Probate Office in Brewton. She grew up in Castleberry and graduated from W.S. Neal High School in...
9-wheelers using ‘Jake’ breaks inside the town limits of Flomaton will now be subject to a citation after the town council passed an ordinance Monday afternoon banning the use of of those engine compression brakes in the town. Councilman Jim Johnson said when the town bans the use of the ‘Jake’ brakes the town needs to post signs warning the truck drivers. Police Chief Chance Thompson said they have signs in East Brewton forbidding the use of the brakes. The use of the ‘Jake’ brake releases com...
