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Johndarius Christon Williams, one of two occupants of a vehicle who survived a shootout with an Alabama state trooper that left one person dead and the trooper injured has been arrested on drug charges after methamphetamine was found in his possession following the incident. Williams, 21, of Georgia was a backseat passenger in a vehicle that was involved in the April 9 incident that left one woman dead and Trooper Cpl. Jeremy Alford injured. Cpl. Alford attempted to make a traffic stop on Inters...
Ron Cink, who has served as Baldwin County's budget manager and administrator for the past 17 years, will become Escambia County's new clerk-administrator on May 15, replacing Tony Sanks who is resigning the clerk-administrator position he's held for more than 28 years. Sanks submitted his resignation to the Escambia County (Ala.) Commission in March with his last day scheduled for May 19. Commission Chairman Raymond Wiggins told his fellow commissioners the county was fortunate to get someone...
In a special meeting last Friday, the Flomaton Town Council approved spending $29,000 on a new motor for a used firetruck it purchased recently when it was discovered there was a blown head gasket with a slow leak. The town currently has one firetruck in commission and this will add a second. The Town of Flomaton purchased the 2003 fire engine with only 51,000 miles for $68,000 on April 12, 2023, from the town of Springville in north Alabama. Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton said the engine...
The Jay Town Council heard a request from farmer Jason Wolfe to think about establishing a place for members of the Jay community who own less than 20 head of cattle and students in the Jay High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) program to utilize to work on, treat and maintain their animals. Wolfe said that the FFA Show was the preceding weekend and cited the problems that not having a place to raise and maintain the animals can bring. “A lot of kids have nowhere to work with their s...
Thanks to a $1.2 million grant secured by U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl and a $2.5 million shift in Alabama Rescue Plan Act funds, Escambia County, Ala., is about to kickoff a $3.7 million project to update communications for law enforcement, fire departments, emergency medical services and other first responders. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson said Rep. Carl’s grant funds and the ARPA funds will be used to install infrastructure on towers and to outfit first responders with new P25 radioes. T...
