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After passing what has been referred to as a "clean lottery bill" through the Senate last week, bill sponsor Sen. Greg Albritton said when his bill reaches the floor of the Alabama House this week it will likely be met with opposition. But despite opposition to the bill, Albritton says it has a chance of being approved by the House of Representatives with changes. "The bill has a really good chance in passing the House. There are really only two, maybe three, issues that are in argument on it...
Alabama State Rep. Alan Baker said it was premature for him to comment on a lottery bill that was passed by the Alabama Senate because the bill hasn't even been assigned to a House committee and amendments to the bill sponsored by State Sen. Greg Albritton are likely. Baker said he has not read the bill passed by the Senate and would not do so until it comes before the House. "I'm not going to waste my time until it comes to the House floor," Baker said. "If it comes out of committee I will...
A Flomaton man pulled over for having no tag lights was arrested after an officer discovered methamphetamine, crack cocaine and marijuana inside his vehicle. Wesley Evans Chunn, 47, 408 S. Carnley St., was arrested Friday night and charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (meth and crack), unlawful possession of marijuana II and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. According to police reports Flomaton Officer Derrick Hodges was on patrol when he initiated...
This Sunday, May 5, Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church in Jay will celebrate both its 150th homecoming anniversary and three years in the new, 8,000-square-foot facility, the fourth church built there since the church began in 1869. Sunday School will be at 10 a.m. and at worship service at 11 a.m., will include Alabama-West Florida Conference United Methodist Church District Superintendent Tim Trent as guest speaker. Dinner on the grounds will be served and there will be sining and a church...
Less than two weeks after hundreds of officers completed a shakedown at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore where 356 makeshift weapons were seized, two inmates were stabbed and a third injured this past Friday in an inmate-on-inmate assault involving 11 prisoners. According to information released by the Alabama Department of Corrections, two of the three inmates injured were taken to a local hospital and treated for non-life-threatening stab wounds. A third inmate was...
A Jay man stopped for running a stop sign April 19 has been arrested and charged with possession of marijuana after a vehicle search when a drug canine made a positive alert on his vehicle. Michael George Rasmussen, 41, 2880 Cobbtown Road, was the driver of a truck that sat for several minutes at an intersection in Milton, observed by nearby deputies, according to a Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office report. The deputies decided to check on the driver and observed the truck disobey a stop sign at...
It's time once again for the Alger Sullivan Lumber Saw Mill Day in Century from 8 a.m. until around 4 p.m., Saturday, May 4, on Jefferson Avenue in the historical district of Century. This year's entertainment line up begins with Preacher Nathan Brown from Ray's Chapel with prayer opening the event at 8 a.m. then the color guard from Northview High School will raise the flag. The National Anthem will be sung by a singer from Jay. Around 8:30 a.m., Bobby Holland, Hall Leonard, and Danny Leonard...
This Thursday and Friday, May 2 and May 3, seniors from seven area high schools will witness first hand the U. S. justice system in action as Escambia County (Ala.) hosts Law Day to be held in the courthouse in Brewton. Atmore Christian School, Escambia Academy and Escambia County High School will serve as jurors and courtroom witnesses Thursday to hear and decide on the outcome of a case. Then Friday, Cornerstone, Flomaton High School, T.R. Miller High School and W.S. Neal High Schools will...
A two-vehicle head-on crash in Santa Rosa County last Saturday claimed the lives of both drivers and one passenger, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. A 2003 Ford F150 was traveling north on Chumuckla Highway when it drifted into the path of a Jeep Wrangler traveling south, crossing the center line into the southbound lane, causing a head-on collision. After contact between the two vehicles, a fire began in the engine compartment of both, resulting in the two vehicles being engulfed...
The Friendship Volunteer Fire Department and the Flomaton Area Chamber of Commerce are teaming together to host 'Pork on Palafox', Saturday, May 18, to sell slab ribs and Boston Butts. The event will take place in downtown Flomaton near the gazebo, next to the post office. Whole smoked Boston Butts are $30 and a slab of ribs is $25. Members of the Friendship Volunteer Fire Department will begin cooking the butts and ribs the night before and they will be available for pickup from 8 a.m. to 12 noon on May 18. The chamber of commerce will be...
Monday morning around 9 a.m., students at Flomaton Elementary School began receiving a free pair of brand new shoes thanks to a partnership between Abundant Life Church in Century and Convoy of Hope Rural Compassion and the school administration. In February, church pastor Joey Johnson met with Principal George Brown to discuss the need for the program and had the school provide shoe sizes of students in each class. Teachers were given measure charts and agreed to undertake the task of getting e...
Residents of the Century area can skip the trip to Pensacola to take care of any driver’s license issues from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Tuesday, May 7, at the Billy G. Ward Century Courthouse located at 7500 N. Century Boulevard thanks to a partnership between between Escambia County (Ala.) Tax Collector Scott Lunsford and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The mobile unit provides a convenient method to renew a driver license, obtain a replacement driver license, conversion/reciprocation of out-of-state license, change a...
Local Jordan Taylor of Atmore and Brandy Turner of Brewton were recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society at the University of West Alabama. Jazmine Adams of Atmore received the John England Award from The University of Alabama's Black Faculty and Staff Association in March. Perry Metzler of Atmore, was among the students recognized for outstanding achievements in academics, leadership and service during Troy University's annual Honors Convocation...
