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A Walnut man who had an active warrant now faces a felony drug count for meth when officers discovered the suspect passed out in his vehicle last Thursday. Jerry Anthony Wood, 47, 8001 Jakes Road, was passed out and hanging out of his car on the side of Highway 97 last Thursday when a sheriff's deputy responded to a possible man down, according to an Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office report. A warrants check was conducted and found Wood to have an active warrant for failure to appear on a...
The town of Jay, in partnership with Feeding the Gulf Coast and Safer Santa Rosa, will host a food distribution at 9 a.m., Thursday, May 14, at Bray-Hendricks Park, located at 5259 Booker Lane. Participants will need to show their driver's license at the event. For more information, contact Jay Town Hall at 850-675-4556. The Kings Harvest Food Pantry will distribute 70,000 pounds of food on Sunday, May 24, at Cornerstone Church, located at 14047 S. Alabama St. in Jay. Participants are encouraged to check the King's Harvest Facebook page....
The Flomaton Town Council voted Monday afternoon to go to its line of credit to borrow $117,680 to repair the pump on the water tank on Highway 113 that failed, which prompted the town to purchase water from the McCall Water System. During the telephone conference meeting, Utilities Superintendent Shaun Moye informed the council that the pump on the Highway 113 tank failed a couple of weeks ago. He was able to rent a pump and tie into the McCall Water System to provide water for the short term....
A call into the Jay town council on May 4 confirmed that Maverick Natural Resource on Oil Well Road will be temporarily shutting down due to COVID-19 and OPEC oil price decreases. Austin Tramell, manager of health, safety and environment for Maverick Natural Resource, told council members there will be a pause in services of certain contractors, mainly Jay and area residents who work for Maverick and other companies. Tramell said the company will be doing proactive work at the facility to...
Last week, the well at Century Correctional Institute (CCI) off Tedder Road began failing and the town of Century's other wells could not provide adequate water to the facility. In response, the town of Century and CCI authorities contacted Central Water Works, to connect to a waterline that runs along Tedder Road. "They have some issues with the well," said John Godwin, operations manager at Central Water Works. "We've provided them water through two 2 ½-inch fire hoses, which is...
The town of Century and the town of Flomaton are both experiencing problems with water pumps. Both are about to spend a lot of money to fix those problems. The town of Flomaton voted Monday afternoon to go to its line of credit and borrow $117,680 to fix the problems with the well on Highway 113. Century is also looking at ways to fix the problem of the well that feeds Century Correctional Institute. Those could have been critical issues, but both towns did a good job reacting and were able to tie in to adjacent water systems to meet the...
I hear the complaints and I'm sure judges hear the same complaints. I look at some, not all, social media complaints. The complaint is why can a person being charged with drug trafficking get a $1 million bond and a person accused of sexually abusing a child or possessing child pornography charges get a $500,000 bond. I attended a bond hearing Tuesday where Richard James Rabon of East Brewton, charged with five counts of possession of child pornography was given a $500,000 bond by District...
Throughout the COVID-19 global pandemic, Coastal Alabama Community College has been at the forefront of response, not only in advocacy of its thousands of students, but the greater communities they live in. And in mid-March, when the College’s on-campus curriculum had to quickly transition to distance learning online, each campus was ready. Systems were already in place for the conversion, and in just two days the network’s digital enrollment doubled as more than 4,000 Coastal Alabama Community College students continued their spring semester s...
Prior to the COVID-19 disruption, the Huntingdon College Office of Student Affairs and Office of College and Alumni Relations were preparing to host the inaugural Huntingdon College Leadership Convocation to honor the thousands of hours of time, energy, heart, and spirit Huntingdon students pour into service to the College and co-curricular activities each year. Several local students from Brewton, Excel, Monroeville and Barnetts Crossroads were honored. Scout Carson of Monroeville, Class of 2020, was named on the 2019–2020 Huntingdon C...
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians announced recently that a company the Tribe owns, Muskogee Technology, started producing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to assist in the fight against COVID-19. Muskogee Technology’s President and CEO, Westly L. Woodruff, released the following quote: “Muskogee Technology is always looking for new paths to help. We are honored to serve and do what we can during this pandemic. I am proud we have the agility to refocus our equipment, workforce, and other vital resources critically needed to assist our healthc...
