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The community of Flomaton and surrounding area is in mourning for 12-year-old Logan Mitchell, who lost his life in a four-wheeler accident this past Sunday, May 23. Mitchell had just completed the sixth grade at Flomaton Elementary School and would have started next fall as a seventh grader at Flomaton High School. FES Principal George Brown described Mitchell as 'a typical country Flomaton boy' who loved the creek, the country and being out in the woods hunting every chance he got. "He had the...
Scott Hammond handed out his final diplomas last Thursday night as Principal of Flomaton High School ending a 27 year career at the helm of the Hurricanes having served the past 17 as the school's principal. Hammond, 51, is retiring and the search is under way the hire the next principal for FHS. A native of Flomaton, Hammond graduated from FHS in 1988 and was a member of Anthony Davidson's baseball team that won the state championship in 1988. After spending two years at Jefferson Davis Jr....
The Flomaton Police Department has added new officer to its force who will be used to detect drugs and track criminals and missing persons. His name is Boo and is a 5-year old female German Shepherd. Police Chief Chance Thompson said Boo has previously worked in law enforcement and his owner was getting out of law enforcement and decided to sell the dog. "It was a perfect opportunity at the right time," Thompson said. Thompson said the dog was purchased with money donated to a fund he created ab...
Atmore native Jack Curtis Lufkin died Feb. 26 at the age of 94, after serving his country and his state and especially loving his family. Lufkin's legacy and the legacy of his father Sewell Mariotte Lufkin, Sr., will continue to live inside the Thomas E. McMillan Museum on the Brewton campus of Coastal Alabama Community College through a gift from the family of Sewell's World War I Army uniform and Jack's World War II Navy uniform. Jack Lufkin's daughter, Pat, said after her father's death and...
