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After being originally jailed with no bond, a Brewton man charged with sexual abuse I, sodomy I, rape I, incest and aggravated surveillance involving an under-age girl remains in the Escambia County Detention Center but was issued a $500,000 bond Friday afternoon. Jack Clarence Shultz, 50, 33 Matthew Lane, was originally denied a bond on May 30 by District Judge Eric Coale. However, Judge Coale set a pretrial detention hearing, also known as an Aniah's Law hearing for Friday, June 2, to see if...
Residents in the Lambeth community could see a decrease in their homeowners insurance after the Lambeth Volunteer Fire Department recently saw a drop in its ISO rating from a 7 to a 6. Lambeth Assistant Fire Chief Jeremy Lee, who also serves as Flomaton’s lone paid fireman and as a Flomaton volunteer, said it was great news for the Lambeth area. Lambeth has an all volunteer department with 17 on the active roster and owns one pumper fire truck. Lambeth also shares a brush truck with the F...
In the span of four days two vehicles were hit in downtown Brewton at the intersection of Highway 31 and Highway 41 with the occupants of both vehicles escaping serious injury or death. On May 30 a train struck a pickup truck toward the bed of the truck and the driver was not injured. On Friday, June 1, a car was hit at the same intersection with the train traveling south. The car was trapped in front of the train and dragged several hundred yards before the train was able to stop. The two...
A standing room only crowd filled the chambers of Brewton City Hall Monday afternoon as a proposed housing development plan was presented possibly turning Dogwood Hills into a housing complex. The Brewton City Council spent $60,000 for the study of what to do with the property and golf course that was once the Brewton Country Club. Matt Leavell, an architect and developer with the University of Alabama's Center for Economic Development, displayed a site analysis and possible master plan for...
Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton credited what Flomaton students learned during Fire Prevention Week with possibly preventing a major fire and possible injuries early Wednesday morning. Stanton said Addison Green, 15, and her mother Julie Newton, were inside their home at 863 Pineview Cemetery Road about 8:40 a.m. Wednesday when the self-cleaning stove exploded. Stanton said Green called her husband Bo Newton, who told her to get out of the house. Bo Newton then called Stanton. Green and...
