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When Greg Caber took a break from his job at ProValus in downtown Brewton Tuesday afternoon he headed out back to get something out of his car only to find it smashed by a huge limb that had fallen from a nearby oak tree. He said he exited the ProValus building about 5:30 p.m. and looked across the parking lot and saw the huge limb on the ground. "I thought 'it looks dangerously close to my car'," Caber said. "As I got closer I saw it was definitely on my car." The limb also caused minor damage...
Escambia County (Ala.) has been awarded federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program for FY 2018. Escambia County has been chosen to receive $15,615.00 to supplement Emergency Food and Shelter programs in the county. A local board will determine how the funds are to be distributed among local emergency food and shelter agencies in the county. Local organizations chosen to receive funds must: - Be private voluntary...
A Century man was arrested in Walton County, Fla. on June 25 and charged with one count second degree theft of property by deception after receiving money to complete a construction job he never started and never attempted to repay. John D. Kline, 48, 2110 Century Blvd., took $2,000 from an Atmore property owner as a down payment on a construction job that was going to cost a little more than $5,000, but he never returned to begin the work or attempt to give the property owner the money back,...
The Century Council Monday night approved Mayor Henry Hawkin's recommendation to make town employee Heath Burkett the new water and wastewater superintendent of Century. Burkett had been acting as superintendent for the water department since former water superintendent Alicia Jernigan submitted her resignation in March 2019. “We've advertised that position and nobody applied, except Heath,” said Hawkins. “I recommend we promote Heath up to superintendent and back pay him from the time he start...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education approved the following recommended personnel changes at its Thursday, June 27 meeting. The changes are as follows: Resignation James Jennings, special education teacher at Escambia County High School, effective June 25, 2019; Brenda Samuel, 7-hour custodian, Flomaton High School, effective June 13, 2019; Holly Young, elementary teacher at Huxford Elementary School, effective June 13, 2019; Jennifer Newman, special education teacher at Huxford Elementary School, effective June 26, 2019; Rebecca...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Road Department may be adding two part-time employees per work area to help work crews keep up with grass cutting along county rights-of-way. During an administrative workshop Tuesday afternoon, County Engineer Bill Bridges said the grass cutting is getting behind due to crews working on other projects. He said it forces him to pull workers from other jobs to cut grass. Sheriff Heath Jackson told the commission he would help if he could, but he didn't know if he had any inmates who could drive a tractor or who he...
New Beginnings Ministries, Inc./Compassion for Brewton has been awarded a 'Thanks for making a difference' grant for $1,500 by the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation. Atmore Attorney Charles R. Godwin nominated New Beginnings for the grant. “We are so appreciative that you nominated this organization and encouraged them to submit an application for our grant,” Nikki Tucker Thomas, executive director of the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation wrote to Godwin. “Please relay to New Beginnings Ministries, Inc./Compassion for Brewton that the found...
You can't erase history by trying to ignore history. Nike folded under pressure from Colin Kaepernik to pull its Fourth of July Air Mike 1 Quick Strike Force tennis shoe off the market. Kaepernik protested because the flag used on the back of the shoe was the one Betsy Ross is credited for designing to represent the 13 colonies that signed the Declaration of Independence, ending England's rule over what would become the United States of America. Kaepernik made a name for himself while in the NFL for kneeling during the national anthem in...
It appears the Escambia County (Ala.) Commission is seriously considering building a new county jail after giving Sheriff Heath Jackson permission to approach Brewton Mayor Yank Lovelace about an option to purchase a city-owned 80-acre tract of land across from Southern Pine Electric Cooperative on Highway 31. I've been hearing the rumblings and rumors about a new county jail for months. Tuesday afternoon was the first time I heard it discussed in a public meeting. The current jail, which also...
Conecuh Sausage will be the “Official Smoked Sausage” of the Alabama Crimson Tide starting this fall as announced Monday by Crimson Tide Sports Marketing, the multimedia rights-holder for the University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Concurrent with the 2019-20 athletics season, Conecuh Sausage will be the exclusive smoked sausage marketed by the Crimson Tide Sports Network. As part of the relationship, the Alabama football pre-game tailgate show will be entitled “The Conecuh Sausage Crimson Tide Tailgate Party.” The bra...
Former Monroeville resident James Holley died Monday afternoon after falling from a tree stand on family property between Thomaston and Linden in Marengo County, Ala. According to Marengo County Coroner John Scott, the 74-year-old Holley “was on the tree stand when it gave way causing him to fall approximately 8 feet” resulting in his death. He was pronounced dead at the scene. “He was marking trees for the logging crew to cut,” Jeffrey Holley, his son, said. “He was trying to take the tree stand down so the tree could be cut and he fell.” Holl...
While the details can’t be announced at this time, South Alabama Gas District’s (SAG’s) board agreed Monday to allow the district’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Burgess to pursue a deal that could produce additional revenue for the district. During the board’s July meeting in Evergreen, Burgess said the project, if it happens, would be very beneficial to all the concerned parties. He said additional information would be available at a later date. On another matter, Burgess said the state’s project to four-lane U.S. Highway 84 from Interstate...
At 6:54 p.m., on Thurday, June 27, Flomaton Fire Department responded to a 911 call that a subject was trapped under a tree on Pecan Leaf Lane in Flomaton. When Station 32 arrived on scene, emergency responders found a man who had been mowing grass that was trapped under a tree. Fire Chief Steve Stanton aid there were high winds, which probably caused the tree to fall. “The tree fell on him, the lawn mower and the trailer he had,” said Stanton. “We had to use the Jaws of Life to get the tree...
