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The Brewton Animal Shelter was shut down last week for a major cleaning following an outbreak of parvovirus that forced city employees to euthanize more than 20 dogs last Wednesday. The facility was closed last Tuesday and is expected to be closed for two weeks while the facility is completely sanitized. Mayor Yank Lovelace said all animals inside the shelter had to be euthanized. “It’s an unfortunate thing to have to do,” Lovelace said. “When we pick up a dog we don’t know if they have parv...
After discussing his name behind closed doors to discuss his good name and character, the Escambia County School Board unanimously voted last Thursday to name Flomaton High School Principal George Brown as the new assistant superintendent. Brown spent three years as the principal of Flomaton Elementary School before becoming the high school principal for the 2021-22 school year. Prior to approving the personnel recommendations from Superintendent Michelle McClung, School Board Member Cindy...
The state fire marshal's office and the Brewton Police Department are investigating three back-to-back-to-back fires last Thursday morning with the first being called in shortly before 7 a.m. at Sportsman Park that destroyed the pavilion-lodge that has been there since the 1930s. Brewton Fire Chief Jeff Salter said shortly after the fire at Sportsman Park, firemen were dispatched to an abandoned house on fire on Martin Luther King Drive and then to an old church on Dacus Street. Salter said the...
In a special meeting June 30, the Jay Town Council approved an increase of 6 percent on water and sewer base use for residential and commercial customers inside and outside Jay town limits, rounding to the nearest 5 or 0. For example, residents inside the town limits who pay the base rate for water and sewer (totals do not include garbage) currently pay $20.25 for water and $21.21 for sewer. The new rates would be $21.50 for water and $22.50 for sewer. Residents outside town limits currently...
