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With the loss of inmates due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Flomaton Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., said the town workers are overloaded and hopes that people in the town will come together to do their part in making the town clean. Council members voiced frustration over nuisance violations being taken to city court and nothing is being done. Councilwoman Lillian Dean said there were two areas on Martin Luther King Drive that need to be cleaned up and suggested the town clean them up and put a lien on...
Community Health Northwest Florida hosted a drive-thru and walk up COVID-19 testing last Friday at Pensacola State College's Century campus. According to Century Mayor Henry Hawkins, 87 tests were administered, with no positive results. Above, health care personnel collect information and samples from participants....
Flomaton Councilwoman Lillian Dean said vandalism at Oaks Common Park on Martin Luther King is a serious problem and asks her fellow council members to help fix the things broken and put up security cameras. Utilities Superintendent Shaun Moye said the sink was ripped off the wall in the bathroom, paper bags were flushed down the toilet and the sign was damaged. He said it forced him to close bathroom. Councilman Buster Crapps said he'd like to see a cost estimate on making the repairs and...
An Atmore man who was identified as the robber of Walnut Hill Piggly Wiggly and arrested Dec. 17, 2019 was sentenced Wednesday, July 8, to 10 years in prison, followed by 36 months of probation, in a Florida State Attorney's press release last Thursday. Maurice Montraye Ervin, 26, was employed with Piggly Wiggly on Highway 97 on Oct. 29, 2019, when he stole more than $900 for one of the registers and fled the store when he was confronted by the manager. Ervin returned to the same store Dec. 4,...
Former Tri City Ledger managing editor Janet Cooper decided to get tested for COVID-19 in Brewton Wednesday morning, and before the Main Street Urgent Care in Brewton had opened it's doors, the first person was in line at 3:30 a.m. According to Cooper, the early arriver was there to get tested because someone tested positive at her job so all the employees are being tested. Cooper said by 4 a.m., there were four people there waiting. “We got here at 5:45 his morning and there were around 12 o...
Everyone is invited to the Atmore Citizens for Change Candidate Forum that will begin with a Meet and Greet event at 4 p.m., this Saturday, July 18, at The Club, located on Highway 21 in Atmore. The Meet and Greet event gives the candidates who are running for election in Atmore an opportunity to meet voters and pass out campaign materials inside the building. Then from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., following the Meet and greet, candidates will engage in a candidate forum and answer voters' questions. This event will be held outside the building under...
An assault case in Atmore has become a homicide investigation after a 19-year old who was shot on June 29, died on July 4. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks identified the victim as Demarkus Wanya Lawson and stated this week no arrests have been made. At 9:17 p.m. on June 29, the Atmore Police Department received a 911 call in reference to a person being shot with a firearm at 102 White Street. Atmore police and EMS were immediately dispatched. Brooks said when police arrived at the scene they...
Although the Escambia County (Ala.) Commission did not reinstate its state of emergency, the commission did approve a resolution Monday that gives the commission chairman, vice chairman and clerk the authority to conduct county business in the event a quorum of commissioners cannot meet. As the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread, the commission met in person on March 17 and passed the emergency declaration allowing Chairman Karean Reynolds, Vice Chairman Brandon Smith and Clerk-Administrator...
Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections Tappie A. Villane reminds voters registration books will close on Monday, July 20. It is the last day to register to vote or make party affiliation changes for the Primary Election to be held on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Florida law mandates registration books close 29 days before an election. New registrations and party changes must be completed on or before July 20 to be effective for the August 18 Primary Election. The main office located at 6495 Caroline St. in Milton will be open regular business hours,...
I have to admit that Alabama's 17.36 percent voter turnout and Escambia County's 18.03 percent turnout in Tuesday's runoff elections were higher than I anticipated, but it's still pitiful. To put those percentages in perspective, 82.64 percent of the registered voters in Alabama did not vote and 81.97 percent of the registered voters in Escambia County failed to cast a ballot. I hope that doesn't mean that the overwhelming majority of people in this state don't care about who represents us in...
We applaud the Escambia County (Ala.) Commission for passing a 'continuity of government' resolution that will allow the county government to continue to function in the event the board does not have a quorum to make decisions. Other local governments need take a look at that policy as well. Back in March, when the COVID-19 pandemic was spreading like wildfire and things changed not only daily, but hourly, decisions had to be made. The commission passed a state of emergency resolution to allow the chairman, vice chairman and administrator to...
