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In the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, I could easily start quoting a lot of old sayings like 'guns don't kill people, people kill people' and 'if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns' but we've heard them all before and they seem to rise to the top every time we have a mass shooting. After every mass shooting, as expected, the gun control nuts come out of the woodwork. Take away the guns and these mass shootings will stop. Make certain guns illegal and...
A few months ago we wrote a story about the new speed device purchased by the Flomaton Police Department that shows motorists what the speed limit is and how fast their vehicle was traveling. Police Chief Bryan Davis said the data collected showed the overwhelming majority of people were exceeding the speed limit. School bells will ring today in most schools across the area. That not only means that the 2019-20 school year has started, it means a lot of children will be out and about crossing roads, streets and highways. Police lower the speed...
Monday night, the Century council approved Town planner Debbie Nickles' request for the Escambia County (Fla.) School System to give a right-of-way site access agreement on Hecker Road at Pensacola State College (PSC) to remove a gas tank left there which will be donated to the Alger Sullivan Historical Society, and install a groundwater monitoring well using Brownfields Grant funds. “Through Century's Brownfields Grant, we have been working with Esc. Co. (Fla.) School Board, at the right of w...
Monday night, the Jay Council heard updates on projects the town currently has and unanimously approved a legal services agreement required by the USDA, a loan to cover 10 percent of the water distribution system project, a line of credit to pay contractors working on the livestock market to be reimbursed by a grant awarded by the USDA and three new HVAC units to replace failing ones at the community center. Jay Livestock Market Operations Manager Eric Seib told council members the hogbarn...
The Flomaton Lions Club will host a pancake supper from 5 to 7 p.m., Monday, August 19, at the Flomaton Community Center, located on McCurdy Street in Flomaton. Tickets are available at the door for $5 and the proceeds will benefit the Flomaton High School LEO Scholarship. The pancakes and sausage will be cooked on site and coffee, milk, orange juice and water will be available. Sugar-free syrup as well as regular syrup will be available. The Flomaton Lions Club hosts two pancake suppers a year...
Escambia County School Districts in Alabama and Florida will continue participation in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) for the 2019-2020 school year. The sites that will participate in Escambia County (Fla.) are: Bratt Elementary School, Ernest Ward Middle School and Northview High School and Byrneville Charter. Escambia County Schools (Ala.) will be participating in the Community Eligibility Provision for the 2019-2020 school year. Section 104(a) of the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 amended section 11(a)(1) of the Richard B...
Escambia County (Fla.) District 5 Commissioner Steven Barry will host a town hall meeting at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 12 at the Walnut Hill Community Center located at 7850 Highway 97 in Walnut Hill. Residents are invited and encouraged to attend the open forum event. For more information, please contact the Office of District 5 at 850-595-4950 and follow @MyDistrict5 on Twitter....
