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Murder warrants were signed late Friday afternoon on Caleb Scott Anderson, 23, of Michigan for the murder of Flomaton resident Dwight Anthony Dixon, 52, who was stabbed to death last Wednesday morning inside his Dixon Road residence. Anderson was taken into custody last Wednesday afternoon and booked into the Shelby County Jail. Anderson is also a suspect in a homicide that occurred in Green Bay, Wisconsin that was reported Aug. 2, the day before Dixon was killed in Flomaton. He also faces...
Residents expecting packages from FedEx Monday likely saw some delays after the FedEx driver was arrested in Flomaton on marijuana and driving under the influence charges. Stanley Denard Baker, 23, of Evergreen was booked into the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton on charges of unlawful possession of marijuana II and driving under the influence of marijuana. Flomaton police initiated a traffic stop on Baker's FedEx vehicle for failure to signal Monday on Highway 31 at the Tom Thumb....
Capital Trust Agency (CTA), a partnership established in 1999 between the town of Century and the city of Gulf Breeze that issued bonds for projects all over Florida to build, purchase and renovate facilities like schools, apartments, and other facilities that serve a public purpose to revitalize disadvantaged communities, recently partnered with the town of Quincy, Fla., cutting Century out of the deal after Century negotiated a higher fee rate last October. Century Attorney Matt Dannheisser an...
A Brewton man was arrested on multiple charges, including possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, following a traffic stop Friday, Aug. 5 in Flomaton. In addition to the meth charge, Clinton Keith Wiggins, 24, 33 Victoria St., was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Clonazepam and Hydrocodone), unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, having fake U.S. currency, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and carrying a concealed weapon...
The Flomaton Town Council approved a resolution to award the sewer lagoon project to Triptek Construction of Atmore following a bid opening last week where Triptek submitted the low bid of $387,000 for the first phase of the project. Flomaton received a $350,000 Community Development Block Grant for the project that includes a $70,000 match. However, Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., said Jeremy McMath with Civil Southeast said the match could reach $100,000. However, Mayor Bondurant said McMath is...
Botanist and Brewton resident Darryl Searcy, 86, died Monday, Aug. 8, leaving a legacy to enjoying the outdoors and knowing almost every plant and flower by name. Searcy moved to Brewton in 1978 and officially retired in 1986 but he kept his fingers and eyes in the dirt in and around Brewton. It began with the Brewton Tree and Beautification Board asking him to select plants for Jennings Park. He also worked with Shirley West, the first director of Turtle Point Environmental Center in Flomaton,...
