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An Atmore man arrested for rape I, sodomy I and sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12 was waiting Wednesday afternoon to see if District Judge Eric Coale would issue him a bond following an Aniah's Law hearing held Tuesday morning. Joe L. Craft, 47, 189 Antioch Road, Atmore, was arrested for allegedly abusing a young girl over multiple years. Tuesday's 11 a.m. hearing was scheduled for not only the Aniah's Law bond hearing but a preliminary hearing. But his attorney, Gordon Godwin asked...
An investigation continues following the Saturday night shooting death of an Appleton resident whose body was found on the side of the road who died from from at least one gunshot wound. Aubrey McAllister ‘Mackie’ Jackson, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene and as of press time Wednesday, no arrests had been made. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson said deputies were dispatched about 9 p.m. Saturday in reference to a body lying on the side of the road. Deputies, along with Sheriff Jac...
The Flomaton Area Chamber of Commerce is putting the final pieces in place for the annual Railroad Junction Day, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28. Anybody wanting to have a vendor booth needs to either look at the chamber's Facebook page or call Marie Morris at 251-363-9027....
A documentary 13 years in the making, ‘Welcome to Jay’, by filmmaker Jeffrey Morgan, is set to be shown at the Tallahassee Film Festival on Saturday, Aug. 31, and follows the apparent racist past of the town of Jay, Fla., beginning with the story of two allegedly racially-motivated murders about 90 years apart. The three-minute trailer can be found online under ‘Welcome to Jay’. The trailer referred to Jay as a ‘sundown town’, where all black people had to be out of town by dark, the film fo...
Early Sunday morning, the town of Century had a water main rupture on Highway 29 in front of Ace Bondurants Lumber and Hardware that left its residents with low pressure or no water at all, a boil water notice that was put in effect, and one employee badly injured. Century Mayor Luis Gomez said the call came to Century Supervisor Kevin Merchant about 4 a.m. Sunday. Gomez said he got the alert call from the Omni Beacon company soon after. When they got to the scene, the water was gushing out, Gom...
A Flomaton man was arrested on three counts of cruelty to animals after police found five dogs in his back yard chained without access to adequate food, water or shelter. Reginald Lee Williams, 38, 2139 Cary St., was arrested Aug. 15 on warrants signed by the Flomaton Police Department. Inv. Clay Smith said the arrest stemmed from a July 2 complaint from an individual concerning the dogs that the individual told police appeared to be suffering from the heat. Smith said police did a welfare...
Separate traffic stops by Flomaton police for seatbelt violations led to the arrest of two people on drug charges that included methamphetamine. On Aug. 13, Officer Derrick Hodges was on patrol about 6:50 p.m. when he inititated a traffic stop for a seatbelt violation. According to reports, the driver, identified as Leslie Teresa McCann, 36, 729 Jackson St., Flomaton, pulled into a private driveway of a residence of someone she didn’t know. Hodges reported that due to her behavior, he c...
