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A threat made against Flomaton High School Friday afternoon put law enforcement and school officials on high alert with an extra law enforcement presence Monday and also the use of metal detectors for anyone entering the building. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson said it was determined there was no valid threat but all threats are treated seriously and said plans and mechanisms are in place when an event like that happens. The treat came a little more that a week after a school shooting in...
A 17-year-old Mobile resident was arrested Thursday by U.S. Marshals and charged with murder for the Aug. 17 shooting death of Aubrey McAllister 'Mackie' Jackson, 35, of Brewton. Tyrek A. Ball was arrested in Mobile and transported to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton. A bond hearing Friday was closed to the public due to Ball's juvenile status. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson said there are other people the sheriff's office is currently looking for in connection with...
Escambia County (Fla.) School Superintendent Keith Leonard, along with Cody Strother, the district’s coordinator for communications, visited Flomaton High School this past Friday to see first hand how Flomaton’s new cell phone lock policy worked and Leonard immediately said he was going to ask his school board to spend the money and implement the policy. Flomaton students, along with students at W.S. Neal High School and Escambia County High School, must now have their cell phones secured in...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission passed its 2024-2025 holiday schedule that adds Good Friday as a holiday since the county voted several years ago to align its holiday schedule with the state schedule which follows the federal holiday schedule. The problem over the past few years is that Good Friday was not on the state holiday schedule, but Gov. Kay Ivey has declared that day a holiday a week or so before Good Friday and it wasn't on the county schedule. Commission Chairman Raymond...
Due to a conflict and annual 9-11 breakfast was held Sept. 10, at Little Escambia Baptist Church in Flomaton to honor all first responders, noting they put their lives on the line every day. See more on page 11....
