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An Atmore man was gunned down outside his vehicle early Tuesday morning and Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said they “have a person of interest” as a suspect, but as of press time Wednesday no arrest had been made. Atmore police received a 911 call about 2:30 a.m. Sept. 24 stating a person had been shot on Jimbos Road. When police and emergency medical personnel arrived they found the body of Roderick Watkins, Jr., 23, lying next to a car in the driveway at 76 Jimbos Road. Watkins was pro...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission voted 4-1 to send a letter to Atmore Mayor Jim Staff, the Atmore City Council and members of the county's legislative delegation opposed to Atmore annexing portions of Commission District 4 into the city limits despite Mayor Staff saying such an annexation is off the table. District 5 Commissioner Karean Reynolds told fellow commissioners Monday that the city of Atmore was intending to annex portions of the county that included businesses and farm land just...
A Century man was killed Sept. 18 when the motorcycle he was driving hit a tree on Byrneville Road. Richard Goodwin, 42, was traveling west on Byrneville Road east of Crary Road on his 1997 Harley Davidson motorcycle when he left the roadway to the north and collided with tree, according to a Florida Highway Patrol press release. Escambia County EMS responded to the scene of the accident and Goodwin was Life Flighted to Baptist hospital in Pensacola, where he was pronounced dead. The report...
Bryan Davis, who has served as Flomaton's police chief since Nov. 1, 2013, will be stepping down on Oct. 4 to take a law enforcement position with a new agency. Davis, 38, said he's enjoyed his years in Flomaton, but felt the new opportunity was a direction he needed to take. Davis joined the Flomaton Police Department as a patrolman in April, 2013, and took over as chief on Nov. 1, 2013. "It's not always been easy," Davis said. "I've learned a great amount of knowledge for the job, the people a...
After 45 years working for Escambia County (Ala.) and more recently, as an extension agent, Carolyn Bivins is retiring. A native of Tuskegee, Bivins graduated from Tuskegee High School and went to Tuskegee Institute (University), where she earned a bachelor's degree in home economics education. When asked what inspired her to be a county agent, Bivins said in high school, there was a lady named Mrs. Betty Wilson, who worked with the gas company, and she would come to the high school and give...
More than 45 vendors, multiple antique cars and barbecue will be seen and smelled in downtown Flomaton this Saturday for the annual Railroad Junction Day that will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. New to the festival will be a Corn Hole tournament sponsored by the Flomaton Lions Club and the Flomaton Area Chamber of Commerce. Entry fee for the tournament is $20 for a two-person team and the tournament will be limited to 16 teams on a first come, first served basis. Teams can begin registering at 9 a.m....
A traffic stop in Milton for an illegal turn by a Jay man Sept. 22 resulted in three felony charges involving drugs, evidence tampering and fleeing authorities. Justin Lawrence Soley, 30, 6331 Hall Road, was observed making an illegal turn then following a car too closely in the 2007 Ford Explorer he was driving, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office report. The officer initiated a traffic stop using both his lights and siren and saw the suspect look several times in the driver's...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission passed its fiscal year 2019-20 budget Monday that gives all county employees a 25-cents per hour raise and a one-time $500 payment that will be given around Thanksgiving. The new budget also raises the starting pay for sheriff's deputies from $15.50 per hour to $17.50 per hour. The General Fund budget shows revenues of $12,715,825 and expenditures of $12,704,217. Of the General Fund expenditures, public safety is $5,938,785 and general government is...
Escambia County (Ala.) employees will gain four vacation days and lose one following a 4-1 split vote to approve the holiday schedule to be more in line with the holiday schedule of the state, which also has offices inside the courthouse. The new holiday schedule is in place for Oct. 1, 2019 through Sept. 30, 2020. The new holidays approved for the employees include Columbus Day on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019; George Washington/Thomas Jefferson's birthdays on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020; Confederate...
A Flomaton man driving a motorcycle with no helmet was issued multiple citations and charged with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia after police found a clear tube, that contained methamphetamine residue in his pocket. Jeremy Alan Crapps, 41, 2127 Roosevelt St., was issued citations for driving while his license was suspended, failure to register the motorcycle, no insurance and no helmet in addition to the paraphernalia charge. According to Flomaton police reports, Capt. Chance...
Brewton Town and Gown Players will be holding auditions for their winter production of ‘A Christmas Carol’, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 29, at the City of Brewton Community Center, located at 1010A Douglas Ave., directly behind City Hall. The play will be directed by Stephen Billy The performance dates for the show are Thursday, December 19 through Sunday, December 22. This is a non-musical, there is no required singing at the audition. Scenes from the script will be provided at the audition based on the character a person is int...
The Mason Webb Auditorium at Atmore Hospital will be the venue for the Scrub Shop Sale from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, October 3. The Hospital Auxiliary is sponsoring this event....
I don't know about you but it seems to me that Congress spends so much time and money investigating and trying to find dirt on members of the other party it doesn't have time to do the jobs they were sent to Washington, D.C., to do. We've got some major issues facing this country, from health care, welfare, illegal immigration to a continued 'war' against terrorism. But turn on the TV, turn on the radio or read a metropolitan newspaper and all we see is Democrats scheming against Republicans and...
Thank you Bryan Davis. Davis, who has served as Flomaton's police chief since Nov. 1, 2013, will be stepping down from that position on Oct. 4 to take a position with another law enforcement agency. Although we don't know for sure what that position is, it will be for more money and more security for his future. We first met Davis when he was over narcotics for the Brewton Police Department. He was always a straight shooter and told it like it was. We learned that Davis really cares about people. When you deal with narcotics, putting someone...
Flomaton Police Captain Chance Thompson was approved as Flomaton's new police chief on a 5-1 vote during a council meeting that began a 4 p.m. Wednesday. Councilman Buster Crapps issued the only 'no' vote. Prior to Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., asking for a motion to accept his recommendation to name Thompson as the new chief, the council accepted the resignation of Chief Bryan Davis. Davis has accepted a new position with another law enforcement agency and will step down effective Oct. 4. See...
