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The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission approved its fiscal year 2022-23 budget Monday on a 3-2 vote with Commissioners Steven Dickie and Karean Reynolds voting no due to the elimination of the road department’s special projects crew. Commissioner Brandon Smith made the motion to approve the budget and Commissioner Scottie Stewart issued the second. Board Chairman Raymond Wiggins joined Smith and Stewart in voting yes, while Dickie and Reynolds voted no. Dickie said he could not vote yes for the b...
An 18-year old Brewton resident is being held on $300,000 bond on a rape II charge, accusing him of having sex with a 14-year old girl. Trent Michael Cooper, 307 North Pine St., was booked into the Escambia County Detention Center Tuesday and went before District Judge Eric Coale later that day for a bond hearing. According to court records, Cooper is charged with having intercourse with the 14-year old girl on or about Sept. 7. If released on bond, Judge Coale ordered Cooper to have no contact...
Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton is begging people not to burn; the National Weather Service is begging people not to burn; the Alabama Forestry Commission is begging people not to burn. A combination of high winds, low humidity and the lack of rain has put the area under extreme conditions for possible wildfires. “We are dry as a bone,” Stanton said. “Please don’t burn.” Humidity is about 25 percent and the National Weather Service said it could drop as low as 17 percent over the next few...
After Town Clerk Leslie Howington read a letter announcing the resignation of seat 3’s Councilman Leonard White, the Century Town Council approved its tentative budget and millage rate Tuesday night at its first reading with a full quorum. The second reading will be at the next council meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 4, at town hall, when the remaining council members will make a final vote. The letter Howington read was: “First I would like to thank the citizens of the town of Century for tru...
The Flomaton Town Council passed a budget showing about a $300,000 positive balance that included some raises and funds to hire an additional employee in the front office. The budget also includes about $15,000 for improvements at the Flomaton Community Center that houses the senior citizen SAIL site. Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., said the new front office person was desperately needed, noting the town of Century has six people in their office and Flomaton has two. Town Clerk Carrie Moore said...
