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The Escambia Academy Cougars dominated the Coosa Valley Rebels in the first round of the Alabama Independent School Association (AISA) playoffs with a 45-14 victory Friday in Canoe. The win advances the Cougars to 9-2 on the season. EA never trailed in the contest and also drew first blood when Patrick McGee returned a punt 90 yards for the game's first score. The Cougars missed the ensuing 2-point conversion, but led 6-0 with 7:25 left in the first quarter. The Cougars added points with a...
In another home victory, the Jay Royals never trailed in its 44-16 defeat of Lighthouse Christian Friday night at Merle V. North Stadium. Jay's James Eddings put the first points on the board in the first quarter with a 5-yard touchdown run. The Royals' 2-point conversion failed, but Jay was ahead 6-0. Not to be stopped, Eddings added to the lead with a 7-yard touchdown run. After once again failing to score on a 2-point conversion, the lead sat at 12-0 midway through the first quarter....
Students from Flomaton High School attended the UR KEYS 2 DRV Teen Driver Safety Summit on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The one-day interactive event was held at the Orange Beach Event Center. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens. Teen drivers have crash rates three times those of drivers 20 and older per mile driven. However, teen motor vehicle crashes are preventable, and a statewide coalition is working with Alabama students through UR KEYS 2 DRV to address safe driving habits. At UR KEYS 2 DRV, students heard from...
Recently United Bank had the privilege to partner with Feeding The Gulf Coast to provide relief to those affected by Hurricane Michael. As the third strongest storm in history, Hurricane Michael left behind it a wake of colossal damage. The United Bank Charitable Foundation, and the members of the United Bank family, raised more than $1,755.00 for relief efforts. Feeding The Gulf Coast is an organization dedicated to providing nutritious food to meet the challenges of feeding people who are hungry as a result of personal crisis or disaster. In...
A call from an East Brewton resident has resulted in a Castleberry man's arrest on drug charges. Tyrelle Ladarius Lee, 24, of 45 Colt Lane, was arrested for possession of marijuana II Wed., Oct. 24. According to East Brewton Police Sgt. Paige Howell, East Brewton police officers received a call at approximately 1 a.m. from an East Brewton resident claiming the smell of marijuana was coming from a parked vehicle. According to Howell, upon arriving on scene, officers approached the parked car, a...
Student-aged children in Jay who were not able to get flu shots at school will now have the chance to. The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County (DOH-Santa Rosa) is partnering with Healthy Schools to provide flu shots to Santa Rosa County students from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Novemebr 14 at the Jay Clinic. located at 14122 Alabama St., behind Jay Hospital. Shots will also be provided to the students’ family members at the clinics, which will be held at the health department’s sites in Jay. The shots will be provided on a wal...
D. W. McMillan Memorial Hospital is again offering assistance to our community with insurance through the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA). Hospital officials announced Nikki Matheny, Certified Counselor, has been hired to help our community through the enrollment process of the Marketplace.gov website. Nikki is available to assist new enrollees explore their options and help navigate them through the signups, as well as those already enrolled. “If you are currently enrolled in the ACA insurance, you will need to re-verify your personal and f...
Janice A. (Johnson) Dietz, 72, said she remembered how hard her parents saved money to be able to purchase her 1966 Century High School graduation ring. She lost her ring a few years after graduating but got a very special birthday gift in early October when the ring she lost some 50 years ago was found buried in a flower bed in the Holt Subdivision in Flomaton. Brittney Wells and her children had been in the new home in Holt Subdivision for about two months when they decided to clean out the fl...
The Jay council approved the transfer of $28,000 left in the Sinking Fund to the General Fund to cover bills Monday night. The town's bills include a $7,000 gas payment, payroll, $10,000 annual fee for Black Mountain annual fee, and insurance is $13,000. Operations Manager Eric Seib said the transfer will assure the bills are paid until revenue is collecting in the month of November. The Sinking Funds were left over after paying off the water treatment plant. From the October 15 water and gas...
A Brewton man accused of sexual assault by a juvenile female was arrested Wednesday and admitted to law enforcement that the accusation was true. Walter James Nearer, 71, 101 Payne St., admitted to investigators that he had consumed a few drinks before he sucked on a juvenile female's toes and breast after giving her $5. The confession came after law enforcement responded to to a call on or about July 1 through July 31 about a sexual assault by an elderly man on a juvenile female. The female...
The Town of Century could receive as much as $14,000 as a fee for approving bond issuance through the Capital Trust Agency (CTA) for SGSL Fee Owner LLC, a for-profit company, to acquire and convert a hotel to a senior assisted living facility and memory care facility in Sunrise, Fla. CTA representative Michael Stebbins approached the council Monday night to approve the bond issuance through a resolution amending the interlocal agreement between the town of Century and the City of Gulf Breeze....
