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A fiery crash Sunday afternoon in Flomaton left three people dead as citizens tried to free one victim from a burning vehicle before it burst into flames. Christopher P. Bell, 41 of Flomaton, Alfreco Lett, 50, of Century and Shannon P. Lucas, 48 of Flomaton were all pronounced dead at the scene of the 3:20 head-on collision near the 58 mile marker on Highway 31 inside the Flomaton town limits, according to information released by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Witnesses said Lucas was...
Escambia County incumbent Republican Sheriff Heath Jackson rolled past Democratic challenger Shaun Golden Tuesday to win his re-election bid with a heavy Republican turnout that also swept across the state of Alabama. Unofficial returns show Jackson with 7,458 votes, or 77.06 percent, to Golden's 2,206 votes at 22.79 percent. A total of 9,733 Escambia County residents cast ballots Tuesday for a 36.32 percent turnout. Of the ballots cast there were 5,329 straight Republican Party votes cast to 2,...
While the rest of the state of Florida supported Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis Tuesday with 59.38 percent of the votes vs. Democrat Charlie Crist’s 39.96 percent, Precinct 22 in the town of Century supported Crist with 122 votes and DeSantis with 115. Precinct 22 in Century Tuesday, about 6 percent, or 241 out of 1,207 registered in Escambia County’s Precinct 22 in Century turned out in person to cast their ballots, with 451 votes counted total. District 1 State Rep. Michell Salzman took 69....
State Rep. Alan Baker was awarded the National Association Of Secretaries of State (NASS) Gold Medallion Award Monday, Oct. 31, 2022 by Alabama State Secretary John Merrill at the courthouse in Brewton, Ala. Baker served 27 years as in public education as a teacher and coach, where he acquired 10 state championships, five in football and five in track, and was honorably inducted into the Alabama High School Sports Association's Hall of Fame and retired in 2005. He was elected to the Alabama...
