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A driver's license checkpoint and two traffic stops landed three people in jail on drug charges in East Brewton. Ronald Keith Godbolt, 48, 268 Payne St., East Brewton, was arrested Nov. 3 and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana II, resisting arrest, fleeing and attempting to elude and tampering with evidence. According to police reports, East Brewton Police Officer Charlie Land conducted a traffic stop on a Toyota with an expired tag. Land reported as he approached the passenger side...
Flomaton High School opened the 2019 playoff season with a dominating 58-28 win over Opp in a game that saw the Hurricanes score on offense, defense and special teams. "We were locked in," said Flomaton head coach Doug Vickery. "It was a total team effort offensively and defensively. We were firing on all cylinders." The win moves Flomaton to the second round of the Class 3A playoffs this Friday when the Hurricanes host St. James from Montgomery in a 7 p.m. kickoff. Flomaton and St. James both e...
Escambia Academy moved to its fourth consecutive AISA semi-final game with a 49-0 victory over Lakeside Friday night and will host Edgewood Academy this Friday night for a chance to advance to the state championship game for the fourth straight year. This past Friday night the Cougars only took 15 offensive snaps in the first half but led 21-0. The Cougars then put up 28 points in the third quarter and cruised to the 49-0 victory. The winner of EA (8-3) and Edgewood (9-2) will face the winner...
Flomaton High School junior Karli Alaniz was crowned as Miss FHS 2019 by Miss FHS 2018 Ansley Lasala last Thursday night at the school auditorium. The overall talent winner was Chaselyn Phillips....
Flomaton dominated Opp 58-28 Friday night in the opening round of the Class 3A playoffs and will host St. James this Friday night. Events for the game began with a pep rally last Friday, when Coach Doug Vickery presented Daquan Johnson, pictured above, with Johnson's jersey for the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game. Below, Sam Smith (18) finds running room in the Opp secondary. For more, see Sports....
W. S. Neal Middle School in Brewton announces its first nine weeks Honor Roll for 2019-20: 5th Grade All A’s Jordan Bogan, Russell Bradley, Isaac De La Cruz-Zepahua, Lily Dubose, Jaden Ewing, Weston Hoomes, Gabe Hudson, Aamirica Kelly, Kamryn McCants, Madison Montgomery, Kade Parr, Bryson Peters, John Wesley Pettis, Morgyn Reid, Phoenyx Salter, Alexia Smith, Shelby Starks, Cameron Stokes As and Bs Kameron Arrington, Isabella Baggett, Delaina Bell, Tylen Benson, Anna-Claire Bethea, Brandon Bonam, Colton Cain, Shylah Campbell, Takia Campbell, Cam...
This month, sites in Flomaton, Brewton, and the Monroeville areas will be among 5,000 U.S. drop-off locations collecting shoebox gifts for children overseas during Operation Christmas Child's National Collection Week, Nov. 18 through 25. Flomaton and area families, churches and groups are busy transforming empty shoeboxes into fun gifts filled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items. The Samaritan's Purse project partners with local churches across the globe to deliver these tangible expressions of God's love to children affected by war,...
On Monday, Nov. 4, the Jay Town Council discussed the recent hiring of three new employees and how the chain of command will change with them on board. The town hired three out of five candidates interviewed to work in maintenance for the town, each with a special ability that will help the town with maintenance. The new employees are Brandon Haveard, Tony Howard and Ronald Witt. According to Jay Operations Manager Eric Seib, candidates were individually strong in maintenance, equipment operatio...
A Brewton man who grabbed a medical professional in a sexual manner at West Florida Hospital on Aug. 2 faces a felony battery charge. Jimmie Wayne Merchant, 38, 604 Snowden Street, was a patient at West Florida Hospital in Pensacola when he allegedly grabbed the groin area of a medical professional, according to an Escambia County (Fla.) Cheriff's Office report. The victim stated she was leaning out of a patient's doorway to ask another employee for a remote to adjust the television for another...
Tommy Blaylock recently joined the Georgia-Pacific Brewton mill team as vice president and general manager, replacing Jeff Joyce, who was promoted. Blaylock, a Gardendale, Ala., native, joined GP’s Alabama River Cellulose mill in Monroeville in 2013 as operations manager before being promoted in 2017 to general manager of the GP Memphis Cellulose mill in Tennessee. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Alabama and has 25 years of experience within the paper industry. Prior to joining GP, he worked for mult...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Children's Policy Council met last Thursday to hear updates from member organizations and heard guest speaker Deon Gaston speak about the success of the Compass II Life Program this year. The council has a total operating budget of $219,000, according to Children’s Policy Council Director Kaurean Reynolds. Funding is provided through grants, such as a federal grant of $125,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), a grant of $...
We didn't need to call Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton or Century Fire Chief David Adams to get their comments about temperatures quickly dropping below the freezing point. Both would have told us it's prime time for a house fire. We know that because they've told us that before. The reasons are multiple. First is most heating systems have been idle for months and months and they collect dust. Second is people look for alternative sources of heat like space heaters, mounted gas heaters and propane heaters. When it gets cold, we want to stay...
Two years ago I wrote a column in this space that basically said you could put a fork into the Democratic Party in Escambia County (Ala.) because it was done. That same fork now fits for the Democratic Party across the entire state of Alabama. There will be some Democrats elected to the Alabama House of Representatives, the Alabama Senate and other local county elections scattered across the state, but for the time being we've seen the last of Democrats winning a statewide race or a countywide r...
