With toilet paper rolling and theme days that kicked off Monday, Flomaton High School homecoming activities continue today (Thursday) with students wearing 1920s Great Gatsby style clothes and will continue with tailgating beginning at 6 p.m. and a...

In the basement of the Pace Library at the University of West Florida is West Florida’s largest collection of historical documents. The archives hold volumes of information relating to the people who shaped local history. In the years before the...

We plan to get our flu shots in the coming weeks. Old folks should do all they can to avoid that demon. This memory of having the flu sticks in my mind like no other when compared to many childhood illnesses. My family had a seemingly strudy hold...

Fruits and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet. Local markets carry a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables that are both nutritious and delicious. However, harmful bacteria that may be in the soil or water where produce grows...

Curtis Robertson Glaize, 24, died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. Mr. Glaize was born Oct. 27, 1993 to Ed and Alecia Glaize in Montgomery, where he lived until he was four years old. His family moved to Tallassee, Ala. where he attended kindergarten through...

Damon Dwight Bell, 64, of Atmore, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Mr. Bell was born Oct. 28, 1953, to Floyd and Annie Ruth Moye Bell in  Atmore. He was employed at Bay Wood Products as a purchasing agent and also in telecommunications for years. The...

Gleenwell “Glen” Johnson, 78, of Flomaton, died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 in Flomaton. Mr. Johnson was a native of Century who had been a lifelong member of the Flomaton community. He worked as a self-employed owner and operator truck driver. The...

Georgia Mae Peacock, 86, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 in Atmore. Mrs. Peacock was a native of Monroe County, Ala. and had resided in Atmore for most of her life. She was a member of Little Rock First Assembly of God Church. The funeral was held at...

Martha Jean McGhee, 92, of Wing, Ala., died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018 in Andalusia, Ala. Mrs. McGhee was a native and long-time resident of Brewton who had previously lived in Blountstown, Fla. A member of the Eastern Star and Bradley Assembly of...

Larry Dean Milliken, 71, died Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. Mr. Milliken was born in Ohio and moved to Atmore as a youngster. A 1965 graduate of Escambia County High School, he was a retired instruments technician with NADEP with 24 years of service. He...

Annie Laura Wright, 66, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. Mrs. Wright was a native of Jackson, Ala. who reloacted to Brewton, where she resided for many years. The funeral as held at 11 a.m., Monday, Sept. 17, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Jackson with Rev....

There is nothing more dangerous, unpredictable, and vicious than a cornered wild animal; and we are now learning there is nothing more desperate and dangerous than Democrats losing political power. Democrats have been extreme in their rhetoric for...

I know this may be hard for you to believe, but there was a major, bipartisan victory in Congress last week that failed to gain any of the attention it deserved. I want to highlight some of the progress we made last week and explain why it should...

Since this is a gubernatorial election year, allow me to share an epic Governor’s Race with you. The 1986 Governor’s race will be remembered as one of Alabama’s most amazing political stories. In 1978 Fob James sent the Three B’s, Brewer,...