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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 dep...

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...

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...

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...

Two Atmore residents were arrested on multiple counts of attempted murder in two separate incidents on Patterson Street. Eric Montray Frye, 31, 49 Liberty St., was charged with eight counts of...

Three Flomaton students are being credited with helping a woman who fell during a seizure and suffered a severe cut to the head. Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton said Chloe Smith, 15, Devon Lambert,...

Gex Billups will begin his tenure as Escambia Academy's interim head football coach Friday when the Cougars host Valiant Cross Academy in a 7 p.m. kickoff. Billups replaces Coach Brandon Wilcox who...

With what started as a way to make money and turned more to the excitement as Billy Dekel flew numerous trips to Columbia and beyond bringing large cargos of marijuana back to the United States. His...

After a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Flomaton's Railroad Junction Day is returning this Saturday, Sept. 24, with a full day of fun, food, crafts, entertainment, a car show, a...

The Flomaton Town Council unanimously approved Bennie Stokes as its interim police chief following the resignation of Chance Thompson and the council has begun the process of advertising for the...

Flomaton resident Johnny Wayne Griffis, who competed in the Discovery Channel's 'Moonshiners Master Distiller' and the new 'The Country Networks' television series 'Alabama Shine' has been arrested...

The Flomaton Town Council approved making roof repairs to the old log cabin next to the Alabama Welcome Center and Railroad Museum and also agreed to reopen the welcome center which has been closed...

Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thompson submitted his letter of resignation to Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., Tuesday noting he will step down from the chief's position on Sept. 27. Thompson, 28, is a...

Escambia County (Ala.) District Attorney Steve Billy called the grand jury back into session last Wednesday and the panel issued indictments of capital murder against Caleb Scott Anderson and William...

Most residents in Escambia County (Ala.) will see an increase in their property taxes this year due to the cost in the housing market going up. Tax Assessor Thad Moore, Jr., said most property owners...

Following a closed session of the Escambia County (Ala.) Healthcare Authority Tuesday afternoon, Stephen Fischer was appointed as the interim Chief Executive Officer following a week that saw former...

A Birmingham man and Tuscaloosa man are being held on $1.5 million bond each for the delivery of drugs and cell phones to the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore. Derrick Anthony, 49, 4339 North...

A Pollard teenager was taken by helicopter to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola early Tuesday morning following a singe-vehicle crash that left him trapped inside the vehicle. The Flomaton Fire...

A missing person report turned into murder warrants being signed on an East Brewton resident who officials say confessed to strangling the woman to death and then dumping her body. William Joseph...

Possible threats at W.S. Neal High School, the Career Readiness Center in Brewton and all Flomaton schools were recently put under a lockdown due to potential danger but all schools reopened quickly...

Over the past 14 months, the Escambia County Commission has spent more than $5 million resurfacing roads and the commission passed its 2023 transportation plan Monday to resurface a portion of...

Those who knew Regi Burkett the best said a couple of traits stood out: Burkett was loyal and always had your back and he fought for what he believed in, even against heavy odds. Burkett, 62, who...

Escambia County District Attorney Steve Billy told District Judge Eric Coale that Caleb Scott Anderson met Flomaton resident Anthony Dixon through an adult website app and that Anderson came to...

An Atmore woman who approached a driver's license check in Flomaton apparently fled from the scene and was later stopped and charged with multiple drug charges and driving under the influence of alcoh...

Although most people look forward to retirement, for Pat Harwell her retirement after 47 years as director of the First Baptist Church Day Care comes with mixed emotions. "It didn't seem like work to...