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Tropical Storm Dorian officially became Hurricane Dorian at 2 p.m. Wednesday as it went through Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and was headed toward St. Croix and the U.S. Virgin Islands as a stor...

If Alabama motorists want to save 6-cents a gallon on gasoline or diesel they need to head to the pumps before Sunday, Sept. 1, which is the date the first wave of Alabama's new 10-cents per gallon...

Alfonzie Cottrell spent most of his life helping others, especially the people of Century.. The 81-year old Century native died Monday, Aug. 26, leaving heavy hearts for those who knew him best. "He...

Over the years covering hundreds of county commission meetings and city council meetings the most complaints I've heard expressed was the condition of roads, bridges and ditches. Those complaints...

Twin brothers who were arrested Aug. 8 on drug charges in Brewton are back behind bars following a drug sweep of the Holt subdivision in Flomaton Aug. 14 that resulted in the arrests of six people on...

Stores in Flomaton that currently have licenses to sell alcohol will be able to begin selling the alcohol as early as this Sunday after the Flomaton Town Council passed an ordinance Monday afternoon...

It took a while, but Monday afternoon the Flomaton Town Council voted to allow the sale of alcohol on Sundays. Flomaton followed the steps first taken by Atmore when Atmore became the first...

The city of Brewton is trying to re-establish recycling with a pilot program targeting corrugated cardboard and certain plastics. "Everything with recycling has changed," said Steve Layton, public...

A Repton woman originally pulled over for failing to use a turn signal ended up in jail on marijuana and driving under the influence charges. Hannah Olivia Jackson, 33, 1741 County Road 15, was...

In an emergency meeting Friday afternoon, the Escambia County (Ala.) School Board voted to accept the resignation of an Escambia County Middle School teacher and accepted the retirement letter from...

The Flomaton Town Council will hold a special meeting Monday at 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, to vote on an ordinance that will allow the sale of alcohol on Sundays within the town limits of Flomaton at...

A Pensacola man remains in the intensive care unit at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola following an airplane crash Tuesday afternoon when the plane hit two power lines crossing the Escambia River...

A warrant service, traffic stop and a check on a suspicious vehicle by Flomaton police led to the arrest of four people on drug charges. At 9:18 p.m. on Aug. 8, Capt. Chance Thompson and Officers...

Two ordinances, one dealing with trash pickup and a second to raise garbage rates $5 per month to help pay for the trash pickup were tabled Monday night by the Flomaton Town Council until new...

Two Flomaton residents and an Atmore man were jailed on drug charges after police discovered methamphetamine following a traffic stop in Brewton and one of the suspects was charged with promoting...

Flomaton Councilwoman Lillian Dean questioned the wording of a letter sent by John Robert Smith, chairman of T4 America, who will be working to help create a Form Based Code for the town of Flomaton....

The Flomaton Town Council gave its approval to Jimmy Henderson to move forward with a private family cemetery on land he owns off of Highway 113. Henderson told the council his attorney told him the f...

The Flomaton Town Council said it will be cracking down on theft of water services for those who abandon past water bills with Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., saying the town lost about $85,000 over the...

Flomaton's Daquan Johnson, the 2018 Class 3A Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player in last year's state championship game where the Hurricanes captured the school's first football state...

Beginning Aug. 29 couples wanting to get married in Alabama will no longer need a marriage license in advance due to a bill passed by the Alabama Legislature removing that requirement. According to in...

I'm a little tired of talking about gun control, immigration and politics, so I'll talk about what's really important to people, especially in the south – football. If you're like me you have to...

Atmore residents Michael Lashan Weaver and Michael Bernard Pettway were arrested Monday on murder charges for the May 18, 2019 shooting death of Chirshawn Jermaine Westry, 19, in a shooting at the Atm...

Starrett Jovanna Simpson was scheduled to move into her new housing unit at Troy University this Saturday, but instead her friends and family will be gathering at Hillcrest High School in Evergreen...

A Jay woman is likely looking at multiple citations Saturday after her vehicle veered across Highway 31 in Flomaton and struck a utility pole with her children inside the car unrestrained. Kimberly...

In the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, I could easily start quoting a lot of old sayings like 'guns don't kill people, people kill people' and 'if you outlaw guns,...