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An Atmore woman who gave birth to a child on May 28, 2022, was arrested last Thursday on a warrant charging her with chemical endangerment of the child after the child tested positive for marijuana when it was born. Christina Yanacheak, 41, 2881 Highway 21, Lot 4, was transported to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton and jailed on $5,000 bond. According to reports, the Atmore Police Department was notified on May 28, 2022, by the Escambia County Department of Human Resources...
The Flomaton Police Department has secured arrest warrants on two people who are accused of passing and attempting to pass counterfeit bills at the Circle K convenient store Tuesday. The discovery of the fake bills comes just weeks after other fake bills turned up at Flomaton stores. Inv. Charlie Land said two fake $20 bills and one fake $10 bill were used at the Circle K. He said one suspect purchased gas and a pack of cigarettes and paid for the transaction with a fake $10 bill and two good...
Due to potential heavy rain Saturday morning, the Flomaton Area Chamber of Commerce has moved Saturday’s Christmas parade to 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, to coincide with the Christmas Bazaar in downtown Flomaton. The town of Jay is proceeding with its plans to hold its Christmas parade this Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. at town hall. After the parade, festivities will continue on Commerce Street with the Joy in Jay Christmas Festival that will include Santa’s Workshop, food and craft vendors, an...
Escambia County (Ala.) Tax Collector Tim Pettis is reminding property owners that their property tax bills are due by Jan. 2, 2024 and noted taxes can be paid online or at the tax collector's office. Property taxes were due Oct. 1 but will not be delinquent until Jan. 2. Normally, taxes are due Dec. 31, but since that date falls on a Sunday and Monday, Jan. 1 is a holiday, taxes are due Tuesday, Jan. 2 to avoid a penalty. Pettis said his office billed out $20,513,856.04 in ad valorem taxes and...
"If we don't have bees we don't eat" is how Atmore Mayor Jim Staff explained the need for more people to get into beekeeping. The Escambia County Extension Office in Brewton kicked off a series of beginner beekeeping classes in September and continue to officer those classes to not only get people interested in beekeeping, but to teach the importance of bees to the food chain. Millie Murphree, extension coordinator, said the classes are spread out for people to learn what to do with their hives...
A grand jury report made public last week concerning the request to impeach school board member Sherry Digmon points to thousands of dollars the Escambia County (Ala.) School System paid to her through the Atmore News and the Atmore Magazine with Digmon voting the pay the bills that benefited her personally. The grand jury report states "Sherry Ann Digmon has committed willful acts of misconduct and/or corruption that she should be impeached and removed from office.". The grand jury noted that D...
Former Flomaton Police Officer Issac Lopez was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but given 346 days credit for the time he spent in jail, following his arrest in December, 2020. Lopez pleaded guilty in Escambia County (Fla.) Circuit Court for trafficking methamphetamine last week. He still faces a sentencing scheduled for Jan. 3, in Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Court after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of using his office for personal gain. Lopez was originally arrested in December of...
A high speed chase initiated last Friday within the Brewton city limits ended with the suspect involved in a crash in Flomaton involving two Flomaton police vehicles with the suspect being tased and arrested on multiple drug charges and traffic violations mount. Devante Aaron Knight, 31, 414 Magnolia Ave., Evergreen, was charged by Flomaton police with two counts of felony assault II, felony attempting to elude, trafficking cocaine, trafficking methamphetamine, trafficking Amphetamine, two count...
When Escambia County (Ala.) voters go to the polls for the March 3 Democratic and Republican primaries there will be two contested elections on the ballot following Friday’s deadline to qualify, with one Democrat qualifying. County Commission Chairman Raymond Wiggins is being challenged by Lew Najor for the District 2 seat in the Republican Primary. District 3 Escambia County School Board Member Mike Edwards is being challenged by Jerry Wilson in the GOP primary. Circuit Clerk John Robert F...
With a proposed 5 percent increase from Waste Pro for residential garbage collection in Flomaton the town council voted twice before agreeing to pass a 2 percent increase along to customers and absorbing the other 3 percent. The rate increase, which will go into effect this month, will raise residential rates from $18.99 per month to $19.37 per month. Councilwoman Lillian Dean suggested the town eat the increase and look at any increases next year. The town had already budgeted to eat 3 percent...
When Escambia County (Ala.) voters in the Little Escambia precinct go the polls March 5 for the Republican and Democratic primaries, they will cast their ballots at Osaka Freewill Baptist Church instead of the outdated brick building on Mize Road. The Escambia County Commission passed a resolution Monday to move the voting place, calling it a win-win situation for voters and poll workers. District 3 Commissioner Larry White said the commission has wanted to do something over the years to get...
The same grand jury that indicted District 6 Escambia County (Ala.) School Board Member Sherry Digmon on three felony charges also filed a report stating Digmon should be impeached and removed from office. The grand jury indicted Digmon, 72, owner of the Atmore News and Atmore Magazine, on felony charges of revealing secret grand jury information. She was also indicted by the grand jury for using her position as a school board member for personal gain, for the school system paying for...
Flomaton and Century fire departments were dispatched 4813 Old Atmore Road shortly before noon Saturday after the burning of a large vegetative and limb debris pile began to spread, bringing warnings from Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton and the Alabama Forestry Commission not to burn in these extreme dry conditions. Stanton said firemen first attacked the spreading fire and then extinguished the large brush pile. "It was close to spreading to a nearby tree line and then there's no telling how...
In conjunction with the city of Brewton's PorchFest this Saturday, the Brewton Council of the Arts will be hosting the Lee Bain Brewton Invitational Art Show from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 623 Belleville Ave. PorchFest will be from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. along the 600 block of Belleville and Evergreen avenues. Bain came to Brewton in the 1970s through a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts and the Alabama State Council on the Arts and Humanities. The grant was made possible by private funds and...
Escambia County (Ala.) School Board member Sherry Digmon has been arrested twice within a week on charges her newspaper (Atmore News) released grand jury secrets and was arrested again on ethics violations for approving bills as a school board member that benefited the Atmore News and the Atmore magazine. Digmon, 72, 405 South Main St., Atmore, along with Atmore News reporter Don Fletcher, 69, 204 Marshall Ave., Atmore, and school board employee Veronica Ashley Fore, 47, 3998 Ridge Road, Brewton...
A Repton man was arrested on multiple charges after Escambia County (Ala.) sheriff's deputies responded to a shots fired call on Oct. 29. Deshawn Jermaine McMillan, 21, 192 Holman St., was charged with certain persons forbidden to possess a pistol, unlawful possession of marijuana I, possessing a firearm with an altered identification, obstruction of justice for providing a false identification and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Court records state when deputies responded to 4574...
A Monroeville man has been arrested on multiple charges after he allegedly attempted to smuggle cocaine, methamphetamine, synthetic marijuana, marijuana and cell phones into the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton. Tyreke Jamal De'Raye Armstrong, 18, 81 Sellers St., was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, trafficking meth, trafficking synthetic drugs, unlawful possession of marijuana I and promoting prison contraband. According to...
Ed Richburg, Bodie Hammond, Cassie Lassiter and Bo Brantley were inshrined into the inaugural Flomaton High School Athletic Hall of Fame during pregame festivities Friday night. FHS Principal Mark Harbison said the plan is to induct a new class to the Hall of Fame each year during football season. In addition to the presentation the school's homecoming court and crowning of the 2023 queen during pre-game festivities this Friday night, the Hurricanes' 1973 state baseball championship team will...
A Century man was jailed on $300,000 bond on two counts of attempted murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied building and three counts of shooting into an unoccupied vehicle. Travis Lavar Scott, 18, 8101 North Century Boulevard, was arrested Oct. 12, and transported to the Escambia County Detention Center. According to reports released by the Atmore Police Department, officers were dispatched to Atmore Community Hospital on Oct. 6 in reference to a victim suffering a gunshot wound to...
A traffic stop in Atmore for an expired tag and improper lights led to multiple charges after the suspect attempted to flee police on foot after being pulled over. Annie Deloris Frye, 52, 208 Park Drive, Atmore, was arrested Oct. 13 and charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (crack cocaine), obstruction of justice by giving a false name, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, attempting to elude, driving while license was revoked, improper lights and having an expired...
On a second vote Saturday morning, the Century Town Council approved the same 0.924 millage rate for property taxes that has been in place for the past eight years. The council then approved its fiscal year budget for 2023-24. At the Sept. 26 council meeting, the council voted 4-1 to approve the millage rate. Under Florida law, the vote had to be unanimous. Council President Dynette Lewis cast the lone no vote saying she was against any increase for the residents of Century. The council had the...
Two men apparently attempted to rob the wrong people after one of the intended victims shot the two would-be robbers, sending both to the hospital. According to Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Heath Jackson, about 7 p.m. Monday, sheriff’s deputies, along with Poarch and Atmore police officers, responded to the 7400 block of Jack Springs Road in reference to a shots fired disturbance. Sheriff Jackson reported when officers arrived they found two male subjects suffering from gunshot wounds. Both m...
A Flomaton man has been arrested and warrants are signed on a second person after being accused of stealing a credit card and making 42 transactions totaling more than $951. Buddy Wayne Jones, 39, 141 Ledcaylynn Drive, was charged with 10 counts of fraudulent use of a credit card and one count of theft of property II. Warrants have also been issued by the Flomaton Police Department for the arrest of Kimberli Garner-Gafford on a count o0f unauthorized use of a credit card. Flomaton Police Chief...
Lines started forming Tuesday morning and continued today at lottery stores in Century as the Powerball jackpot swelled to an estimated $1.725 billion for Wednesday night's drawing. If there were no winners last night, estimates are the jackpot will exceed $2 billion for Saturday night's drawing. Nobody matched the five numbers, 16, 34, 46,55, 67 and Powerball 14 Monday night. There have been 35 draws since the last Powerball winner on July 19. The jackpot is closing in on the Powerball record...
In December, 2022, Century resident Cynthia Franklin was asking questions and getting no answers when unofficial sources and friends started calling and telling her that her son, Lavor Chante Johnson, 43, of Century had been shot and killed in Frisco City. She still has questions today and not too many answers, but within the last two weeks a Monroe County grand jury indicted Jayden Devon Jenkins, 20, of Frisco City for murder and attempted murder in the Dec. 15, 2022, death of Johnson. While...
