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White kicks off run for his commission seat
Escambia County Commissioner Larry White has kicked off his re-election campaign for the District 3 seat he has held for the past 24 years. White will face Republican Scottie Stewart in the November...
Atmore native finishes
U.S. Air Force National Guard Airman 1st Class Autajajadrick R. White graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. White, a 2017 Escambia County High...
Ready for school?
School bells rang Wednesday in flomaton and parents had an opportunity Tuesday night to bring their children to Flomaton Elementary School to meet their teachers. For more on meet the teachers and...
Teddy Bears and hugs
Flomaton Fireman Tyler Lambeth, left, and Fire Chief Steve Stanton comfort two children, ages 5 and 9, following a vehicle crash Sunday at the intersection of Highway 113 and Wolf Log Road. No...
U-Haul now available at We Care
U-Haul Company of Alabama, Inc. announces We Care Thrift Store has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve the Flomaton community. We Care Thrift Store at 22172 Hwy. 31 will offer U-Haul...
T.R. Miller offers AP courses next fall
Next fall, T.R. Miller joins 176 Alabama high schools offering Advanced Placement (AP) courses and additional resources to help students earn a qualifying score on the AP exam. A+ College Ready works to boost the number of students in Alabama taking...
Locals chosen to attend Boys State
Locals Jay Jackson and Joseph O'Bannon were selected as incoming seniors for Alabama Boys State 2018, held at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa fromSun., May 27, through Saturday, June 2, 2018....
USDA partners to help veteran farmers
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Texas A&M’s AgriLife Extension Service to help military veterans obtain loans and pursue careers as farmers and ranchers....
Locals make Deanʼs lists, graduate
Several area students from Atmore, Brewton, Flomaton, Frisco City, Monroeville and Uriah made Huntingdon College’s Dean’s List of High Honors and Dean’s List of Honors 2018. The students who made the lists are: Derik Andrew Kidd of Atmore;...
Local hospital offers scholarship
Hospital Auxiliary is offering scholarships to individuals pursuing studies in a medical-related field. Students must be presently enrolled in a healthcare program and have completed at least one year at an accredited school. Graduate students will...
Carolyn Eloise Embley
Carolyn Eloise Embley, 70, died Friday, June 1, 2018. Mrs. Embley was a native of Mobile who had resided in Chickasaw for most of her adult life. She was active in the Celebrate Recovery with the Wilmer First Baptist Church. A memorial service was...
Donald Ray Marshall
Donald Ray Marshall, 57, of Walnut Fill, died Monday, May 28, 2018 at Thomas Hospital. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 9, at Christian Care Ministry in Atmore with Christian Care Ministry directing....
FLOMATON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS DAY
Members of the 2018 Senior Class at Flomaton High School received awards and scholarships in the school auditorium honoring their hard work and dedication to education on Class Day last Friday, May 18. Presenters handed out almost $3 million dollars...
Books migrate back to the South
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker was the guest at the Escambia County Historical Society's meeting Tuesday afternoon at the Thomas McMillan Museum in Brewton. Parker made a presentation about...
Envisioning Century
The fourth and final Century CRA meeting will be held tonight, Thursday, May 24, at 5:30 p.m. at the Century Business Center. The meeting is a review of strategies and recomendations gathered at the...
Leadership Atmore graduates
The 2018 Leadership Atmore Class graduated Tuesday, May 15. The graduates are Brandy Jones, Emily Dykes, Beth Talmadge, Kevin Kennell, Loren Taylor, Daniel Harris, Kayla Bell, Suzanne Helton,...
White awarded
Zachary Hunter White, son of Chris and Brandy White of Flomaton, has been named the winner of this year’s Solon Lee Gandy Memorial Scholarship. With a grade point average of 3.0 at Flomaton High School, White has played several years of baseball an...
Locals graduate college
Huntingdon University in Montgomery recently announced that several local students from Uriah, Excel and Monroeville graduated Spring 2018. Those students are: from Monroeville, Miles Jeffrey Barnhardt in English (Magna Cum Laude) and Susannah Lynn...
Board OKs personnel changes
The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education approved the following personnel changes at its Thursday, May 17 meeting: Resignations Jeremy Bardin, Special Education Teacher, Rachel Patterson Elementary School, effective April 30, 2018 (Amended...
Dedria's Gift scholarships awarded
Last Friday, May 18th, Flomaton High School Seniors Shelby Barnes, above left, and Shanteria Perryman received $100 cash scholarships on Class Day from Dedria's Gift. The scholarship is given in honor of Dedria Robinson, who was killed in a car...
Red Cross will be in Atmore for blood drive
The American Red Cross will be in Atmore from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, June 7, at Gulf Winds Federal Credit Union located at 201 S. Main Street. The Red Cross is counting on volunteer donors to give blood and help ensure patient needs can be met...
Esc. Co. food scores released
The Escambia County (Ala.) food scores for Paril 1 through April 30, 2018 have been released. The scores are as follows: Atmore AL Wing House - 89 Arby’s - 91 Atmore Dragway - 94 Baker’s Svc Sta. - 98 Buster’s Rest. - 92 Church’s Chicken -...
First responders land in Flomaton
MedStar Air Care landed in Flomaton Monday afternoon as part of the ceremony to welcome the MedStar ambulance (owned by LifeGuard) as the ambulance moved into its new home inside the Flomaton Fire...
Tri-County has 12-0 winning streak
The 2018 Tri-County Tee Ball Team have walked away champions with a 12-0 season. Above, from left, the coaches are Bart Johnson, John Robert Fountain, Josh Bell and Mike Wedgeworth. The players are, from left, Gatlin Silbernagle, Drevan Bell, Issac...
Brown signs on with CACC
Flomaton senior Cole Brown signed on with Coastal Alabama Community College Monday, May 14. Brown said he chose CACC because he wanted to play baseball and gets to go to college for free. Above,...
