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Former Flomaton Police Officer Issac Lopez, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Escambia County (Fla.) after pleading guilty to trafficking methamphetamine, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Court on an ethics violation for using his position as a police officer for personal gain. Lopez appeared before Circuit Judge Todd Stearns Wednesday morning and pleaded guilty to the ethics charge. Judge Stearns sentenced Lopez to five years with the Alabama Department of Cor...
The alleged victim of a Dec. 24 shooting on Jack Springs Road has been arrested and charged with assault II for allegedly hitting the shooting suspect in the head with a steel pipe the day before the shooting incident. Rody Lee Daw, 39, 9941 Gantt Road, Red Level, was jailed on $2,000 on the assault charge. Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Office deputies originally responded to a shots fired call at 7400 Jack Springs Road on Dec. 24. Dakota Loren Harmon, 25, with addresses listed as Old H...
Flomaton Councilman Charlie Reardon submitted his resignation from that position last week, effective immediately, and the town council will now appoint someone to fill the remainder of his District 1 seat, which runs through 2025. Reardon, 81, said he has some issues he needs to take care of first and said he has enjoyed his time on the council and wishes nothing but the best for Flomaton. Born in Pensacola, Reardon has had connections to Flomaton since 1942 and moved to Flomaton in 1985. He...
Lew Najor is seeking the Republican nomination for the District 2 seat on the Escambia County (Ala.) Commission in the March 5 Primary election, citing his years of experience in the contracting industry as the key to his reason for election. Najor will face incumbent Commissioner Raymond Wiggins in the primary and there is no Democratic opposition in the Nov. 5 General Election. "I want to pave roads and minimize road maintenance," Najor said. He said the art of using a motor grader to...
Flomaton head football coach Doug Vickery and his wife Leah have four children but in his 33 years of coaching football Coach V has hundreds of 'children' and grins like a proud father when those young men excel on and off the football field. From doctors and engineers to those who continue their football careers after high school, Coach V acts as a proud parent when his students move on to bigger and better things. His office inside the field house at the high school is littered with newspaper...
