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“You need to take it, no question about it”; ''150 percent, you need to take it”; “Most certainly”; were the responses Brewton physicians Jimmy Adkinson, Daniel Raulerson and Elizabeth Low said when asked if people should take the new COVID-19 vaccine. Two of the three have already had the vaccine and Dr. Adkinson said he's waiting until his wife is eligible before he takes the shot. “You need to take it,” Dr. Adkinson said. “No question about it.” Adkinson said nobody he knows has had any compl...
During a special meeting Monday afternoon, the Flomaton Town Council voted to amend its previous agreement with United Bank to borrow an additional $119,750 that Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., said would allow the town pay off all of its long-term debt, including the town's line of credit at AmeriFirst Bank, formerly Escambia County Bank. In November, the council voted to borrow $1,577,890 from United Bank to pay off the long-term debt with the exception of the LOC at Escambia County Bank. At the...
The Century Town Council approved the town's submittal of three appropriations project and funding requests to the Florida House of Representatives and Senate following the swearing in of council members Leonard White, Dynette White and Luis Gomez and Mayor Benjamin Boutwell Monday night. State Rep. Michelle Salzman was at the meeting. The first project is a Florida Department Of Transportation safety project to mill and resurface a portion of Highway 29, intended to improve and soften the curve...
A person with a big heart and a passion to help others is the way people described Flomaton resident Ida Ruth Harrell, who died Friday, Dec. 31. Harrell, 81, was a native of Owassa, Ala., and a life-long resident of the Flomaton community. She was a member of the Flomaton Lions Club, the Escambia County Health Care Authority and the D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital board. She was also a member of the Nursing Hall of Fame at the University of Alabama. Jo Nolin, Harrell's sister, said the two had...
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Escambia County (Ala.) residents who received a jury summons to be at the courthouse in Brewton Monday, Jan. 11, morning can disregard that summons since the January jury term has been canceled due to an increase in positive COVID-19 cases. Presiding Circuit Judge Jeff White issued an administrative order Friday, Jan. 8, cancelling the January term. In his order, Judge White encouraged the district attorney and defense counsel to use the week on Jan. 11 to discuss settlements. He also said a...
