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An Atmore man who has been wanted since November, 2020, was captured last week in Texas and brought back to Escambia County, Ala., to face murder charges in the Nov. 27 shooting death of 17-year old Richard Shavers. Rodarius Tyrig Dailey, 22, 155 Harris St., was charged with murder. During a bond hearing Monday, District Attorney Steve Billy told District Judge Eric Coale that the case will more than likely be upgraded to capital murder that carries a possible death sentence if Dailey is...
A Flomaton mother and her 6-year old daughter are fine today thanks to multiple events early Tuesday morning that ended when Flomaton firemen rescued the two from a second-story exterior deck while the bottom floor was engulfed in flames. The Flomaton Fire Department received a 911 call from Pamela Yates from her 1071 Twin Bridges Road home about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday that her home was on fire and she and her daughter were trapped. When firemen arrived on the scene, the first task was using a...
Citing falling revenue, including about a $100,000 per year drop in franchise fees from Alabama Power due to the shutdown of Air Products, the Flomaton Town Council voted Monday night to increase the local sales tax by one penny. Councilman Jim Johnson told the council the additional penny will generate about $174,000 per year. The increase would raise the sales tax in Flomaton to 11 percent with the town receiving 5 percent, the state receiving 4 percent and county receiving 2 percent....
Flomaton Councilwoman Kay Wagner said the town needed to come up with a plan to deal with cats and also needs to address people raising livestock inside the town limits. “I challenge everyone in here to come up with some kind of solution for cats,” Wagner said Monday afternoon. “We have an infestation of cats.” She said one of the problems is people feeding the stray cats, especially around the post office. “If we find out people are feeding cats, maybe we need to fine them,” she said. Utilities...
After tabling the issue at the last council meeting, the Century City Council approved Century Mayor Ben Boutwell to attend monthly meetings of the Pensacola-Escambia Development Commission (PEDC) Board for a two-year term to represent the town. The purpose of the PEDC is to actively seek new industry for the area and expansion of existing industries, according to myescambia.com. The nine-member PEDC board is made up of two county commissioners; one member-at-large shall be appointed by the Boar...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission approved the 2021 ad valorem tax rate with no increases in the rate for the current year. The board voted unanimously Monday to adopt the current tax rate. The commission also voted to extend the federal COVID-19 leave plan that expired on Dec. 2020. County Clerk-Administrator Tony Sanks told commissioners that the paid leave provided by Congress last year had expired. Under the act, employees who either had the coronavirus or who had to be quarantined due...
