Articles from the March 7, 2019 edition


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  • Selling the gas system is first step

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Mar 7, 2019

    When I first read the grand jury report about the town of Century, I thought 'Ouch', thinking it was a major slap in the face of the entire town. I read it again. It still stings. But the one thing that stood out to me was the statement the grand jury made in its report that said “Based upon our review we have determined that criminal charges re not apporopriate and therefore return a no true bill. That's where the rubber meets the road at this point. The next sentence said “We are, however, dee...

  • Giving help to really help out

    Our View|Mar 7, 2019

    Like most of us, we were watching and listening Sunday afternoon as storms roared through our area. If you were attempting to watch TV you got interrupted. This area dodged a bullet; but we can't say the same for the people in Lee County who got slammed with a tornado that claimed as many as 23 lives. The storm left total devastation in its path taking no prisoners. It left those who survived scrambling to not only put their lives back together but to simply survive. We reached out to see what people could do to help the people in Lee County...

  • Hurricanes fall to Northview 6-1, storm back to defeat Central 9-6

    Joe Thomas, LEdger Editor|Mar 7, 2019

    After losing to Northview 6-1 at home Monday, Flomaton High School bounced back to defeat Central in Chumuckla 9-6 Tuesday night to move to 4-2 on the season. Flomaton will be back in action this Friday hosting the Jay Royals. The junior varsity will play at 4 p.m. followed by the varsity at 6 p.m. Flomaton will travel to J.U. Blacksher Monday with identical times of 4 p.m. for the junior varsity and 6 p.m. for the varsity. Northview 6, FHS 1 On a cold night in Flomaton Monday, the Hurricanes...

  • Brewton native makes Dean's List

    Special to the Ledger|Mar 7, 2019

    McHenry Coleman Sr. of Brewton has been named to the Dean's List of Mississippi College for Fall 2018. The Mississippi College Office of Academic Affairs releases the dean's list after the close of fall and spring semesters each academic year. To be eligible for the Dean's List, a student must maintain a 3.5 grade point average, based on a 4.0 system. The student must take a full course load of at least 12 semester hours of undergraduate credit with all academic courses impacting their grade point average. Mississippi College, affiliated with...