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Flomaton Elementary School Principal George Brown will make a short walk across the parking lot after the Escambia County School Board unanimously approved him as the new principal of Flomaton High School. Brown, 45, will be replacing Scott Hammond, who has served as the high school's principal for the past 17 years and announced his retirement at the end of this school year. Brown said the hardest part of applying for the principal's job at the high school is leaving the teachers, staff and...
A benefit car wash will be held Saturday, June 12, beginning at 7 a.m. at Advanced Auto Parts in Flomaton to help support a family who lost everything in a fire Friday night. Constance and Wesley Madison suffered a total loss at the mobile home, located at 353 Dixon Road in Flomaton. Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton said emergency personnel was dispatched at 11:38 p.m. Friday and when they arrived they saw heavy smoke and flames coming from the front door and windows. Constance Madison was the...
The Escambia County (Ala.) School Board voted to begin giving teachers and other personnel a state-mandated raise beginning July 1 instead of Oct. 1 which is when the new state raises go into effect. Chief Financial Officer Julie Madden told the board during a Tuesday workshop that giving the raises early will cost the school system about $95,000. Madden told the board it would be a good gesture for the employees and also said it would eliminate some book and record keeping work. She noted new...
The town of Century is eying a July 1 return to town hall to hold council meetings which will also help free up the community center on Highway 4 to be rented for other functions. Due to COVID-19, the town has been conducting its council meetings, workshops and other meetings at the community center, which allows for better social distancing. Mayor Ben Boutwell told the council Monday night that he expects everything to be back at full capacity on July 1. Council President Louis Gomez said the...
After holding out nine names for an executive session behind closed doors to discuss the good name and character of people on the personnel recommendation list, the Escambia County (Ala.) School Board approved all leave of absences, resignations, retirements and transfers. Those actions were taken during the board's meeting a noon on Tuesday. Board Chairman Cindy Jackson presented the board with a list of personnel up for consideration and asked each board member to pull out any names they...
With the loosening of CDC guidelines held tight during the pandemic, the Greater Escambia Center for the Arts (GECA) is poised to present David Rogers' 'Beverly Hillbillies' in-person at its location at 100 S. Trammel Street in Atmore. The show will run consecutively for two weekends in a row. Show times and dates for the first week are at 7 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 17 through June 19 and at 2 p.m., Sunday, June 20. The second weekend shows will be at 7 p.m., Thursday, Friday an...
