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Flomaton High School students hit the stage Tuesday night for the talent portion of the Miss FHS Pageant.The pageant will conclude today (Thursday) beginning at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Tickets are $5....
From face painting, bingo and of course homemade cotton candy and more, Pollard-McCall Jr. High School hosted its annual Hugh White Harvest Festival Saturday with a day of fun and games....
East Brewton police arrived at Keith Andrew Squaire's 100 Harrison St., Apartment F8 residence at 8 a.m. Monday to arrest him on warrants charging him with unlawful distribution and possession charges for spice and, once inside, found 456 grams of spice that led to an additional charge of trafficking. Squaire, 45, was booked into the Escambia County Detention Center on $1 million bond for the new charges, but had his bond revoked on previous drug charges. According to court records, Squaire was...
At its meeting on Thursday, Oct. 31, the Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education discussed the recently released state report card grade, the upcoming vote to renew a city of Atmore tax that helps the schools and approved a field trip to Universal Studio for students at ECHS this spring, among other items. This year's state report card grade for the Escambia County (Ala.) School System for 2018-19 was an 85, or 'B', compared to 2017-18, which was 79, or 'C'. “I'm very proud, that as a d...
The town of Century will receive as much as $93,000 when the council approved three resolutions for bond issuance through the Capital Trust Agency (CTA) Monday night. Denis McKinnon with CTA presented the council with three projects. The Town of Century and the City of Gulf Breeze have an inter local agreement stating neither municipality is responsible for paying the principal or interest on the issued bonds The first project is PCPT Lexana, which includes the acquisition, construction,...
By Jan. 1, 2020, Flomaton residents and businesses will be required to have street addresses posted and must be displayed in a location plainly legible and visible from the street or road fronting the property. The Flomaton Town Council voted to mandate the posting of 911 addresses to assist police, fire and medical personnel. Numbers and letters must be a minimum of 4 inches high and a half-inch wide and must contrast with their background. Residents who receive their mail at home in a mailbox...
Traffic stops and the use of drug sniffing dogs led to the arrest of five people on drug charges over the past several days by the Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office. James Tunstall, 61, 11296 Tunstall Road, Stockton, and Michelle York, 51, 56330 Stevens Place, Stockton, were both arrested Nov. 2 on drug possession charges. Sheriff's office reports state a deputy approached the vehicle and detected the smell of marijuana and saw a marijuana cigarette in the center console cupholder. A furth...
Republic Services will do its last pickup of residential garbage in Flomaton on Monday, Nov. 11, and Waste Pro will then begin picking up curbside garbage Friday, Nov. 15. Residential garbage service will then continue each Friday from Waste Pro and carts need to be placed curbside by 6 a.m. on Fridays to guarantee pickup. According to the agreement signed by the town of Flomaton, Republic Services will pick up garbage and pick up its garbage carts on Nov. 11. New carts will be provided by...
From good food, live music, art vendors and of course, fun and games for the children, people lined the streets of Brewton Saturday evening for its annual Porch Fest which featured a variety of music. Front porch acts began at 4 p.m. and Jordan Torrez took center stage at 7 p.m....
Monday is Veterans Day, but activities to honor the military services of thousands and thousands of men and women who have served our country actually kickoff at 1 p.m. today (Thursday) with a Veterans Day Celebration at the Century Community Center. Events will continue through Nov. 16 when the Flomaton Lions Club hosts a 5K run/walk. Banks will be closed in honor of the federal holiday Monday along with other businesses. For some it will cap off a long holiday weekend that involves everything...
November has arrived, Christmas decorations are out in full force in places like Walmart and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. If you had to label a holiday season, it is now. The problem with the holiday season is there are people who try to take advantage of your generosity that comes this time of year. Whether its to help feed families at Thanksgiving or provide presents to underprivileged children there are a lot of great organizations out there who are doing the right thing. There are just as many out there with one goal- separating...
It's been 20 years since Turtle Point Science Center in Flomaton opened, and to celebrate, a fun day filled with live animals and shows with hands-on science learning will start at 8 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 16, when the gates open, and end around 4:30 p.m. Each show or tour will take place more than once during the day to accommodate visitors. There will be something for everyone and admission is free. From 8:15 to 9 a.m., there will be a Butterflies Sideshow Presentation by Vitaly Charny, author...
The Century Council approved a resolution Monday night that will allow the town to issue an RFP (request for proposals) for the removal of sludge from the reject pond that could cost as much as $100,000 at the waste water plant. Interim City Manager Buz Eddy told the council that a recent inspection determined that the reject pond was used to remove biosolids from the waste water plant and pump them into the reject pond, which is a violation of Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) rule....
In an effort to maintain its water and wastewater treatment systems in the future once it is in compliance, which could cost as much as $8 million, the Century Town Council approved a resolution to adopt a Water Asset Management Plan, presented recently by Chris Bailey, with Florida Rural Water (FRW). Bailey met with the mayor, council, water staff and Interim City Manager Buz Eddy recently to discuss the town's current non-compliant status, the result of a recent inspection that led to a...
