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Two jailed for child sex abuse
An Atmore man was jailed on $250,000 bond for sexual abuse of a child following an investigation by the Atmore Police Department and the Escambia County Department of Human Resources. Lenson Lee...
Two jailed for child sex abuse
An East Brewton man who allegedly had sexual contact with two young girls has been arrested and is now sitting in the Escambia County Detention Center on $250,000 bond. James Soth, 38, 208 Roosevelt...
Flomaton OKs alcohol sales again
For the third time the Flomaton Town Council has voted to ask the Escambia County legislative delegation to pass a local bill to allow the sale of alcohol on Sundays with Tuesday night's vote passing...
Multi-million dollar scratch
Century resident Jonathan Wiggins, 47, and his family traveled to Tallahassee Tuesday to cash in the top prize from the $20 Win-For-Life scratch off ticket he purchased at a Circle K store on West...
Three shot, one man arrested
A Bay Minette man has been charged with three counts of attempted murder and shooting into an occupied dwelling or vehicle following a shooting early Sunday morning at The Assembly Hall, formerly the...
Lasala named Miss FHS
Flomaton High School's Miss FHS 2018 is Ansley Lasala. For more pictures of Thursday's pageant, see our Photo Gallery....
Stewart, Reynolds take seats on commission
Scottie Stewart and Karean Reynolds took their seats on the Escambia County (Ala.) Commission Wednesday adding two new faces to the board while David Stokes took the oath of office for his eighth...
Check presented to library
Bo Brantley, left, representing Woodmen Life Woodmen of the World Atmore chapter 1872 presents a $250 check to Kaci Boutwell, librarian at the Flomaton Public Library, as part of the library's fund...
Council addresses complaints
Already down three employees, Flomaton Police Chief Bryan Davis told members of the town council Monday he will be losing two more officers shortly, one for medical reasons and another for military...
East Brewton woman facing drug charges
An anonymous tip to the East Brewton Police Department that a woman walking down Andrew Jackson St., on Nov. 8 was carrying methamphetamine ended in a drug arrest after the woman attempted to hide...
Atmore fire started by candles
At 8:22 p.m. Tuesday night, Atmore Fire Department responded to a 911 call regarding a possible fire at 303 N. Trammell St. Emergency responders arrived to find flames coming out of the top of the str...
Century and Atmore kick off season
The Century Area Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for the holidays with an Open House scheduled for 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 13. The Century Welcome Center will be decorated with Christmas an...
Community garden project begins
Since the town of Century embraced a Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) last September, the first step toward the reality a community garden were realized early last Saturday. Covering an area of...
Century Health to host legal workshop
Century Health and Rehabilitation Center will host Family Education at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 16, in the conference room at its facility located at 6020 Industrial Blvd. Everyone is invited and encouraged to bring a friend, a neighbor, a relative or...
Storyteller at Fruitcake Festival set for Nov. 16
Truman Capote's holiday classic, “A Christmas Memory” comes to life in a one-woman show featuring master storyteller Dolores Hydockat 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, in the courtroom of the historic Monroe County Courthouse Museum. Ms. Hydock's...
Local stars as dancer at TU
Serving as a dancer in the event, Christian Carlson of Brewton was among the 70 students who participated in ‘Art in Motion’ at Troy University's Department of Theatre and Dance Fall Dance show in November. ‘Art in Motion’ was a...
New sheriff in town
Escambia County will have a new sheriff for the first time in 16 years after Republican Heath Jackson defeated Democrat, and current Escambia County Sheriff's Office chief deputy, Mike Lambert in...
Smith elected to Century seat
The Century Council will welcome a new face after the election Tuesday resulted in Incumbent Ben Boutwell keeping his seat 3 against challenger Amanuel Onell Dubose, while candidate James Smith took...
Flomaton to host movie night
The Flomaton Area Chamber of Commerce is bringing Christmas to town on Friday, Nov. 30, with a movie night and on Saturday, Dec. 1 with its annual Christmas Parade through downtown Flomaton. A big...
Domestic violence call ends with arrest
Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Grover Smith said a local man who led authorities on brief manhunt this week will remain in jail for at least the remainder of the year. Smith said authorities with the...
Never too old to teach new generation
Brewton resident George Painter has retired twice but at 90 years old still works just about everyday in 'The Woodshed' behind his house doing what he loves best – making wooden bowls and other...
Byrne re-elected to U.S. Congress
After Tuesday’s General Election Alabama Congressman Bradley Byrne was re-elected to serve for another 4 years as Alabama’s representative from District 1 to the U.S House of Representatives....
Town of Century to have community garden
The public is invited to the new Century CRA's Community Garden on the first annual work day, starting at 9 a.m., this Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Century campus of Pensacola State College. Anyone interested should bring gardening tools and come ready...
Cruisers Unlimited Car Club donates to Hurricane relief
Cruisers Unlimited Car Club of Atmore recently donated $500 to the Escambia Baptist Association Disaster Relief Team. Buddy Byrd of Cruisers Unlimited presented Allen Sharpless of EBADR with the donation after hearing of the devastation inflicted by...
Jay Historical to feature local speaker
The Jay Historial Society will feature Glen Freeman at its meeting tonight, Thursday, Nov. 8, at 6 p.m. Freeman, a 1958 Jay High School graduate and a U.S. Army military Police Veteran, is the longest tenured Georgia-Pacific employee in all of the...
