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Youth headed to tour Washington
The Washington D.C. National Rural Electric Youth Tour, sponsored by local electric cooperatives, the Alabama Rural Electric Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, is part of a grassroots program to educate high school...
Grant helps infrastructure
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission passed a resolution Monday authorizing the application for a $350,000 Community Development Block Grant that will be used by the city of Brewton to make upgrades...
Meth found in search
A Century woman was arrested July 4 and faces drug charges after law enforcement woke her inside her vehicle and searched her car to find methamphetamine and ecstasy (MDMA). Katherine Susanne Lee,...
Wizard comes to Brewton
Everyone is invited to come enjoy a timeless story next weekend when the Brewton Town and Gown Players present The Wizard of Oz at 7 p.m., on Thursday, July 18 through Saturday, July 20, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, July 21 at the Woodfin Patterson...
Chamber to pay website $50,000
The Century Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors voted to spend $50,000 of economic development money from the county commission with William Reynolds' website northescambia.com to have him...
Enjoying the Fourth?
Nitisha Woods, center, took her niece Jersey Spears, left, and her son Bryson Johnson to Flomaton's firework show last Wednesday, but Jersey seemed a little less impressed when the bombs burst in air...
Deadline for road funds set
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission has until Aug. 31 to adopt an annual plan with a detailed list of road and bridge projects the county anticipates completing through the Rebuild Alabama Act,...
Century needs to address its utilities
“A municipal corporation that is losing money is in the same position of a business that is losing money,” said Edwin “Buzz” Eddy, retired Gulf Breeze city manager to the Century Council at...
Missing boater located
More than 20 firefighters, police officers, sheriff's deputies and a game warden spent hours Saturday night and early Sunday morning searching for a woman reported missing on Big Escambia Creek near...
Storm likely moving west, but stay tuned
As of noon Wednesday, Escambia County Emergency Management Director David Adams said this area should not see the brunt of what is expected to become Hurricane Barry in the next few days, but said...
Moving along 113
Contractors have been busy since Monday morning as the Alabama Department of Transportation begins its repaving project along Highway 113 from Flomaton to Interstate 65. Slow progress is good progress, but expect delays heading down the...
New jail for Escambia Co.?
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission has given Sheriff Heath Jackson the go-ahead to discuss the possibility of purchasing an 80-acre tract of land from the city of Brewton in hopes of building a...
Jay girls headng south for state tourney
The Jay Council Monday night voted to donate $1,000 to the Jay Tri-County All-Stars 10u (10 years and under) softball team as it is headed to compete for the state title this Friday, July 5, near...
Teacher raises to begin in July
School personnel will receive a state-mandated 4 percent raise after the Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education voted to approve starting the pay raise this month at it's meeting on Thursday, June...
Century agrees to give pay checks out early
The Century Council Monday night agreed to distribute paychecks on Wednesday, July 3, instead of Friday, this week due to the holiday and banks being closed. Town Clerk Kim Godwin told the council...
Coastal Alabama holds GED graduation ceremony
The Coastal Alabama Community College Adult Education Program and Hope Place Family Resource Center held graduation exercises June 20, 2019, at the Woodfin Patterson Auditorium in Brewton. Graduates completed the High School Equivalency Diploma or...
Local students receive honors
Locals attending colleges and universities in around the state and nation were honored recently at their schools. Brewton’s Joshua Barrett Fields, Class of 2020, was inducted into Sigma Tau Delta at Huntingdon College. Sigma Tau Delta is an honor...
Tree falls on car in Brewton
When Greg Caber took a break from his job at ProValus in downtown Brewton Tuesday afternoon he headed out back to get something out of his car only to find it smashed by a huge limb that had fallen...
County will receive $15K food grant
Escambia County (Ala.) has been awarded federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program for FY 2018. Escambia County has...
Theft charge for Century man
A Century man was arrested in Walton County, Fla. on June 25 and charged with one count second degree theft of property by deception after receiving money to complete a construction job he never...
Century names water dept head
The Century Council Monday night approved Mayor Henry Hawkin's recommendation to make town employee Heath Burkett the new water and wastewater superintendent of Century. Burkett had been acting as...
Board OKS personnel changes
The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education approved the following recommended personnel changes at its Thursday, June 27 meeting. The changes are as follows: Resignation James Jennings, special education teacher at Escambia County High School,...
Commission eyes new van, workers
The Escambia County (Ala.) Road Department may be adding two part-time employees per work area to help work crews keep up with grass cutting along county rights-of-way. During an administrative workshop Tuesday afternoon, County Engineer Bill...
New Beginnings gets $1,500 grant
New Beginnings Ministries, Inc./Compassion for Brewton has been awarded a 'Thanks for making a difference' grant for $1,500 by the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation. Atmore Attorney Charles R. Godwin nominated New Beginnings for the grant. “We are...
Conecuh named Tide sausage
Conecuh Sausage will be the “Official Smoked Sausage” of the Alabama Crimson Tide starting this fall as announced Monday by Crimson Tide Sports Marketing, the multimedia rights-holder for the University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate...
