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Wreck injures two from Century
A wreck on US Highway 29 and Whirlpool Road Tuesday evening involving a motorcycle and a moped resulted in two Century residents being Life Flighted to the hospital with critical injuries. James...
Grant money to help water system
The Ridge Road Water System will soon go through some major upgrades after the Escambia County Commission agreed to seek a $350,000 Community Development Block Grant on behalf of the city of Brewton....
Video game tourney set for Saturday
Anyone who loves to play video games, especially Fortnite, an interactive online video game, is invited to the compete in the 2nd annual Flomaton Lions Club Video Game Tournament from 2 p.m. to 5...
Atmore pool offers swimming, diving lessons
For those in the Atmore area who need a place to cool off this summer, or learn to swim and dive, the Tom Byrne Park Pool opened for public swimming May 28 and will be open from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and Tuesday and Thursday...
Coastal Gateway EDA executive earns diploma
Will Ruzic, executive director of Coastal Gateway Regional Economic Development Alliance, recently completed the Advanced Economic Development Leadership (AEDL) program held in Kansas City, Mo. AEDL is a two-week executive education course developed...
Burnt Corn Creek Run a success
Kevin Thompson of Pensacola defended his title in the second annual Burnt Corn Creek Run by winning the elite 4-mile run through the swamps, the creeks and other obstacles with a time of 38:54.69...
Century woman jailed after tip
A tip about a possible drug transaction in East Brewton led to the arrest of two Century residents on drug charges. Apollonia Burt, 31, 13 George Ave., and Fred Hall, 51, 50 West Pond St., were both...
Jay working to meet ultimatum
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a three-month ultimatum to the Town of Jay to finish any renovations and repairs of the livestock market, according to Jay Operations Manager...
Are Century gas workers qualified?
Last May, CPA Robert Hudson asked the Century Council to allow monthly for five months for $5,000 to come from the big trash pick-up and $7,000 to come from the special revenue go into the struggling...
Century library taking a trip on the 'Universe of Stories'
Last Friday, May 31, Century area children and adults got to experiment too see how the surface of the moon was made and see real moon rocks and meteorite samples and explore lunar science and cosmic...
Run in the mud this Saturday in Brewton
More than 300 runners from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas will be in Brewton this weekend to compete in Saturday's Burnt Corn Creek Run through the woods, through the...
Century agrees to pay audit cost
The Century Council voted Monday to approve to pay $9,000 beyond the $21,000 submitted by auditing firm Warren Averett, allowing Mayor Henry Hawkins to sign an engagement letter to begin the town's...
Brewton gears up for Blueberry fest
The 39th annual Alabama Blueberry Festival will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 15, at historic downtown Brewton in Jennings Park. The festival features homemade blueberry foods...
Alger-Sullivan fundraising yard sale
The Alger Sullivan Historical Society (ASHS) in Century will host its annual yard this Saturday, June 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the corner of 4th Street and Jefferson Avenue, in the...
Flomaton eyes code plan
Is Smart Growth America's Form Based Code a good fit to move Flomaton forward economically? That question may be answered at a meeting scheduled for 1 p.m. today (Thursday) at Flomaton Town Hall....
Jay OKs full-time, pay raise
The Jay town council voted Monday night to approve hiring part-time billing clerk April Watson as a full-time employee and one pay raise for town maintenance worker Kevin Herrman with discussion of a...
Two Century men arrested
A call to the Flomaton Police Department dispatch Sunday about a possible intoxicated driver ended with multiple charges agains the two Century residents that included drugs, contraband and a weapon....
Temple ceases operation
On Tuesday, Georgia-Pacific officials told employees at Temple, a particle board plant in Monroeville, that the company’s composite panels segment will cease production operations in 60 to 90 days. Temple currently has 95 employees. GP also...
Monroeville man drowns
Franklin James Banks, II, 20, of Monroeville drowned at Desoto State Park near Fort Payne in northeast Alabama Friday afternoon. Banks graduated from from Monroe County High School in 2016 where he was a decorated athlete and student. He was pursuing...
Summer food program set
The Escambia County (Ala.) Summer Feeding Program began last Tuesday, June 4 and will continue through Friday, June 28, 2019. Monday through Thursday, breakfast will be served from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Escambia County High School, Escambia County...
Pollard McCall sets honor roll
Pollard-McCall Jr. High announces their A and A-B honor roll students for the fourth nine weeks. The students’ names are as follows: All A's First Grade: Alex Bryant, Skipman Fountain, Logan Golden, Annelise Kent, Raghen Morris, Isaac White and...
Atmore VFW kicks off art contest
Atmore Memorial VFW Auxiliary to Post 7016 announces the kick-off of their 3rd Annual Summer Patriotic Art Poster Contest. Children ages 4-15 have the opportunity to compete for prize money in four age categories: 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, and 13-15. The...
County helps kick off census 2020
More than 200 Alabama city leaders, county commissioners and others including representatives from Escambia County joined Gov. Kay Ivey last week as she officially kicked off a year-long effort to...
Reading at First Baptist Day Care
Jean Dean, a representative of the Reading Is Fundamental Project, read to the preschoolers at Flomaton First Baptist Day Care, Wed., May 22. Dean also is a partner with the Kiwanis Program and...
No arrests in Atmore shootings
Although no arrests have been made in the May 18 shootings in Atmore that left one person dead and eight injured, a social media post of the birthday bash at the old Escambia County Middle School...
