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Century eyes tenant for vacant building
In a vote of 4 to 1, the Century Town Council Tuesday night approved Mayor Ben Boutwell to negotiate lease terms with a company interested in setting up warehouse distribution and eventually manufactu...
Johnson, Abraham get council seats
The Century Town Council Monday night swore in re-elected council member Sandra McMurray Jackson, making a forum, then nominated and voted in two interim council members, Alicia Johnson and Shelisa...
Girl dies when car hits school
A 21-year old Atmore woman, who recently moved to the area from Georgia, was killed in a single-vehicle vehicle crash early Friday morning after her 2015 Ford Fusion left Highway 31 and slammed into...
No pistol permit is required after Jan. 1
Beginning Jan. 1 residents in Alabama will no longer be required to have a permit to carry a concealed weapon with the state joining 21 others that no longer require permits or background checks. The...
FHS grad jailed on felony sex charges
A 2022 graduate of Flomaton High School was arrested Friday, Dec. 16 on warrants served by the Atmore Police Department charging the 18-year old with felony counts of sodomy I and sexual abuse I....
Jan. 2 is deadline for property taxes
Due to Dec. 31 falling on a Saturday and Monday, Jan. 2 being observed at the New Year's holiday, Tuesday, Jan. 3, is the deadline to pay property taxes in Escambia County (Ala.) to avoid penalties...
Century man shot and killed
The mother of a Century man who was shot to death last Thursday in Frisco City is seeking answers and says Frisco City nor Monroe County law enforcement officials have reached out to her and that she...
Be careful with freezing temps
Christmas will be here Sunday, but Winter Storm Elliott is expected to arrive late Thursday or Friday possibly sending temperatures into single digits with windchill factors below zero. Escambia...
Century will select 2 to fill vacancies
The Century Town Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2, at town hall to fill two vacancies on the council after Leonard White resigned his District 3 seat and James Smith did not qualify for...
Jay garbage rates to increase Jan. 1
The Jay Council Monday night approved to renew its garbage contract with Adam’s Sanitation that contains an adjustment to garbage rates pursuant to the franchise agreement, capped for Jay area...
Schools shut down over hoax
Flomaton schools, along with other schools across the state of Alabama and the nation, were put under lockdown Tuesday morning after receiving calls that an active shooter was on the individual...
Flomaton OKs one-time $400 step raise
Employees with the town of Flomaton will get a Christmas bonus of sorts after the town council voted Tuesday afternoon to give all employees a $400 one-time step raise. Mayor Pro tem Jim Johnson,...
Wiggins re-elected as board chairman
Raymond Wiggins was elected to serve another year as chairman of the Escambia County Commission and the board also elected Larry White to serve as vice chairman during Monday's county commission...
Taylor pleads guilty, gets life
Just prior to seating a jury last Thursday for the capital murder trial of Jonathan Michael Taylor, Taylor pleaded guilty to murdering Cory Brian Moncrief on March 15, 2015. Under the plea agreement,...
Lopez pleads on Alabama charge
Former Flomaton Police Officer Issac Lopez pleaded guilty to felony ethics charges Monday in Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Court and still faces felony charges of trafficking methamphetamine in Escam...
Blackmon files suit over Conecuh raceClaims illegal votes cast in sheriff's race
Republican challenger Mike Blackmon has filed suit challenging the results of the Nov. 8 General Election which showed him losing to incumbent Democratic Sheriff Randy Brock by two votes following a...
Jay regrouping after prices spike on city's park
The Jay Town Council Monday night approved Dewberry Engineering to determine a plan to downsize its Bray-Hendricks Park renovation due to recent cost increases in construction, following a town...
Two jailed for child sex abuse
An Atmore man and a Bay Minette man are being held in the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton on separate sodomy charges against children in Atmore ages 12 and 15. Erick Dailey, 51, 105...