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Tips for hunters to enhance land throughout year
Deer season 2020 is in the books and turkey season just came to a gobbling close. An Alabama Cooperative Extension System forestry, wildlife and natural resource management regional agent said many hunters ignore their hunting properties through the...
Board gets OK on graduations
The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education approved several issues at its video conference meeting Thursday and heard updates from the School superintendent, including a revised protocol that allow...
Council approves chaplain program
The Flomaton Town Council has given Police Chief Chance Thompson permission to proceed with a volunteer chaplain program with the only expense to the town being about $400 per year to provide...
Court back in session
Atmore District Court was in session Monday and Flomaton Municipal Court will resume its normal schedule in June on the first and third Tuesdays of each month after the Alabama Supreme Court lifted...
Board OKs personnel changes
The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education approved the following personnel changes at its Thursday, May 14 meeting. The changes are as follows: Resignation James Rogers, assistant band director...
Three die in two-car crash
A driver and passenger have both died since a two-vehicle crash that happened last Sunday on Highway 21 claimed the life of one of the passengers at the scene. Keshia Stallworth, 26, was killed when...
Murder charged in shooting
An investigation into the May 9 shooting death of Tyler Dawayne Lisenby, 22, led to the arrest Friday of Rufus Evans III on murder charges. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson said deputies were...
Husband charged after wife kills self
A Brewton man, whose wife took her own life on Tuesday, May 14, was arrested Monday on domestic violence charges for allegedly beating her three days before she committed suicide. Donnie H. Polk Jr.,...
Bond is revoked
An Atmore man who was being held on $500,000 bond at the Escambia County Detention Center on kidnapping charges following an April standoff with police is now being held without bond after his...
Royce seeking a seat on council
Richard Royce has spent his life in public service as a firefighter and a sheriff's deputy. The Brewton resident now wants to take that public service to another level as he announced he will be a...
Libraries slowly opening in area
Most area libraries have opened or remain open and offer patrons access, although certain social distancing guidelines according to state and local health official are still in place during the...
Burn Advisory
The Alabama Forestry Commission placed Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia and Mobile counties under a burn advisory Wednesday morning. Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton said while it's not a burn ban, he joins the forestry commission in encouraging people...
FES Kindergarten Registration
Kindergarten Pre-Registration for Flomaton Elementary School information for students who live in Flomaton School District only: Because students and general public are not allowed on campus, the county has provided a convenient link to pre-register...
EB man jailed for child porn
An East Brewton man was arrested Monday on five counts of possession of child pornography after nude and semi-nude photos of girls as young as 8-years old were found on his cell phone and included a v...
Albritton says virus used to push politics
Alabama State Sen. Greg Albritton said some factions in Montgomery are trying to use the coronavirus to push political agendas with the expansion of Medicaid at the top of the list. "One of our left...
Flomaton to give out food Saturday
The town of Flomaton will be giving away food again beginning at 10 a.m. this Saturday at the Flomaton Community Center on McCurdy Street. As with past giveaways, cars should come down Ringold...
Warrants signed in Flomaton stealing
Warrants have been signed for the arrest of a Flomaton man for stealing a trailer and Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thompson said an investigation is continuing and other charges may be forthcoming....
Council approves in-house waste water testing
In a move to get more accurate readings and to save the town money down the road, the Flomaton Town Council voted Monday afternoon to borrow $27,500 from its line of credit to begin doing...
Walnut Hill man charged
A Walnut man who had an active warrant now faces a felony drug count for meth when officers discovered the suspect passed out in his vehicle last Thursday. Jerry Anthony Wood, 47, 8001 Jakes Road,...
Food distributions in Jay
The town of Jay, in partnership with Feeding the Gulf Coast and Safer Santa Rosa, will host a food distribution at 9 a.m., Thursday, May 14, at Bray-Hendricks Park, located at 5259 Booker Lane. Participants will need to show their driver's license...
Flomaton town council eyes money to fix well
The Flomaton Town Council voted Monday afternoon to go to its line of credit to borrow $117,680 to repair the pump on the water tank on Highway 113 that failed, which prompted the town to purchase...
Maverick will shutdown
A call into the Jay town council on May 4 confirmed that Maverick Natural Resource on Oil Well Road will be temporarily shutting down due to COVID-19 and OPEC oil price decreases. Austin Tramell,...
Century works on well
Last week, the well at Century Correctional Institute (CCI) off Tedder Road began failing and the town of Century's other wells could not provide adequate water to the facility. In response, the town...
Coastal Alabama transitioned to online learning
Throughout the COVID-19 global pandemic, Coastal Alabama Community College has been at the forefront of response, not only in advocacy of its thousands of students, but the greater communities they live in. And in mid-March, when the College’s on-c...
Huntingdon honors area students
Prior to the COVID-19 disruption, the Huntingdon College Office of Student Affairs and Office of College and Alumni Relations were preparing to host the inaugural Huntingdon College Leadership Convocation to honor the thousands of hours of time,...
