Month: October 2022

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Five members of the Escambia County Board of Education took care of two housekeeping items during a special meeting held Monday, October 17, at Flomaton High School. But there was only one item discussed during the work session that followed.The five BOE members (District 2’s Danny Benjamin and District 1’s Kevin Hoomes were unable to attend) listened as solutions were offered to one of the…

The driver of a tractor-trailer rig was not injured when a northbound CSX freight train slammed into the rear of his trailer around 10:30 a.m. last Friday, October 14, at the Industrial Drive crossing. The trucker, who drives for Big Creek Farms Hauling in Grand Bay, told CSX investigators he had no warning of the oncoming train. The trailer slid onto the U.S. 31 roadside, taking out a crossing signal…

U.S. 31 South traffic was rerouted for about three hours last Friday, October 14, after a dump truck with a load of pea gravel and dirt overturned near B&G Storage, then two trailing dump trucks collided. The lead truck ran off the road and lost its load around 8:15 a.m., causing the second to stop suddenly, in turn causing the third to rear-end the second. Traffic was diverted around the…

City of Atmore employee Forrest Phillips operates a front-end loader to clean out the northern ditch along Hollis Street Monday, October 17, as Woodrow Lawrence waits to take a truckload of debris to the landfill. The work marks the beginning of a citywide effort to clean out clogged ditches. Mayor Jim Staff said the ditch work would consist of ditches being cleaned out along one street in each of four…