Brewton News

Aside from the missing carpet, there wasn't much hint Wednesday that customers at The Treasure Chest would have been walking through water up to their knees a week earlier.

Dec. 22 - Officials estimated last week's rain and flooding in Escambia County, Ala., caused nearly $6 million in damage.

The flood recovery in southern Alabama began in earnest today... Teams from FEMA and the small business administration hit the ground for damage assessments.

Business owners took a hit and schools closed Tuesday after flash floods dumped a foot of water in the Brewton area in a few hours Monday night, turning downtown streets into fast-moving torrents.

Gov. Bob Riley plans to visit areas in Brewton that were damaged by flooding earlier this week.

Floodwaters in Escambia County Alabama were receding Wednesday, but one area was still dealing with a major problem.

LOCAL 15 News is in Brewton, Ala. today as people use the reprieve from the rain to clean up from flooding.

The Alabama Forestry Commission took aerial photos of the flooding in Brewton and Flomaton on December 15, 2009.

They say the rain has caused widespread flooding and road closures. The Press-Register reports that Terry C. Wilhite, spokesman for the Baldwin County public schools, says classes will go on as scheduled Tuesday, but bus service may be curtailed in some areas.

Escambia County Sheriff Grover Smith said Atmore Director of Public Safety Glenn Carlee deserved credit for a daring rescue on Deer Creek Road overnight.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EVERGREEN... ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BREWTON... * UNTIL 1015 PM CST * AT 720 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND ...

RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES COUNTY WIDE AND UP TO 4 INCHES LOCALLY IN SOME AREAS HAS OCCURRED IN THE LAST 18 HOURS...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER OVER MANY ROADS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...GENERALLY FROM MOBILE COUNTY IN ALABAMA TO NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA THEN NORTH AND EAST OVER PARTS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN ALABAMA.

"The Highs and Lows of Dining" December 10th-- When you walk into a restaurant and you see a relatively high score on the wall, you instantly feel at ease.

In an area where severe dog abuse has generated headlines, an Escambia County couple left $200,000 in their will for animal care at the local shelter.

The Brewton Standard : A group of 47 women spanning a five-county area are working toward making Christmas merry for nearly 500 residents in the area.

Downtown Jay will be blocked off and packed with people shuffling through arts and crafts booths looking for the perfect Christmas presents, listening to live music and awaiting the annual Christmas parade that strolls down Commerce Street.

A University of Montevallo freshman and Sparkman High School graduate died in a multi-car accident Monday night.

Two brothers died in a two-vehicle collision Friday afternoon on a residential street in Guntersville, police said.

'Big Brother is watching.' When I was forced to read Orwell's book, 1984 was still 12 or 13 years in the future.

Two men were killed in a car crash in Guntersville Friday afternoon. Police say 25-year-old Jonathon Corley Pendleton of Brewton and 23-year-old Sean Christopher Pendleton of Guntersville were killed at the scene when the Mazda RX-8 they were riding in crashed into a Ford Ranger truck.