Flomaton News

We have a followup tonight about the two road crew workers who were injured when a bread truck slammed into their vehicle last week.

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.

The floodwaters that covered parts of our region are subsiding almost as quickly as they arrived.

The images have been pouring into our newsroom this week: homes flooded, cars trapped in standing water, and streets shut down.

The town of Flomaton is also picking up and drying out from Mother Nature. Eight streets in the downtown area were closed down Tuesday afternoon after heavy rainfall.

Flooding in Escambia County, Alabama, reached the small town of Flomaton, where folks are having a hard time just getting in and out of town.

Parts of Flomaton are still underwater tonight.. Channel Three's Jake Peterson is at one intersection that's flooded Manning Boulevard and Pleasant Street.

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.

The trade publication Library Journal awarded the Thomas B. Norton Public Library in Gulf Shores its second highest score in a recent rating of the nation's public libraries.

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.

A cold front will move off shore overnight taking the rain we experienced Monday with it.

BREWTON, Ala. - Escambia County Sheriff's deputies arrested school board member Richard Hawthorne on Friday after a grand jury indicted the former corrections officer on seven charges in connection with allegations that he fondled female inmates under his control, according to Escambia County Sheriff Grover Smith.

Frasier Theron Galloway and Virginia White Galloway have lived in Athens for almost forty years and are celebrating their 60th Anniversary.

Jay Hospital Employee Foundation awarded three college-bound students $1,000 scholarships to help with school expenses.

Cattle rustling is on the rise in Alabama. One Flomaton farmer found that out the hard way earlier this month.

Cattle rustling is on the rise in Alabama. One Flomaton farmer found that out the hard way earlier this month.