Community
A ‘Likely’ good time
BPL hosts youth, adult summer programs It’s summer fun reading time at the Brewton Public Library, but this year, children won’t be the only ones ...
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Columnists
Graduation, Vietnam, caves
Fifty years ago, in 1967, school was out and kids were on their own as to what to do. Swimming lessons were being taught at ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, June 21, 2017 8:00 am
Features
Culliver ‘finally’ graduates
When Glennie Culliver finished her classes at Jefferson Davis Community College in 1975, she transferred to Troy State University to get her bachelor’s degree so ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, June 21, 2017 5:00 am
Columnists
Beauty, abduction, resignation
Forty-five years ago, in 1972, the Conecuh National Forest was having trouble with vandalism. Two people had been apprehended and arrested for the crime. Dawn ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 8:00 am
Archives
Lambert dedicates life to helping others
Mike Lambert has been working in law enforcement for the past 26 years, and with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department since 2005. He didn’t think ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 5:00 am
Columnists
Better to be safe than sorry
Ten years ago, in 2007, residents from Evergreen to Casleberry to Brewton and all points surrounding this area were made aware of what could happen ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 7:00 am
Archives
Layton makes her creative mark at BES
Sherry Layton is an instructional aide at Brewton Elementary School, a job that she said she enjoys very much. She teaches computer science, but she ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 5:08 am
Columnists
That liquid medicine was terrible
Forty-five years ago, in 1972, the vocational center students constructed a small house as a group project. They learned several types of construction in the ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, May 31, 2017 8:00 am
Archives
McDowell heads back to work as clerk
Alex McDowell has changed his mind about retirement and is now back in the work force, with a new position with the City of Brewton. ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, May 31, 2017 5:05 am
Columnists
You snooze, you lose
Thirty years ago, in 1987, there were several things going on in Brewton. First, the Brewton Police Department was looking for those responsible for vandalism ...