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By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Atmore City Council took care of just one business item, the reappointment of Dr. Hugh Long to the city housing board, during the group’s Monday, March 13, meeting but also heard an update from city attorney Larry Wettermark on the progress of the city’s annexation plan.“He’s been on that housing board since it’s been a housing board,” said Mayor Jim Staff of the local…

Andy Andrews By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer “Remember, you can’t believe everything you think.”Noted author Andy Andrews, who has written 26 fiction and non-fiction books, used that statement as a theme as he delivered life lessons cloaked in humor to the March 9 gathering of United Bank’s Joint Advisory Committee members and their guests at Wind Creek’s main conference room.Andrews’s books contain a hodgepodge of stories about the choices individuals…

Child death probe continues Rounsavall By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer City police detectives waited this week for autopsy results as they continued their investigation into the February 27 death of a 2-year-old child who was left for several hours inside his father’s truck.The autopsy is being conducted by scientists with the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. According to the AFDS website, the postmortem exam could take “from 4-6 weeks.”Shawn Rounsavall,…

Bush By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police announced last Friday, March 3, the arrest of a Baldwin County man who was involved in the February 26 shooting that took place at the McDonald’s on South Main Street.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that Christopher Bush, 31, of Bay Minette — against whom the victim had obtained a protective order — is charged with three counts of felony domestic…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police investigators continued this week their probe into the February 20 shooting death of a local teen. City detectives are awaiting the results of an autopsy conducted by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences on the body of the victim, 16-year-old Janyia Wilson.Wilson, a sophomore member of Escambia County High School’s volleyball team, was laid to rest Saturday at Stallworth Cemetery following a service…