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Lions Club District Governor Bub Gideons, Alabama Lions District 34-C Atmore Lions President-elect Chuck Brooks, at right, and an out-of-town visitor pick up litter along Hwy 31. Local Lions Kenny Smith, Jennifer Sanders and Renee Hardy, second, third and fourth from left, pose with out-of-town visitors during the canned food drive. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer More than 100 Alabama Lions left Atmore Saturday and Sunday, reportedly taking with them…

AFD Chief Ron Peebles, second from left, talks with a Walnut Hill firefighter as the helicopter lifts off in the background. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore fire and rescue personnel were dispatched around 2:20 p.m. Thursday, April 28, to 8181 Fla. Highway 97, about 7 miles inside the Florida line, when Walnut Hill volunteers reported that the driver of a wrecked Chevy Malibu was trapped inside the car.…

Members of ECHS’s Class 4A state runner-up basketball team posed with State Rep. Alan Baker, who paid for the individual plaques each received. Shown, from left, front, Hakeem Johnson, Anthony McCants, Terrence McNeil Jr., Head Coach Layton Knight, Rep. Baker, Coach John Jones, LaCarlos Thomas; back, Connor McPherson, Coach Eddie Kyle, Coach Keyon Thompson, Stephen Williams, Coach Quentin Higgins, Sheldon Williams. From left, Kike Pettaway and Forrest Jones were hired…

Task force finds rock cocaine, pot; other drugs hidden in chili cans Williams By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer State and local drug agents conducted a late-night raid last week that resulted in the confiscation of varying amounts of illicit substances, including some hidden in chili cans, and enough of one substance to draw a trafficking charge.Atmore Police Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that Keith Lamor Williams, 48, of Atmore was arrested…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer While most of his classmates will have all summer to dream about their futures as adults, former Flomaton High School quarterback Zeb Vickery will start living his dream just three days after he’s handed his diploma on May 26.The 6-foot-2, 195-pound athlete recently accepted a “preferred walk-on” role with the University of Alabama Birmingham football team but changed his mind when a similar offer came…