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By Atmore News Staff Steppin’ downFolks from around the county expressed surprise over last week’s announcement by Escambia County Administrator Tony Sanks that he would step down May 19 after 28-plus years as the county’s highest-ranking non-elected official and the chief steward of its funds. Tony, who said he was not yet ready for retirement, was born and reared in Atmore, the son of Susan Sanks and the late Tony Sanks…

Bub Gideons presents the charter to Lillie Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore’s Yellow Hats Society, in existence for nearly 20 years, now has an offshoot under which the group will carry out its service projects, and the Atmore Lions Club now has an offshoot that strengthens the international organization’s presence in the Atmore area.The Atmore Yellow Hats Lions Club was formally chartered and its members pinned during a…

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,…