PLAY. WELL, MORE TURMOIL IN THE SMALL CULLMAN COUNTY COMMUNITY AFTER THEIR MAYOR PLEADED GUILTY TO USING HIS OFFICE FOR PERSONAL GAIN. NOW, TWO OTHER LEADERS ARE LEAVING WVTM 13 LISA CRANE LIVE IN LOCAL IN HANCEVILLE. WHO’S LEAVING NOW? LISA. WELL, GUY IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD THE HANCEVILLE CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEF BOTH ANNOUNCED THEIR DEPARTURE FROM THE SMALL HANCEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOW THE INTERIM MAYOR, WHO’S ONLY BEEN IN THAT POSITION SINCE JANUARY. HE IS IN CHARGE OF FINDING THEIR REPLACEMENTS THIS THURSDAY. THE ASSISTANT CHIEF ASKED TO RETIRE ON FRIDAY MORNING. CHIEF HOWELL ASKED TO RESIGN INTERIM HANCEVILLE MAYOR JIM SAWYER HAS BEEN IN THIS DESK ONLY A FEW MONTHS NOW. THE RETIRED SERVICEMEN HAS SOME SERIOUS HIRING AHEAD OF HIM. YOU DON’T SEE THESE, UH, THESE SITUATIONS COMING WHEN YOU LOSE KEY PEOPLE. BUT WE JUST WE WE ALL GET TOGETHER, AND WE, ME AND THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WE’LL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS THAT KEEP US MOVING FORWARD. SAWYER, A LIFELONG HANCEVILLE RESIDENT AND LONGTIME COUNCIL MEMBER, MOVED INTO THIS POSITION IN JANUARY AFTER MAYOR KENNETH NAIL PLEADED GUILTY TO 15 COUNTS OF USING HIS POSITION FOR PERSONAL GAIN, A SHOCK FOR THIS SMALL COMMUNITY. NOW, THE ALMOST 3500 HANCEVILLE RESIDENTS HAVE MORE CHANGES TO DEAL WITH. I THINK IT’S ALWAYS DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, TO STEP IN WHERE THINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE LIKE THEY HAVE, BUT LIKE I SAY, I’VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE. UH, TO HELP ME. AND WE ARE JUST MOVING, MOVING STRAIGHT FORWARD DAY BY DAY. UH MAGE RETAINING THE SAME OPERATIONS WE ALWAYS HAVE PROVIDING FOR OUR CITIZENS. NOW, MAYOR SAWYER HAS APPOINTED ONE OF HUNTSVILLE’S 11 CURRENT POLICE OFFICERS AS INTERIM CHIEF WHILE HE AND THE COUNCIL DECIDE HOW TO MOV