COLUMN: Barking up the wrong tree I was covering an election for a newspaper in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains some years ago, and that year was marked by a contentious sheriff’s race. The incumbent was a natural ...Read More
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“Well, understand, whoever you guys hire, make sure they’re perfectly clear that they could be a regular patrolman January 1, versus a police chief,” Cook responded.Read More
Council questioned on police chief hiring process MOORESVILLE — Officials in the town of Mooresville are currently on the hunt for a new police chief after the retirement of Danny Allen earlier this year. During the public comments portion of ...Read More
Mooresville Police Commission gets hiring update MOORESVILLE — The Mooresville Metropolitan Police Department has received nine applications for the chief of police position, according to Mooresville Police Commission member Danny Lundy. The town’s former police chief Richard Allen retired from ...Read More
City BZA denies request MARTINSVILLE The Martinsville Board of Zoning Appeals denied a variance for a billboard that was planned along the Ind. 37 corridor, just north of Industrial Drive, during its meeting Tuesday night. Richard Sprague, owner of JR ...Read More
Kohl welcomes Elliott to BZA MARTINSVILLE The Martinsville Board of Zoning Appeals will have a new member when it meets next Tuesday after Martinsville Mayor Shannon Kohl swore in Anna Elliott in the mayor’s office on Tuesday. Elliott has a ...
Read MoreMooresville police commission recognize officers, discuss staffing MOORESVILLE At Thursday’s Mooresville Police Commission meeting, members welcomed a new commissioner and heard a request for more dispatchers, in addition to other business. The commission welcomed Ernie Wilson as a new commissioner ...Read More
Council OKs HR firm to help find new chief MOORESVILLE It was a relatively short meeting on Tuesday night at the Mooresville Government Center as the Mooresville Town Council heard requests from the police department and commission and tended to ...Read More
Yarnell, Julian appointed as acting police chiefs MOORESVILLE The Mooresville Metropolitan Police Commission discussed many changes in the department following the recent retirement of former Mooresville Metropolitan Police Chief Richard Allen. During Thursday night’s meeting, the commission discussed the need ...
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Mooresville Police Commission recognizes officers MOORESVILLE — The Mooresville Metropolitan Police Commission recognized the first officers as part of the newly created Officer Recognition Program for the Mooresville Metropolitan Police Department at Thursday night’s meeting. Officer Mark Bailey was presented ...
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