News Briefs From Across The State
Parents approved of disciplinary action
A West Amory principal is fighting to get her job back after she was fired for disciplining a student. Even though the student’s parents approved of the action, the school’s superintendent recommended that Leigh Todd be terminated as principal.
WTVA reported that while the school board did not elaborate on how Todd disciplined the student, Todd’s attorney said: “The student’s parents approved of the discipline in advance of its being imposed and had lengthy conversations with Mrs. Todd about what punishment was appropriate.”
Leigh’s attorney’s, Jim Waide and Associates, also said in the statement: “The child’s parents informed the superintendent and the school board that they are pleased with the discipline and that the child’s attitude and behavior dramatically improved after the discipline was imposed. They are grateful to Mrs. Todd for her involvement with their child. The superintendent is interfering with the fundamental right of a parent to control his or her child by attempting to terminate Mrs. Todd.”
The school board said a tentative hearing has been scheduled for April 11 to further discuss the matter.
Man speeds around safety bar; hit by train
A Tupelo man narrowly escaped injury when he tried to drive around the safety cross bar to beat the train and didn’t make it, authorities said. Local news reports said the incident occurred around 9 a.m., on Elizabeth Street, when the man, who was not named, drove around the cross bar.
Traffic was delayed for about 40 minutes until Elizabeth Street was reopened.
Woman kidnapped and assaulted in Clarksdale
Police are looking for a black male suspect who allegedly forced a woman into an apartment at gunpoint and assaulted her. Captain Robbie Linley said the incident occurred about 3:31 p.m., on March 6, in the 2400 block of Sixth Street.
Linley said a person of interest has been taken into custody.
Aberdeen man killed when his truck hits a tree
A 72-year old man was killed on March 25 when authorities said his pick up truck hit a tree in Monroe County. C.L. Webb was pronounced dead at the scene after the coroner said he sustained major head injuries.
Officials said no other vehicles were involved in the wreck.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
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