News Briefs From Across The State
Victim failed to yield the right of way
Lee County officials are investigating a three-car accident that left a Ripley man dead. Authorities said 45-year old Brian Chris Allen died at the scene, on Sept. 23, after he failed to yield the right of way on U.S. Highway 348 and Birmingham Ridge Road.
Authorities said Allen failed to yield to an oncoming dump truck and the impact of the collision forced the two vehicles into a third car.
The driver of the dump truck, Jerry Smith, 47, of Tishomingo, was seriously injured and was transported to a hospital for treatment. The third driver was not injured.
Officials with the highway patrol said they will be reconstructing the accident this week as part of their investigation, and do not expect any citations to be issued.
Sunflower police chief quits, while mayor decides to stay
Once again, the town of Sunflower is without a police chief after the current chief, Jimmy Myrick, resigned. Myrick submitted his letter of resignation on Sept. 21, saying he’s taking another job in law enforcement elsewhere.
Myrick is the third police chief to resign the post in Sunflower in less than a year.
Sunflower’s mayor, however, Michael Pembleton, has said that he will stay on as mayor after formally resigning his post to the Sunflower Board of Alderman at a previous meeting.
In his letter of resignation, Pembleton told the board that he was considering another job, but the board did not accept his resignation.
Pembleton, who was elected in 2009, now says he intends to remain in office.
4 clerks trying to stop “write-in” election
Four circuit clerks are reportedly trying to stop a write-in only election on Nov. 2, saying the procedure is improper. A lawsuit was filed last week in Jasper County Circuit Court protesting the election of a central Mississippi judicial post.
The only candidate who signed up to run for the 13th District race was the incumbent judge Robert G. Evans. Evans died of cancer in July, after the qualifying deadline on May 7.
The clerks object to the fact that the state Board of Election Commissioners decided that constituents in Jasper, Covington, Simpson and Smith counties will vote for a new circuit judge by writing a name in a blank space on the ballot.
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