Oktibbeha supes to hold public hearing on potential juvenile curfew
The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to discuss the possibility of enacting a juvenile curfew within the county.
Brett Watson
Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Brett Watson presented a potential curfew plan to the board Monday. He gained inspiration for the ordinance after examining multiple juvenile curfews across the state and said he believes the plan will help diminish some of the juvenile misconduct in the area.
“We at the sheriff’s department are looking at this as a way to encounter these folks that are out walking late at night when they shouldn’t be,” Watson said. “It’ll give us an opportunity to encounter them in a legal way.”
Oktibbeha supes consider four finalists for new county administrator
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY The board of supervisors could hire a new county administrator as soon as this week.
After receiving 24 applications for the position, supervisors interviewed four finalists in a special-call open session Monday. However, county officials did not alert the media about the meeting, nor were the interviews livestreamed or posted later on the county’s YouTube channel even though most supervisors’ meetings in the last two years have been.
Emily Garrard
The new county administrator will replace Emily Garrard, who is retiring in June after seven years in that position and 18 total working for the county.
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