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Operation Centennial Sweep a success
Barbara Layton
Reporter
Newly elected Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger is making a big impact in his first few weeks in office, by holding one of the state’s largest warrant sweeps to date.
Mellinger said the term “centennial” was coined based on the goal of 100 drug targets, distributors and dealers, that the departments set out to catch in Jackson County alone. “We actually exceeded that by coming up with 113 fresh new warrants,” he said.
“Charges vary from methamphetamine to heroin to fentanyl to cocaine to prescription narcotics, marijuana - a little bit of everything and a combination thereof.”
Elected officials take office Jan. 1
By Barbara Layton
Reporter
Several officials were recently sworn in at the Jackson County Courthouse. Offices from Magistrate to Jackson County Sheriff and everything in between will be gaining new faces, and some returning, beginning on Jan. 1, 2021.
Those sworn in to the Magistrate s office include Magistrate Laura Pursley and her assistant Sarah Murray, as well as Magistrate Jackie Casto and her assistant Tamra Melhorn.
Mitch Morrison was sworn in for his second term as Jackson County Commissioner. I want to thank the voters for their confidence in me, Morrison said. I will continue to work to prove that confidence is well founded.