TUPELO ⢠Jimmy Avery has been named the interim fire chief and will lead the Tupelo Fire Department after Chief Thomas Walker retires at the end of the month.
Avery, 58, is currently the deputy chief of the department. Mayor Jason Shelton appointed him to the interim slot earlier this week, and he was confirmed by the Tupelo City Council on Tuesday night.
âI want to just run the department as it is,â Avery told the Daily Journal. âIâm not going to make any major changes and just want to keep the ship afloat right now.â
Avery was originally born in Nuremberg, Germany, because his father was in the military. He came to Tupelo in 1977 and joined the Tupelo Fire Department in 1988. He has remained employed there since.
TUPELO â¢Â Todd Jordan, the Republican nominee for mayor, will not attend any of outgoing Mayor Jason Sheltonâs state of the city events.
Earlier this week, Shelton announced that he will conduct individual state of the city speeches in each of the cityâs seven wards, in addition to making a state of the city speech at City Hall.
Shelton said he will also allow candidates running for local office to speak at the events.
Jordan, in a statement to the Daily Journal, said because he has spoken to many Tupelo residents about issues and previously participated in candidate forums, he will not attend any of the individual state of the city events.
Tupelo residents, leaders thankful Sundayâs tornado left no casualties
Tupelo community bands together after tornado By Parker King | May 3, 2021 at 7:52 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 8:38 PM
TUPELO, Miss. (WMC) - The city of Tupelo is no stranger to tornados.
Sunday nightâs destruction marked the third time this has happened in eight years, which is how long Mayor Jason Shelton has been in office.
âThe unfortunate benefit of that is weâre battle-tested,â Shelton said âWe have our emergency plan.â
We are in Tupelo covering cleanup operations from the tornado that swept through this area last night. Here on Green Street, several large trees have fallen, some on homes. More this afternoon on @WMCActionNews5pic.twitter.com/BB7mHRsORcâ Parker King (@King Reports) May 3, 2021
Un tornado extremadamente peligroso causa severos daños en el noreste de Mississippi telemundo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from telemundo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.