TUPELO • Mayor Todd Jordan has announced his pick for Tupelo’s next fire chief.
On Wednesday, Jordan named Kelly Elliott, a fire chief at the 172nd Airlift Wing in Thompson Field in Jackson, as his choice to lead the Tupelo Fire Department.
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