Campanella: Oktibbeha EMA ‘did everything we could’ to prepare for COVID-19
2020 was already a “very busy year” for the Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Agency before the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, EMA Director Kristen Campanella told the Starkville Rotary Club at its virtual Monday meeting.
Campanella lands OCEMA director job
Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Agency’s long-serving deputy director, Kristen Campanella, will now lead the agency she joined 16 years ago.
Phelps retiring from OCEMA, constable positions
Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Agency Director and District 1 Constable Shank Phelps is retiring from his two positions effective July 1.
Starkville storm shelter project halved, expected next year
An anticipated 20,000-square-foot Starkville storm shelter project has been scaled down to half of its original size, Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Agency Director Shank Phelps said.
911 purchase delay could open doors for city-county partnership
A delay in purchasing new 911 equipment for the Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Association could provide time for county and city leaders to explore creating a central dispatching call center.
Supervisors approve 911 purchases ahead of building switch
Oktibbeha County supervisors Monday approved a $520,000 plan to fully furnish and upgrade the county education building for 911 and emergency management usage next year.
School supe: Building split ‘does not meet intent of law’
A July letter addressed to supervisors from Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District Superintendent Lewis Holloway says the county’s decision to split the use of the former Oktibbeha County School District’s administrative home between the new district and emergency management “does not meet the intent” of law approved by legislators.
School building-use squabble continues
Oktibbeha County supervisors thought they had reached a mutually beneficial arrangement by splitting the usage of its Main Street education building between emergency management and the new Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District until they read newspaper quotes from Superintendent Lewis Holloway saying he would fight for additional space.
New school district, OCEMA to share facility
The short-term future of Oktibbeha County School District’s administrative home was decided Wednesday as supervisors voted 3-2 to temporarily split the Main Street facility between the upcoming Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District and Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Agency.
Phelps named emergency management director
Shank Phelps, who serves as an elected constable and sheriff’s deputy, can add another job to his ever-growing resume: emergency management director.