Starkville aldermen rejected a temporary donation of office space from former Chief Administrative Officer Lynn Spruill Tuesday despite Starkville Police Chief Frank Nichols saying his department needs additional space ahead of police station renovations.
Starkville Police Department operations are expected to be divvied up between six off-site locations -- two substations, Fire Station No. 5, the Sportsplex annex, leased Synergetics space and City Hall -- while its headquarters are renovated
Carl Smith covers Starkville and Oktibbeha County for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter @StarkDispatch
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