Disagreements over the status of the Pine Hill Police Department led to a councilman pulling out a knife at the recent town council meeting. Councilman Donnie Calhoun was charged with menacing. According to news reports, Brenda Blount of Pine Hill and Calhoun were arguing the matter. Blount had talked to a reporter with the Alabama News Network about her concerns about the future of the police department after Calhoun had suggested shutting it down. Another councilman remarked that he was on the news, too, and Calhoun remarked he was an idiot, “or something like that,” Blount said. Edith Ruffin with...

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