The West Memphis Public Schools hired a search firm to help find a new superintendent. But the school board ended up finding him literally just down the street.

A majority of the board voted to hire West Memphis High School principal Jon Collins. He recently made news by addressing a violent on-campus crime.

"The only fact we were dealing with was that we had a potential robbery on campus," said Collins in March.

Police later determined a special needs student had allegedly been beaten and raped by three other boys in a bathroom.

"I don't feel like he should have got the job," said parent Keisha Gant.

She recently transferred her daughter from West Memphis to Marion High School.

"Because, I mean, I didn't feel like it was safe for her to be there," said Gant.

OAKLAND, TN- (WMC-TV) - The former Oakland, Tennessee mayor's sentence of one year in jail was suspended by a judge Thursday afternoon.

Scott Ferguson was accused of bigamy, for marrying a second woman while already being married to the mother of his four children.

The former Church of Christ preacher was scheduled to appear in a Marion courtroom at 3 p.m. His appearance was unexpectedly moved to 1 p.m.

Court documents show Ferguson married Migeulina Mora, of Cordova, on Valentine's Day in West Memphis.

"The clerk's office called me to perform a ceremony," said Justice of the Peace Claude Steele. "I went in, picked up the certificate, went and had the ceremony. Everything went great. Then I heard over channel five that there was a mistake made."

After two months, Mora is now asking for a divorce or an annulment.

The search continued Easter weekend for missing 14-year-old Sidney Randall. Unlike previous searches, Sunday's search brought out a record number of volunteers.