New judge in Leflore county 12-29-2010

A SPECIAL COURT SESSION WAS HELD WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER LEFLORE COUNTY JUDGE TOOK AN OATH OF OFFICE. JUDGE W.M. SANDERS RECEIVED HER ROBE AND GAVEL AS SHE PREPARES TO STEP INTO HER NEW POSITION AS CHANCELLERY JUDGE FOR LEFLORE COUNTY. SANDERS WAS SWORN IN THIS AFTERNOON BY LEFLORE COUNTY CHANCERY JUDGE JON BARNWELL. JUDGE SANDERS WILL BE THE FIRST TO SERVE IN THIS NEW POSITION CREATED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO OFFSET CASE LOAD WITHIN THE COUNTY.  THE JUDGE ELECT WILL NOW SERVE THE SEVENTH DISTRICT.  SANDERS MOST RECENTLY SERVED SIX YEARS AS THE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE FOR THE CITY OF GREENWOOD.