Beege Welborn

And if you're thinking the name in this ghastly and frankly mysterious incident sounds familiar, maybe it's because you read my post last week...

...Today, McColl sits with a smidge over two thousand people living in the city. It lost almost a fifth of its population in the decades between the 2000 (2,498 people, 981 households, and 669 families residing in the town.) and 2020 (2,070 people, 812 households, and 537 families residing in the town.) censuses. So, you can see the trajectory for growth isn't optimal.

And while there seems to be some stirrings of interest as far as smaller businesses coming back to the little town and its undeniable quaint charm, recent news makes one wonder how long that will last.

It seems to me folks contemplating a move would be asking why the entire police force of a teensy little place walks out... 

The little town had six police chiefs in four years and two walkouts of their entire department.

At the time, the information that Mayor Garner was under investigation by the state hadn't been made available yet.

Another wrinkle to what's shaping up to a real Southern gothic kind of mystery.