Rushing is a Crittenden County Sheriff's Deputy, but most of his salary was paid for by the school system and the City of Marion. The county paid $6,000 annually, or one-quarter of his salary.
The county cannot afford to pick up the balance, so the sheriff's department will have to lay off one of its three road deputies. Sheriff Wayne Agent has not disclosed which deputy will be released.
Get details to this and other stories in this week's Crittenden Press.
