HERNANDO, Miss. — Black History Month celebrations often look back, however looking forward in DeSoto County, Miss. shows history being made not just by a title, but by a lifetime of service, sacrifice, and belief in the next generation.
WREG’s Alex Coleman introduces Sheriff Thomas Tuggle, the first Black man elected to the office in modern county history. A leader who said progress isn’t about forgetting the past, it’s about building something better together.
In DeSoto County, Mississippi, Thomas Tuggle is known as a non-nonsense sheriff…