The upside of the latest Miller County Sheriff’s Department news could only be framed positively by a somewhat negative characterization: one down, one to go. The former took too long and the latter is way overdue.

Chief Deputy Tommy Hollin resigned Friday, a little more than three months before incoming Sheriff Ron Stovall would have shown him the door. A departure then would have been about professionalism, not political partisanship.

Hollin never has been certified for the job. He held it because Sheriff Linda Rambo wanted someone she trusted and was able to convince...

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