Etowah DA appointment confirmed

Jody Willoughby

More than two weeks after his name was submitted to the governor’s office by the Executive Committee of the Etowah County Republican Party as its sole recommendation to fill the district attorney’s office, Attorney Jody Willoughby learned Friday that he’d received the appointment.  The death last month of Etowah County District Attorney Jimmie Harp left a vacancy in the office. Supernumerary district attorney James Hedgspeth has been acting district attorney since Harp’s death. The executive committee met in the week after Harp’s death and recommended Willoughby for the appointment.  Willoughby has served as municipal judge in Southside and Glencoe, and as special prosecutor in some municipal court cases.