Springfield Picks Interim Mayor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) -- Springfield aldermen have selected a new mayor to replace the deceased Timothy Davlin.
Ald. Frank Edwards will serve as interim mayor until elections in April. He replaces Davlin, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Dec. 14.
The law gave the council 60 days to select an interim mayor. But The Springfield State Journal-Register reported that aldermen said they needed someone in place sooner because of the serious budget issues the city is facing.
On the day he committed suicide, Davlin, 53, had been scheduled to appear in court to address questions about his handling of the estate of a cousin who died in 2003.
Davlin had been mayor of the city with 120,000 residents since April 2003.
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