MILLINGTON, TN- (WMC-TV) – After a turbulent few months at Millington City Hall, things are finally beginning to settle down.

Millington's interim mayor said city leaders are beginning to re-focus after their former leader was at the center of a TBI investigation.

Interim mayor Linda Carter has been in office now less than a month.

"We're healing, we are healing," she said. "Everyone pulls together, we've all pulled together and I believe God puts things in out path to allow us to be better later on and that's what He's done for us."

On the city council for twenty years, Linda Carter had been out of public office three years when friends called and asked her to throw her name in the hat for the mayor's job.

Carter will serve as interim mayor the remainder of this year.

She took office in mid-January after embattled mayor Richard Hodges announced his retirement.

The battle over the Shelby County District Attorney seat will be between two women.

Former Memphis Mayoral candidate Carol Chumney is the only person challenging current D.A. Amy Weirich for the position.

March 6th is the primary and the August second is the county general election.

The winner would serve the remaining two years left in Bill Gibbons' term.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam came to Memphis on Monday, May 23, to celebrate what's right with local government.

Rotary Club of Memphis East presented its 8th annual Bobby Dunavant Public Servant Awards to Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich and Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell.

The new governor praised the mayor and DA for being people of integrity.

"In truth, elected or appointed government officials have all kinds of choices to make once they're in office from who they hire to how they spend the taxpayers' money," he said. "No matter how many laws we pass or oversight we put into place, honesty makes all the difference."