
Alcohol issue on June ballot in Philadelphia
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PHILADELPHIA, Miss. - A citywide referendum on liquor sales will appear on the June 4 general election ballot in Philadelphia.The Neshoba Democrat reports ( https://bit.ly/11VjyJq) that the board of aldermen set the date after being presented with a petition with 1,014 names certified in the city clerk's office.State law allows county seats and towns of more than 5,000 people to vote ...
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Rural Physicians program gets new director
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JACKSON, Miss. - Jennifer Wahnee Sherman has been named executive director of the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.The program was created in 2008 to address Mississippi's shortage of primary care physicians in rural areas by awarding state-funded scholarships to medical students committed to practicing back in their ...
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Howell awaits death row decision
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NEW ALBANY - High drama and legal fireworks came fast and furious this week as death row inmate Marlon Howell seeks a new trial in the 2000 death of newspaper carrier David Pernell.As the three-day hearing closed about 4 p.m. Friday, specially appointed Judge Samac Richardson of Rankin County took all the issues and testimony under advisement, saying he'll try to make a decision in a few ...
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Hinds hosts traveling Lincoln exhibit
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RAYMOND, Miss. - A traveling exhibit on Abraham Lincoln's presidency will arrive at the Hinds Community College campus in Raymond in August.The McLendon Library will host the exhibit "Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War" starting Aug. 12 through Sept. 20. The exhibit examines how Lincoln used the Constitution to confront secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime ...
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$130M OK?d for Clay County tire plant
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Sen. Angela Turner, D-West Point, center ,joins other lawmakers in applauding an appearance by Gov. Phil Bryant after passing legislation for an incentive package that could be worth more than $330 million to bring a tire plant to Clay County, Friday, April 26, 2013 at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (The Associated ...
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Spears named to lead Eurocopter in Columbus
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COLUMBUS, Miss. - Mike Spears, who has worked more than 25 years at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. In Troy, Ala., has been named head of American Eurocopter's Lakota helicopter production facility in Lowndes County.Spears succeeds Fred Gerard, who has served as senior director of the Lakota production and retrofit unit since the program's 2006 inception. Gerard has accepted a position with ...
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Specialty tag for Lincoln Co. school
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BROOKHAVEN, Miss. - The Lincoln County School District is looking for 300 patrons who want to display their school spirit by buying a specialty car tag.The Daily Leader reports ( https://bit.ly/18vRXzb) that the tag for Enterprise Attendance Center was approved this year by the Legislature.While the school district will work out the design of the plates with the Mississippi Department of Revenue, ...
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City snuffs smoking ban expansion
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MCCOMB, Miss. - The McComb Board of Selectmen has voted down a proposed ordinance that would ban smoking in all public workplaces in the city.The Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition had proposed the ordinance. The Enterprise-Journal reports ( https://bit.ly/16DZZac) that the board voted 5-0 this week against the ordinance.The city already has an ordinance on the books that bans smoking in most ...
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