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Starkville on track to become Main Street community July 29, 2010
TIM PRATT The city of Starkville could soon become a Mississippi Main Street community, which would give the city additional tools to promote economic development downtown. The Starkville Visitors & Convention Council, a member agency of the Greater Starkville Development Partner-ship, committed funds last week in their monthly advisory board meeting for […]
Drug cases dominate Circuit Court docket July 29, 2010
TIM PRATT Drug cases dominated much of the action Tuesday in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court as a handful of drug dealers were sentenced to lengthy terms in the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Sixteenth Circuit Judge Jim Kitchens sentenced Ladreleous Hogan to a combined 20 years in the MDOC after he pleaded guilty to one count [...] […]
Retailers ‘pumped’ about tax holiday July 29, 2010
KRISTIN MAMRACK Area retailers are getting ready for Mississippi’s second annual tax-free shopping weekend. From 12:01 a.m. Friday to midnight Saturday, sales tax will not be collected on purchases of clothing or footwear items, excluding certain items, priced under $100. Shoppers at JC Penney in Leigh Mall will find the store open extended hours, from [...] […]
Summit aims to help youth make good choices July 29, 2010
PAUL SIMS In seventh grade, a young man entered a school in Hattiesburg, flashing gang symbols and saying “What up, cuz?” Before he went into eighth grade, he smoked marijuana after leaving Vacation Bible School. “He had a Bible under his left hand and a joint in his right hand,” the speaker said. By the [...] […]
Suspect in late Feb. shooting to stand trial July 29, 2010
BRIAN HAWKINS A 21-year-old Starkville man is now facing trial in connection with the late February shooting of a man that stemmed from a conflict at a nightclub in another county. Dionte Doss, whose last known address was 709 Roundhouse Road, was arraigned in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court Tuesday on a Grand Jury indictment on [...] […]