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GSDP banquet looks back on city’s history January 26, 2012
STEVEN NALLEY The Greater Starkville Development Partnership will hold its annual banquet Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Mississippi State University’s Hunter Henry Center. The theme of this year’s banquet is “Starkville: Then and Now,” and Austin Shafer, GSDP vice president of membership and the chamber of commerce, said the theme will manifest in the form [...] […]
Presley: Water associations must send PSC bylaws January 26, 2012
NATHAN GREGORY Seven water associations in Oktibbeha County were listed in a report by Mississippi Public Service Northern District Commissioner Brandon Presley as not having submitted their corporate bylaws to the public service commission. The deadline to have bylaws submitted is Friday at 5 p.m. Presley said all associations which fail to meet the deadlin […]
Jury sides with city on easement amount January 26, 2012
COLLEEN MCCARTHY A jury ruled in favor of the city of Starkville in an eminent domain case against a local man yesterday at the Oktibbeha County Courthouse. The city brought a case against J. Prate Montgomery Sr. to determine the amount he should be compensated for two easements on his property for the installation of [...] […]
Starkville Northside residents: Snakes alive! January 20, 2012
David Miller St. Patrick and his power to banish snakes are needed after the Starkville Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday against a measure that would have resolved flooding and creepy-crawly issues along Northside Drive by the end of this year. Northside Drive, off J.W. Mosely Drive in Ward 7, has a storm ditch that’s badly [...] […]
’11 tax figures remain strong January 20, 2012
By NATHAN GREGORY Starkville sales tax revenues for 2011 nearly eclipsed the $5 million mark through November and are on pace to beat the city’s previous annual tax revenue record total set in 2010, according to the city’s most recent sales tax report. November’s $473,450.02 total was 10.12 percent higher than revenues collected in November [...] […]