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Tupelo seeks softball teams for fundraiser
The Tupelo Water amp& Light Department will host a Sept. 24 softball tournament to raise funds for Smithville tornado relief.
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Plantersville hosting open house for VFD, town hall buildings
Plantesville will host a dedication ceremony and open house Sunday, Sept. 11, to display its renovated volunteer fire department building and town hall.
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Union County 'Pioneer Days' expands
This year the event runs Sept. 15-17.
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Saltillo cheerleaders to host mini-camp
The Saltillo High School cheerleaders will host a mini-cheer camp Saturday, Sept. 3, at the SHS practice gymnasium on campus.
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Pageant winner helps raise money, food for homeless
“I can’t believe how generous people are,” volunteer Danille Short said about customers who left Kroger with bags of food they donated Saturday.
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Backpack safety for students
Is your child sporting a brand new backpack for school slung over one shoulder?
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MUW’s master’s program in speech-language pathology re-accredited
The graduate education program in speech-language pathology at MississippiUniversity for Women has been re-accredited.
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Tupelo Parks and Recreation overnight camping
Tupelo Parks and Recreation invites you to join us for an overnight camping adventure at Veterans Park!
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Remembering John Paul Frerer
Roses lie beside a memorial for John Paul Frerer along Hwy. 6 on Saturday.
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Photo sent by Rick Murphy
Traffic slowed after Highway 45 accident
Traffic was backed up on Highway 45 near the Brewer Road around 4:40 p.m. Friday exit due to a two-vehicle accident.
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Houston mini cheer camp Aug. 1
The Houston Cheerleader Mini-Camp will be Aug. 1-3 from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at Houston Middle School for age 3 through sixth grade.
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Northeast Mississippi Community College sophomores Craig Bullock of Blue Springs and Amber Williamson of Myrtle were selected to participate in the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program (MRPSP). Bullock and Williamson were selected from a candidate pool of sophomore college students from across the state for inclusion into the statewide program. Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program provides a means for rural Mississippi students to earn a seat in medical school, earn Medical CollegeAdmissions Test (MCAT) preparation valued at $2,000, earn a $120,000 medical school scholarship in return for four years of service and learn the art ofhealing from practicing rural physicians. Northeast president Dr. Johnny L.Allen, Ed.D. (left), Williamson, Bullock and Northeast physics instructor George Nock were on hand at the collegeís Phi Theta Kappa chapter of the Iota Zeta honor societyís annual Honors Day Program were Bullock and Williamson learned about their inclusion into the program.
Northeast students selected for Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program
A pair of Northeast Mississippi Community College sophomores was recently selected to participate in the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program (MRPSP).
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Blue Springs Day will benefit tornado victims
Blue Springs Day will be held on Saturday, June 25, in downtown Blue Springs from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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Coming home to Houston
The annual Houston Homecoming event is drawing near and this year’s commemorative shirts have been ordered.
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Taylor Farmers’ Market offers increasing range of foods, crafts, entertainment
The Taylor Farmers’ Market in Union County welcomes June.
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Saltillo Elementary promotes art with activities
Saltillo Elementary School hosted its third annual Day of the Arts on April 21.
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Bel-Air Center duplicate bridge results for May 16-20:
Results from Bel-Air Center.
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Girls Scouts donate cookies to troops
Girl Scouts Heart of the South offered customers an opportunity to donate cookies to military servicemen and women overseas during this year’s Girl Scout Cookie Sale and the public gave back, big.
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Care packages for Troops from City of Tupelo
ovartis Pharmaceuticals and the City of Tupelo partnered together to assemble 300 care packages to ship overseas to Lt. Col. Ron Beckham and his Unit 185 Aviation Division.
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A Night at the Brewer Opry
It’s another Friday night, and Gennie Dodd has taken his usual center spot on stage in the Brewer community.
May 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Man accused of kidnapping Cleveland women to face more charges

Ariel Castro enters the court room for a pre-trial hearing in ClevelandCLEVELAND (Reuters) - Authorities plan to present evidence next week to a grand jury as they seek to bring more charges against the former Cleveland bus driver accused of holding three women captive in his home, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty said Wednesday. Ariel Castro, 52, has pleaded not guilty to more than 300 charges against him, including rape and kidnapping, for holding the women and prosecutors are seeking to indict him on more charges related to later periods, McGinty said. ...


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Arizona bridge collapse kills one, injures one
(Reuters) - A freeway bridge under construction collapsed in Mesa, Arizona, on Wednesday, killing one worker and injuring another, a fire department spokesman said. The collapse occurred when four workers were removing supports from the bridge being built for the State Route 202 freeway, Captain Forrest Smith of the Mesa Fire and Medical Department said. One man was found dead under the debris. Another worker was injured and taken to a hospital for treatment, Smith said. The cause of the collapse was unknown. (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Scott Malone and Gerald E. McCormick)
2013-06-19 09:13:05 -0500
Tesla recalls some Model S vehicles due to seat-mount defect

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk speaks during the Model S Beta Event held at the Tesla factory in Fremont(Reuters) - Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc said it recalled some Model S cars manufactured between May 10 and June 8 due to a defect in the mounting bracket of the rear seat. "This reduces our confidence that the left hand seat back will be properly retained in the event of a crash," Tesla founder-CEO Elon Musk said in a statement posted on its website. The statement did not specify the number of vehicles affected. Musk said there were no customer complaints and that the company was not aware of any injuries because of the defect. ...


2013-06-19 07:10:46 -0500
Journalist Michael Hastings dies in car crash at 33
Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist whose explosive 2010 Rolling Stone profile of U.S. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal ("The Runaway General") led to McChrystal's resignation, died Tuesday in an early morning car accident in Los Angeles, the magazine said. He was 33. "Hard-charging, unabashedly opinionated, Hastings was original and at times abrasive," Rolling Stone, where he [...]
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