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IAHS Indian Players help Smithville
The Itawamba Agricultural High School Indian Players help storm victims.
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New Albany Elementary students asked to be ‘Little Frogs’
On April 11, thirty-two students at New Albany Elementary School received a special invitation to be a part of the Krewe of Petites Grenouilles "Little Frogs."
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Boys & Girls Club helps Johnson overcome obstacles; honors Reed
Growing up just down the road from the Haven Acres Boys & Girls Club, Marcell Johnson has learned to overcome obstacles in life.
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Stone Soup Ministry reaches out to needy
A small congregation of congregations appeared April 23 at the doorstep of the Salvation Army in Tupelo.
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Astronomer from French Camp leads lesson about solar system at Shannon Middle School
By Chris Kieffer NEMS Daily Journal If Earth was the size of a basketball, how big would the moon be? Just ask students at Shannon Middle School. Those students were visited last week by astronomer James Hill, director of Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium in French Camp. Hill spoke to the students about the solar system at the request of ...
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West Union PTO truck giveaway this weekend
Someone is going to get a new truck for $100 this weekend and help West Union School in the process.
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Aberdeen to embark on community garden program
In an effort to clean up the appearance of the city, the Aberdeen Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday, March 15, to take a step to utilize "green spaces" within the city's limits.
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‘Steps to a Cure’
Raising awareness of Parkinson’s disease has become a personal mission for Kaitlyn Kinsey.
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Walk a dog for ‘Paws’ project at Ballard Park
THS seniors’ event will encourage Humane Society adoptions.
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More poor people now live in U.S. suburbs than cities - study

Newly constructed homes in an unfinished subdivision is surrounded by weeds in CoolidgeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of people living in poverty in U.S. suburbs surpassed the number of poor in cities over the past decade, driven by strong growth in overall suburban populations, according to an analysis released on Monday. The change is posing a challenge to some traditional U.S. approaches to fighting poverty, which were aimed primarily at poverty in urban settings, the Brookings Institution study found. The number of poor people living in suburbs rose 64 percent between 2000 and 2011, reaching 16.4 million, it showed. ...


Mon May 20 11:55:15 UTC 2013
Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states

A tornado touches down southwest of Wichita, Kan. near the town of Viola on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The tornado was part of a line of storms that past through the central plains on Sunday. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Travis Heying)By Chris Francescani (Reuters) - A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had died. By 9:30 p.m. Central Standard Time, more than two dozen tornadoes had been spotted in parts of Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas and Illinois, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and local news reports. ...


Mon May 20 10:41:51 UTC 2013
Connecticut governor tells commuters to work from home this week while crash repaired
By Richard Weizel and Edith Honan MILFORD, Conn./NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of Connecticut commuters faced delays and crowded trains on Monday as Metro-North workers scrambled to repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line, caused by the collision of two trains. Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said commuters should expect "serious disruptions" throughout the week and encouraged riders to stay home if possible. ...
Mon May 20 11:42:52 UTC 2013
Tornadoes tear through central U.S., killing two
Less than a week after a string of tornadoes killed six people in north Texas, a massive storm system that tore through the center of the country on Sunday spawned at least a dozen tornadoes, killed two people, injured dozens and caused extensive damage from Georgia to Minnesota. According to the Oklahoma state medical examiner, [...]
Mon May 20 08:28:31 UTC 2013
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