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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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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.
Jun 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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national news
Officials warn of commuter chaos from Connecticut derailment

Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in BridgeportBy Richard Weizel BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - Thousands of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos on Monday as Metro-North workers repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line caused by the collision of two trains, officials warned on Sunday. Lengthy detours and hours of traffic backups were likely as many daily train commuters take to the road, officials said. ...


Sun May 19 18:52:43 UTC 2013
Severe Kansas tornado prompts stark National Weather Service warning
By Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dangerous, half mile-wide hurricane struck near Oklahoma City Sunday afternoon, part of an extreme weather system moving through the central U.S. and stretching from north Texas to Minnesota. At 6:12 p.m. Central Standard time, the National Weather Service office in Norman, Oklahoma issued an insistent alert on Twitter about tornado striking Pink, a town on the edge of Oklahoma City. "Large tornado west of Pink!" the post read. ...
Sun May 19 18:49:07 UTC 2013
Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball lottery sold in Florida

The winning Powerball number is shown after being drawn at the Florida Lottery studio in TallahasseeBy Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A single winning ticket for a record Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history. The winning numbers from Saturday night's drawing were: 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a Powerball number of 11. The odds of winning were put at 1 in 175 million. The winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a suburb of Tampa, according to the Florida Lottery. ...


Sun May 19 11:23:19 UTC 2013
Residents capture amazing videos in the face of tornadoes
A series of 16 violent tornadoes ransacked north Texas this week, killing six people and flattening entire neighborhoods. Seven people who were reported missing early Friday morning have now been accounted for, but the storms aren't over yet. Severe thunderstorms are expected late Friday in Alabama and Mississippi, and the Plains and the Midwest face [...]
Fri May 17 19:53:22 UTC 2013
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