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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.
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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

Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller is sworn-in during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in WashingtonBy Andy Sullivan and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. But during the first hearing into a growing IRS scandal that could preoccupy Washington for months, Republicans did learn that a top official in President Barack Obama's administration knew that the IRS was looking into targeting by the tax agency nearly a year ago. ...


Fri May 17 19:54:32 UTC 2013

Martos holds a marijuana leaf at the Canna Pi medical marijuana dispensary in SeattleBy Joanne von Alroth SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) - The Illinois Senate on Friday voted to approve the use of marijuana for medical purposes, which if signed into law would make it the second-most-populous state in the nation after California to allow the drug's use for medical purposes. The bill, approved by the Illinois House in April, now moves to Governor Pat Quinn's desk to await his signature. Quinn has indicated he is sympathetic to the bill, especially as it would benefit injured veterans. "We fully expect Gov. ...


Fri May 17 15:12:51 UTC 2013

Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in BridgeportBy Michelle McLoughlin FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (Reuters) - A commuter train traveling eastbound from New York City derailed near the Connecticut suburb of Fairfield during the evening rush hour on Friday and collided with a westbound commuter train, injuring up to 60 people, three critically, officials said. The collision of the two Metro North trains forced Amtrak to shut down service indefinitely between New York and Boston, the national railroad said. Three people were critically injured and 60 people were transported to area hospitals, police said. ...


Fri May 17 22:10:23 UTC 2013
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