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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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FBI says it uses surveillance drones on U.S. soil

Robert Mueller gestures at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing about the FBI on Capitol Hill in WashingtonBy David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States uses drones for surveillance in some limited law enforcement situations, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Wednesday, sparking additional debate about President Barack Obama's use of domestic surveillance. The acknowledgement came in response to questions from U.S. senators who said they wanted to know more about the federal government's increasing use of unmanned aircraft. "Does the FBI use drones for surveillance on U.S. soil?" Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa asked during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. ...


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Murkowski becomes third Republican U.S. senator to back gay marriage

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits next to U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski during the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in KirunaBy Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska publicly backed gay marriage on Wednesday, becoming the third Republican senator to do so as she spoke out ahead of potentially landmark rulings from the Supreme Court on the issue. Murkowski, 56, wrote in an essay posted on her Senate website that her decision was swayed, in part, by meeting a lesbian couple from Anchorage, one of whom was in the National Guard, who had adopted four children. "This first-class Alaskan family still lives a second-class existence," Murkowski said in her essay. ...


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Three plead guilty in New York City payroll fraud case
By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three women pleaded guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges arising out of what prosecutors say was a corrupt New York City payroll project that cost the city more than $600 million. The three are related to Mark Mazer, a former city consultant who prosecutors say played a central role in the scheme, which involved more than $40 million in kickbacks. The defendants who pleaded guilty include Svetlana Mazer, Mazer's wife; Larisa Medzon, his mother; and Anna Makovetskaya, a cousin. ...
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Baby-size burritos lead to unusual photos
America’s problem with portion size has sparked a strange new photo trend, one in which parents set their newborn babies alongside massive burritos on restaurant tabletops. According to the U.K.’s Daily Mail, a Mexican restaurant in Seattle, Wash., is saying that any diners who take photos of their babies next to one of the restaurant's [...]
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