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May 6th, 2013
The day has finally come for municipal elections in West Point.
Many voters statewide are heading to the polls to decide who their city leaders will be.
West Point voters have quite a few choices to make themselves today, as the Civic opens at 7 a.m. and will remain open until 7 p.m.
Each of the five selectmen posts for the city are to be decided today, as well as the town’s top post of mayor.
Mayor Scott Ross withdrew his name from the ballot earlier this year, leaving Darlene Cox and Robbie Robinson as the two remaining candidates for that position.
A new water well is long overdue for the approximate 2400 customers of the Siloam Water Association. And now Clay County officials are working to ensure that the water association receives a new well for the benefit of its water customers.
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May 3rd
Residents living around the future site of Yokohama Tire Corporation can be assured that local economic developers are doing everything in their power not to disrupt the lives of residents living in that area.
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Registered electors of West Point who wish to vote by absentee ballot have only two more days to do so.
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April 29th
It was a fun, fun day Monday at the Ritz Conference Center in West Point where history was made with the official signing of the partnership agreement between Clay County and Yokohama Tire Corporation.
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Crammed classrooms and lack of adequate personnel could be a thing of the past in the next few years when the West Point School District reaps the financial benefits it is expected to receive through Yokohama Tire Corporation production.
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April 27th
Friday was a special day for Clay County and West Point.
There was a special session for a special community that everyone present knew deserved better than being at the bottom of employment statistics, like it has since over 1,000 jobs were lost at the closing of Sara Lee.
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Monumental. Extraordinary. Thrilling. And historic to say the least.
Yes, it was an exciting day for West Point Friday and a great day for the entire state of Mississippi with Mississippi lawmakers passing an act securing incentives for Yokohama Tire Corporation, which is slated to open in Clay County in 2015.
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November 1, 2012 was a typical cool fall morning.
The Clay County Board of Supervisors slowly started to trickle in at the Prairie Belt Powersite, located on Hazelwood Road north of town.
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April 26th
House Bill One, which has been named the Gibbs-Turner Economic Development Act has passed both houses in the legislature, and it is now law.
Angela Turner spoke to the Senate body before the vote today, endorsing the bill.
"As you know, Clay County has taken a hit," Turner said. "We are excited about the project coming to town."
Turner says that this has been a team effort.
"This is a major project for the state," Turner said.
The bill passed with no opposition in the Senate at 12:36 p.m.
