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April 17th, 2013
Mary Jean Vance has been a part of the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) system in Clay County since its inception in the early 1990s.
On Wednesday, Vance was sworn in as Clay’s Volunteer Coordinator for CASA by Judge Tom Storey just before the county’s Drug Court deliberations began.
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The four education laws that were signed by Gov. Phil Bryant at Northwest Rankin High School on Wednesday were not as sweeping as most who supported them had originally hoped, but the legislation package represents the biggest changes in public education law since 1982.
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April 16th
Tuesday’s gun scare at McDonald’s involving three juveniles could have turned fatal very quickly, but fortunately no one, including local police officers who responded, were injured.
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Rotary has announced its Students of the Month for the month of March. Pictured from left are Carlitta Poston (West Point High School), Austin Foster (Hebron Christian Schoo), Taylor McCallum (Oak Hill Academy) and Akilah Adams (West Point High School). Photo by Bryan Davis
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I thought for a long time about what the first thing I would mix in my new Kitchenaid mixer would be and this past weekend, I finally got to get mixing.
I’ve wanted a mixer for over a year. How anyone goes to a department store and doesn’t drool over the arrangement of brightly colored mixers, I will never know. And finally, my time came.
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Carey E. Henley, known as “Coach”, age 76, of Chattanooga, Tenn., passed away April 15, 2013 at his home in East Ridge.
He was born in West Point, to the late W.L. (Bud) Henley and Annie Rea Berry Henley.
Bennie Lee Neely Sr., age 58, passed away Friday, April 12, 2013, at University Hospital of Jackson.
Funeral services are Thursday, April 18, 2013, at 11 a.m. from Payne Chapel M.B. Church with the Rev. Edward Dean officiating. Burial will follow in New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation is today, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, from 3 – 6 p.m. at Carter’s Mortuary Services Chapel.
Carter’s Mortuary Services is in charge of arrangements.
People from all around the nation and the world shared in the horror and disbelief while watching events unfold at the Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon.
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Michael Williams has debuted numerous short movies at the Ritz Theater and Conference Center over the last year.
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April 15th
Despite the nasty rain and terrible conditions, the Hebron Christian Junior High track team, under the direction of David Foster, weathered the storm last Wednesday and put together a strong showing at the district 3-A Track Meet in Winona.
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