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After busy June, police calls drop

After a busy start to summer in June, West Point Police calls returned to a little more normal in July, according to Chief Avery Cook's monthly report to Selectmen.
After responding to 1,348 calls in June, the numbers were down almost 15 percent to 1,152 in July.



Canal pact aids Waterway job attraction

A partnership that has contributed to hundreds of jobs Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Monroe and other counties in Mississippi and three other Southern states just got stronger, opening the door for even more investment opportunities.

Drug arrest nets cash; suspect sought

A 32-year-old Houston man is nabbed, but an accomplice escapes.

Clay supes won't share bridge money

A Clay County bridge closed for several months is cleared to reopen, but a supervisor's effort to get some financial help with the project is shot down when his fellow supervisors realize there may not be much money left in the pot for them to share.

Former baseball star sentenced to five years

A 39-year-old Lowndes County man who once had a promising future as a major league baseball player and baseball coach is led to jail to serve a five-year prison sentence.

Woman charged with aiding kidnapping suspect

A 52-year-old Clay County woman is charged with aiding a woman who left drug rehabilitation, but investigators still are trying to sort out what happened.


Tammy Lea Whitehead was arrested Wednesday morning after investigators found 49-year-old Martha Ann Poss at her home in Tibbee.


'Best' first day kicks off school year


West Point's 3,200 students returned to the district's five schools Tuesday in what many educators called the "best first day" in years, despite some significant changes at two buildings.
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It went well, very well. Just the usual few problems you have with people getting adjusted.

Funeral Saturday for mother, daughter


A memorial service for the West Point mother and daughter who perished in an apartment fire last week is set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Town Creek Missionary Baptist Church on Barton Ferry Road.
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Auditor’s report gives latest on local cases

The latest edition of the Audit Exceptions Report from the Mississippi State Auditor’s Office was recently released and provided updates to several local cases.

 

Mother, child died of smoke inhalation


A 24-year-old mother and her 16-month-old daughter both died of smoke inhalation in a fire that destroyed their apartment last week.