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Carver Street sewer woes get attention

Short-term repairs to troublesome leaks and breaks in some of West Point's aging sewer lines may have stopped sewage from backing up in some yards, but more repairs are coming, city leaders say.


West Point joins sales tax push

West Point joins a growing list of cities asking the state Legislature to call a special session and rebate a share of online sales tax revenues back to the cities using the same 18.5 percent formula used for taxes collected by brick-and-mortar retailers.

City defers action on fine collection firm


A Texas-based company wants to renew its relationship helping West Point collect thousands of dollars in unpaid city court fines.
But Selectmen balk at making a move after Municipal Court Clerk Monica Lairy raises concerns about whether the company really can help.


Selectman pushes racial 'balance' in firefighter hiring

The West Point Fire Department takes a necessary step toward meeting its staffing needs but not before racial overtones interject into the process.

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.