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By Davida Hill-Beckum Daily Times Leader In West Point one can find plenty to do this Halloween weekend.

The executive director of the Noxubee Economic and Community Development Alliance will be stepping down Jan.

Brian Wilson, chief economic development officer for Noxubee County, today announced his departure from the Noxubee Alliance effective Jan.

Young to keynote NAACP banquet The Choctaw County NAACP will host the annual Freedom Fund Banquet October 10.

In my almost two years as secretary of state, I have worked to make government open and accessible to the public.

"A n incredibly gifted out-of-the-box guitarist, excellent songwriter and rich voiced singer, Big Joe Williams was also a fighter, and one of the more idiosyncratic, temperamental characters to ever play the blues.

County employees in the state's retirement system can cast votes beginning Sept.

Veteran Chicago blues singer Jesse Fortune is dead at the age of 79. Authorities say Fortune, who was most active in the 1950s and 60s, collapsed on stage while performing at a West Side club and pronounced dead early Monday morning at Mt.

The following sentencings were handed down during the current session of 16th Circuit Court in Lowndes County: Dekariol Hopkins, of 139 Winston Road in Columbus, pleaded guilty to sexual battery and burglary of a dwelling.

This beautiful parlor suite by John Henry Belter was the top lot of the sale, bringing $11,550. In all, about 550 lots changed hands at the sale.

This beautiful parlor suite by John Henry Belter was the top lot of the sale, bringing $11,550. In all, about 550 lots changed hands at the sale.

Lowndes County officials during the next few weeks will move closer to securing land for the proposed soccer complex project in Columbus' Burns Bottom area, amid unanswered questions of how the project would be funded.

The following people were arrested on felony charges, according to reports released from the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office: Jessica Haynes, 30, of 450 Downs Road in Columbus, was arrested July 21 by the LCSO on one count of burglary.

Local and state officials arrested two men over the weekend in Noxubee County, seizing an assortment of drugs, cash and vehicles.

Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agents, along with Pontotoc deputies and police officers, over the weekend arrested a local woman wanted for attempted burglary by Illinois authorities for fraudulently obtaining prescriptions, according to MBN Director Marshall Fisher.

Temp: 82.0 F Heat Index: 88 F Meridian, Key Field, MS Here is a summary of some of the severe weather reports from Sunday afternoon's thunderstorms.

Tupelo has 35,000 people. In this year's Democratic municipal primary, 33 absentee ballots were tallied.

Whether a case of voter fraud or a side effect of poor voter turnout, state and local election officials are concerned about the number of absentee ballots cast in Columbus during the city's May 5 primary elections.

The following cases were processed during the current term of the 16th Circuit Court in Lowndes County: Richard Foss, of 30154 Seymore Road in Nettleton, pleaded guilty to one count of perjury.

Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann renewed his call for ballot reform Thursday, citing unusually high numbers of absentee ballots cast in some Mississippi primary elections.