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My dear departed friend Gale Denley said years ago of his first visit to the Neshoba County Fair: 'It's a lot like what I always imagined Hell would be - it's hot, it's dusty and all my friends are there.' Gale has graduated to the Fair Eternal, but the political speaking he loved so much will continue in the fair's grand tradition.

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July 3: Philadelphia, Miss. was a town more known for the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers, as featured in the film "Mississippi Burning." This weekend, its residents celebrate the election of its first black mayor.

Temp: 97.0 F "Today is the beginning of change!" Mayor James Young says that change not only involves the election of Philadelphia's first African American mayor but also increased efforts to include all sectors of the community.

July 2: Politicoa TMs Roger Simon and Mike Allen discuss the newly released e-mails showing Gov.

The Volunteer Auxiliary of Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center recently held a tea at Merrehope to celebrate the group's activities and ccomplishments.

W.G. Yates & Sons Construction in Philadelphia, Miss., has won a $10.7 million firm-fixed-price contract to build an education center at Little Rock Air Force Base, according to Defense Industry Daily.

The Mississippi Health Care Association recently honored Hattiesburg resident Jewell C. McMahan at its 2009 Annual Convention in Philadelphia.

He's done the brick work on scores of homes and shopping malls all over Mississippi.

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. Mississippi officials say a historical marker can be placed on a state highway near where three civil rights workers were murdered in 1964.

Main Street Columbus has met state and national accreditation standards for yet another year.

By Brian Livingston blivingston@themeridianstar.com Robert Summerville was born in a small community near Natchez but it was his years as a student at Jim Hill High School in Jackson in the late '50s that he remembers seeing civil rights activist Medgar Evers working in his office as Summerville walked to school.

The Philadelphia Orchestra Association has named Katherine Blodgett vice president for public relations and communications, it was announced today by Association Executive Director and CEO Frank Slattery.

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. - Mississippi officials say a historical marker can be placed on a state highway near where three civil rights workers were murdered in 1964.

Temp: 91.0 F Heat Index: 100 F Meridian, Key Field, MS An investigation is ongoing into a fatal 2-vehicle collision in Neshoba County Sunday afternoon.

Nathan and Bonnie McGee of Denham Springs, LA, announce the engagement of their daughter, Candace Ruth Robbins, to Brandon Joseph Pitts, son of Bert and Phyllis Pitts of Oak Grove.

By the time Charles Triplett and Matthew Snow were able to catch their breath and talk, they showed sweaty evidence of the Mississippi heat and humidity, and had their fair share of the red clay from Naval Air Station Meridian smeared all over their clothes.

The ceremony was to honor someone who answers to the name "Donut Man." So of course they served doughnuts.

Civil rights activists and others are being invited to attend a June 20 gathering in Neshoba County to remember the killings of three civil rights workers 45 years ago.

IT WAS A "DREAM COME" TRUE FOR 9-YEAR-OLD DALTON SPIVEY. HE SPENT THURSDAY MORNING HANGING OUT WITH HIS HEROES - THE GREENVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.