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Wednesday Feb 8 | Commercial Dispatch

Columbus school district explores fundraising foundations

It's always nice to have a little extra money in the coffers, and city school leaders are hoping they may have hit upon a partial solution to a longtime budget crisis.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Monroe County, MS

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Commercial Dispatch

Details remain sparse in MSU student's death

Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt expects to have autopsy results for Mississippi State University student Teresa Ann Veal by Wednesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Mississippi State University

Commercial Dispatch

3. Supervisors shoot down Trainer's bond ambitions

The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors voted Monday against a measure that would have gauged public interest in a bond package to repair county roads.

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Sun Feb 05, 2012

CNN

Maben, Mississippi Remembers Charles Lindburgh's Visit

On May 18, 1923, the people in the small town of Maben, Mississippi, in Oktibbeha County, 18 miles west of Starkville, and Mississippi State University, were paid a surprise visit by a yet unknown young man, who would soon become known just about all over the world.

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Related Topix: Maben, MS, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

Commercial Dispatch

Oktibbeha supervisors to continue discussion on bonding projects

The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors will have further discussion on funding mechanisms for infrastructure projects at its Monday meeting.

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Commercial Dispatch

Oktibbeha County school board to hear achievement update

The Oktibbeha County School District board of trustees will receive an update in student achievement goals at their meeting Monday.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Commercial Dispatch

MSU student found dead

A 20-year-old college student was found dead in her apartment Friday night, but so far there are few clues as to what caused her death.

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Related Topix: Mississippi State University

Sat Feb 04, 2012

Sunherald.com

MSU student found dead at off-campus apartment

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- A Jackson television station reports that a Mississippi State University student has been found dead at an off-campus apartment.

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Related Topix: Starkville, MS, Mississippi State University

Fri Feb 03, 2012

Commercial Dispatch

Oktibbeha sheriff works to build networks in community

On March 19, the Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office and Board of Supervisors will host a neighborhood-watch meeting in the courtroom of the county courthouse.

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Sat Jan 28, 2012

CNN

Mother Of Fallen U. S. Marine Speaks About Her Son And K9 Dog Lex At Starkville, Mississippi

The Oktibbeha County Humane Society, in Starkville, Mississippi, has regular meetings, and have a really good and up to date shelter, and does wonderful work in helping get homes for homeless pets.

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Related Topix: Prison, Starkville, MS, Quitman, MS

Fri Jan 27, 2012

Newms360.com

REPORT: Fire damages Starkville apartment building

Summer Chase apartment complex in Starkville was destroyed by an afternoon fire, WCBI reports.

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Related Topix: Starkville, MS

Thu Jan 26, 2012

Commercial Dispatch

Drug cases yield prison sentences in Clay

Five cases involving cocaine or methamphetamine yielded guilty pleas and lengthy prison sentences during the January term of Clay County Circuit Court, which concluded Jan.

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Related Topix: Drugs, January

Wed Jan 25, 2012

Daily Times Leader

Little Change In County's Unemployment Rate

The Mississippi Department of Employment Security's unemployment rates for December reveal that Clay County remains at the top of the county unemployment list but maybe not for long, according to the West Point/Clay County Growth Alliance and the Columbus LINK.

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Related Topix: Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS

Commercial Dispatch

Harris Road bridge closes for repairs

The 72-foot bridge on Harris Road is closed due to emergency repairs to the bridge's support beams.

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Related Topix: Sessums, MS

Fri Jan 20, 2012

Commercial Dispatch

Starkville man wanted in purse snatching incident

Oktibbeha County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man in connection with the assault and robbery of a woman at a restaurant Thursday.

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Related Topix: Starkville, MS

Commercial Dispatch

Oktibbeha County Arrest Reports 1-20-12

The following people were arrested on felony charges from Jan. 2 to Jan. 15, according to the Oktibbeha County jail.

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Commercial Dispatch

Read his lips: New taxes proposed for Oktibbeha County

The vice president of the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors said residents will support tax increases for public projects they can have input on.

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Mississippi Business Journal

MSU taps Zimmerman

Starkville native Paul S. Zimmerman is a new fundraiser for Mississippi State University's James Worth Bagley College of Engineering.

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Related Topix: Starkville, MS, Mississippi State University

KRMG-AM Tulsa

Governor's Mansion trusties booted in Miss.

Bryant told The Clarion-Ledger that Thursday was the last day for trusties assigned to the mansion.

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Related Topix: Haley Barbour, US Governors, State Prisons, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, Prison, Hinds County, MS

Tue Jan 17, 2012

KRMG-AM Tulsa

Hood: Some pardoned by Barbour gave proper notice

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he won't challenge the pardons of 13 people who met a state constitutional requirement to publish a notice that they were seeking a pardon.

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Related Topix: Haley Barbour, US Governors, January, Warren County, MS

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