Crenshaw News

The following information was taken from the log book at the David M. Bryan Justice Complex.

Recent sales tax figures for April purchases indicate continued decline in Batesvillea s retail market with an eight percent decrease over the same period last year and a five percent decrease during the statea s fiscal year.

Newly-elected municipal officials will be sworn in the first week of July. Como The Town of Como will kick-off the swearing in ceremonies Thursday, July 2 at Town Hall.

Monday - Friday The Panola County AA meetings will be held at the Batesville United Methodist church at noon daily.

Brandon Crenshaw has been hired as an intern in the Jackson office. Crenshaw received his bachelor's degree in accounting and is currently obtaining a master's degree in taxation from Mississippi State University.

As staff director for the Committee on Homeland Security, I. Lanier Avant knows that someone's always watching.

Mississippi's public universities - acting on the demands of students - are pouring millions into the construction of campus housing.

The 2010 freshman class at the University of Southern Mississippi should be more than delighted to be the first to live in the state-of-the art residential community known as Century Park.

The construction fence for Century Park, The University of Southern Mississippi's new 864-bed, living-learning residential community, went up on Friday, Feb.

With the chatter of the crowd and the cha-ching of the slot machines gone, the silence was deafening at the Golden Moon hotel and casino Monday afternoon.

By Jennifer Jacob Brown jjacob@themeridianstar.com The Meridian City Council has been getting a lot of attention lately.