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Sunday Dec 6 | Charleston Gazette

Living, loving and laughing along the Mississippi Blues Trail

While the outside of this former cotton warehouse building looks kind of seedy, a step inside Ground Zero Blues Club reveals a rocking eclectic blues bar featuring live music five nights a week and nicely furbished loft-style rooms of the Delta Cotton Co.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

Sunherald.com

Appeals Court upholds conviction

The state Court of Appeals has upheld the manslaughter conviction of a Friars Point man in a shooting outside a lounge in 2006.

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Fri Oct 02, 2009

WABG

2 Year Old Dies from Overdose

A TOXICOLOGY REPORT SHOWS A 2 1/2-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM FRIARS POINT IN COAHOMA COUNTY DIED LAST MONTH FROM AN OVERDOSE OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION INTENDED TO PREVENT SEIZURES.

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Thu Sep 10, 2009

WABG

Infant Found Dead in Friars Point

AN INFANT IS FOUND DEAD IN FRIARS POINT OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH HAS AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE CHILD'S DEATH.

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Fri Aug 28, 2009

WABG

Five convicts denied separate trials

JAMARIO BRADY, ANTHONY SNEED, ANTHONY SMITH, THOMAS GERMAN AND JOHNNY BICKHAM WERE ALL DENIED SEPARATE TRIALS.

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Wed Aug 26, 2009

Sunherald.com

Convictions in Coahoma slaying upheld

The state Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the convictions of five men each sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the 2006 beating death of Herman Fair of Friars Point.

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