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Yesterday | Hattiesburg American

Barbara F. Vess

SEMMES. ALA. - Services are 3 p.m. today at Mount Pisgah United Pentecostal Church in Leakesville for Barbara Faye Vess, 66, of Semmes, Ala., formerly of Greene County, who died July 2, 2009, at Providence Hospital in Mobile.

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Related Topix: Leakesville, MS

Sun Jun 28, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Miss. communities clamor for regional jails

There are 11 county/regional jails scattered around Mississippi. With them, the Mississippi Department of Corrections has created its own cottage industry.

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Related Topix: Chickasaw County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Rankin County, MS

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Hattiesburg American

McLain post office honors war hero

President Barack Obama has signed legislation renaming the McLain Post Office after Medal of Honor winner Major Ed 'Too Tall' Freeman.

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Related Topix: McLain, MS

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Singing River Electric helps JCJC receive $1.1 million in no-interest federal loans

Singing River Electric recently announced the approval of a $1.1 million zero-interest loan by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Service and Singing River Electric to fund an economic development project in Greene County, said Singing River Electric assistant manager Mike Smith.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

Sat May 30, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Story: The drug cases

The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics has identified 25 people arrested and related seizures in a drug operation it its Gulfport district.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Gulfport, MS, Biloxi Metro, George County, MS, Harrison County, MS

Thu May 28, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Greene County, JCJC provide pipefitting training

ELLISVILLE - Most may not realize it, but Greene County has Mississippi's only nationally-accredited pipefitting training using the Mississippi Construction Education Foundations' national curriculum.

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Related Topix: Ellisville, MS, Mississippi, Leakesville, MS, Richton, MS, McLain, MS

Sun May 24, 2009

The Mississippi Press

Questions sidetrack rail request

LUCEDALE George County supervisors have tabled a draft resolution to create a regional rail authority that would oversee the development of freight line from Waynesboro to Lucedale.

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Related Topix: Lucedale, MS, George County, MS, Waynesboro, MS, Wayne County, MS, Biloxi Metro

Mon Apr 20, 2009

The Mississippi Press

All-day SpringFest event celebrates new city facilities

LUCEDALE City officials and residents gathered Saturday to dedicate new recreation facilities downtown during Lucedale's first SpringFest.

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Related Topix: Lucedale, MS, Benndale, MS, George County, MS

Wed Mar 18, 2009

The Mississippi Press

It's chainsaw magic

Dayton Scoggins is now an accomplished chainsaw artist, recognized as a world-class carver who has performed around the globe.

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Related Topix: Biloxi Metro, Biloxi, MS, Gulfport, MS, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Leakesville, MS

Tue Mar 10, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Former Mississippi St. RB headed to house arrest

Former Mississippi State running back Dontay Walker is scheduled to move from prison Monday to house arrest after four years behind bars.

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Related Topix: Mississippi State, MS, Drugs, Oktibbeha County, MS, South Mississippi Correctional Institution, State Prisons, Prison

Fri Mar 06, 2009

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

McLain man charged with sexual battery of child

A McLain man is in jail facing charges of sexual battery of a child. Michael Deaton, 42, was arrested after authorities received complaints he was allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old whom he knew.

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Related Topix: McLain, MS

Tue Feb 24, 2009

The Mississippi Press

Bordis takes oath as chancery judge

PASCAGOULA Chuck Bordis was sworn in Monday as a chancery judge by his predecessor, Supreme Court Justice Randy "Bubba" Pierce.

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Related Topix: Pascagoula, MS, Biloxi Metro, Ocean Springs, MS

Wed Feb 18, 2009

The Mississippi Press

Sound Off

This is Sound Off, where you can speak your mind on anything you wish. Because of the large number of calls received, not all can be published.

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Related Topix: Hurley, MS, Jackson County, MS, George County, MS, Gautier, MS, Biloxi Metro, Opinion

Sun Feb 01, 2009

The Mississippi Press

Bubba Pierce inspires small-town Mississippi by holding swearing-in at Leakesville

LEAKESVILLE High school senior Tara Green said attending state Supreme Court Justice Randy "Bubba" Pierce's oath of office ceremony Friday was like watching history being made.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Charles Pickering, Mississippi, Leakesville, MS, University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS

Fri Jan 30, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Bucks still rutting heavily

What two mature bucks were doing together this time of year is beyond me, but when my son, Daniel, peered through the thick brush on the edge of a large slough, he could plainly see a spindly horned buck not ...

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Sun Jan 18, 2009

The Mississippi Press

George Regional Health System

Singing River Electric is providing George Regional Health System with $1.1 million in zero-interest federal loans to buy equipment used to screen for breast cancer and heart disease, according to a news ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Lucedale, MS, Leakesville, MS, Agriculture, Science, George County, MS

Fri Jan 16, 2009

The Mississippi Press

Judicial system to launch e-filing

The Mississippi Supreme Court is developing a statewide electronic filing system a change one local judge said Wednesday should make the state's judicial system more user-friendly. The project would allow ...

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Related Topix: Madison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, George County, MS

Sun Jan 04, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Details on wanted suspects

Here's a detailed look at South Mississippi's most-wanted criminal suspects, including name, age, charge, details of their alleged crimes and the agency in charge of the investigation.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Hattiesburg Metro, Hattiesburg, MS, McLain, MS

Thu Dec 11, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

Special ed training in Hattiesburg canceled

The state Department of Education has canceled special education training planned for Friday at Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg.

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Related Topix: Hattiesburg, MS, Perry County, MS, Covington County, MS, Richton, MS

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