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Wednesday | Clinton News

Hinds' bad-check unit may close

Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith said Monday he is considering turning over some of the county's bad-check unit duties to a collection agency to save the county money.

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Related Topix: Rankin County, MS

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Madison County Herald

Funding to be legislative concern

Madison County legislators say money, or the lack of it, will be the focus of their 2010 session.

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Related Topix: Canton, MS, Clinton, MS, Brandon, MS, Ridgeland, MS

Sun Nov 22, 2009

WLBT-TV Jackson

Needy Madison Co. families to receive Thanksgiving feast

Madison County allied against poverty collected canned food and other non perishables along with turkeys.

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Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays, Madison, MS, Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS

Sat Nov 21, 2009

WJTV Jackson

Man In Custody For Shooting Off-Duty Madison Co. Sheriffs Deputy

Jeffery Ferguson, 40, is in the Leake County Jail facing aggravated assault charges for shooting an off-duty Madison County deputy.

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Related Topix: Leake County, MS, Carthage, MS

Fri Nov 20, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Off-duty Madison deputy shot in dispute

A Leake County man is in jail accused of shooting an off-duty Madison County deputy during a domestic dispute.

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Related Topix: Leake County, MS, Madison, MS

Madison County Herald

St. Dominic pushing for Madison hospital

St. Dominic's Hospital wants to rally south Madison County behind its bid to open a 71-bed hospital here.

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Related Topix: Madison, MS, Canton, MS, Jackson, MS

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

St. Dominic eyes Madison County

St. Dominic Hospital, in its proposal to build a $121.6 million hospital in Madison County, says there are not enough beds to care for the growing population in the county.

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Related Topix: Canton, MS, Madison, MS, Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Madison County Herald

St. Dominic proposes building Madison hospital

St. Dominic Hospital is pursuing opening a hospital in Madison County. The hospital has asked the state Health Department for approval to relocate 71 beds from the Jackson campus to create a hospital and medical office building off I-55 between the Reunion Parkway and Gluckstadt Road.

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Related Topix: Madison, MS, Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Breast exam advice disputed

Most women should wait until age 50 to get mammograms and then have one every two years, a government task force said Monday in a major reversal that conflicts with the American Cancer Society's longstanding recommendation of annual screenings starting at 40.

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Related Topix: Health, Breast Cancer, Madison, MS, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Analysis: Holding Miss. parents accountable

The city of Ridgeland, Miss., has adopted an ordinance to help the Madison County school system verify that parents sending their children to the local schools live in the district.

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Related Topix: Ridgeland, MS, Clinton, MS, Desoto County, MS, Education Etc., Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Madison County Herald

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Going on the auction block in Madison County are manufactured housing units that have fallen behind on property taxes.

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Related Topix: Canton, MS

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Madison County Herald

Study: Smoking bans reduce heart attacks

Madison County leaders are optimistic about the results of a new study that shows Starkville's smoke-free laws have improved the health of residents there.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Starkville, MS, Mississippi State University, Ridgeland, MS, Madison, MS

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Madison County Herald

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Madison County supervisors, over the concerns raised by one member, approved a financing plan for a Canton development that calls for the county to pay for public improvements with the higher tax revenue that is expected to be generated.

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Related Topix: Canton, MS, Madison, MS, Ridgeland, MS, Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS

Sun Nov 08, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Man gets 36 months for Internet threats to assassinate Obama

A Wisconsin man who professes to be the second coming of Christ was sentenced Friday in federal court in Jackson to 36 months in prison for making Internet threats to assassinate then-President-elect Barack Obama.

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Related Topix: Jackson, MS, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, End Times

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Mississippi Business Journal

Evans brothers accused of massive fraud

A Madison title insurance company is accusing two brothers of committing mortgage fraud and leading the title company to issue fraudulent title insurance policies in Madison County and elsewhere in the state.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Madison, MS, Economics News, Bankruptcy

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Mississippi Business Journal

Millions in mortgage fraud alleged

Mississippi Valley Title alleges attorneys Charles and Chris Evans committed mortgage fraud on banks and induced Mississippi Valley Title to issue fraudulent title insurance policies.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Madison County Herald

Two more jailed in Ridgeland holdup

Ridgeland police have made two more arrests in the Oct. 10 armed robbery of a Waffle House at 6931 Old Canton Road.

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Related Topix: Ridgeland, MS, Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS

Sun Nov 01, 2009

WLBT-TV Jackson

Pedestrian critically injured walking on Madison roadway

A Madison County woman was fighting for her life Saturday after being struck by possibly more than one vehicle.

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Related Topix: Madison, MS, Canton, MS

Sat Oct 31, 2009

WLBT-TV Jackson

Ridgeland based charity denied bingo license

The Secretary of State was looking into questionable activities by the Fine Arts Institute of Mississippi and what it does with the money it receives from Boxcar Bingo, which the institute operates in Olive Branch.

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Related Topix: Ridgeland, MS, Olive Branch, MS, Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Madison County Herald

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Madison County native George Cole, a 1967 graduate of Velma Jackson High School, was the school's principal from 1978-1999. Now retired, Cole remains active with his alma mater as the chairman of the Velma Jackson High School Foundation.

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Related Topix: Rap, Ridgeland, MS

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