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Marion County News

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Thursday Jun 25 | Hattiesburg American

Marion bridge weight limit lowered

The Mississippi Department of Transportation has lowered the weight limit on the Harper's Creek Bridge on Mississippi 35 in Marion County to 10,000 lbs.

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Related Topix: Columbia, MS

Sat Jun 20, 2009

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Six arrested for stealing railroad parts

Marion County authorities have arrested six people for stealing railroad parts. They have been charged with grand larceny after investigators said they stole about 4,000 railroad anchors which were being used as replacement parts on the tracks near White Bluff.

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Related Topix: Foxworth, MS, Hattiesburg Metro, Hattiesburg, MS

Thu Jun 18, 2009

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Marion Co. woman killed in car crash

A Marion County woman died Saturday after she being ejected from her vehicle near the intersection of U.S. Highway 49 and Mississippi Highway 42.

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Thu May 14, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Man, woman pose as police to abduct spouse

A Marion County man and a Mississippi woman are in custody for posing as police officers after they were accused of abducting the man's estranged wife from a motel where she worked.

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Related Topix: Shannon, MS

Sun Apr 12, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Library hosts drive to help food bank

LUMBERTON - LUMBERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY is collecting canned and boxed goods all this month for Barn Church's Food Pantry in Poplarville in honor of National Library Week.

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Related Topix: Lumberton, MS, Poplarville, MS, Mississippi State, MS, Sumrall, MS, Lamar County, MS

Thu Apr 02, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Crews called to creek

Emergency crews were called out Saturday to McLaurin after flooding along Black Creek trapped at least six individuals in their homes near Churchill Drive, including one who refused to leave.

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Related Topix: McLaurin, MS, Lamar County, MS, Weather, Stone County, MS

Tue Mar 31, 2009

Hattiesburg American

River levels up across the Pine Belt

Emergency management officials in the Pine Belt will be casting wary glances at the ground and the sky today as another storm cell is expected to move into the area this afternoon.

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Related Topix: Forrest County, MS, Natural Disasters, Hailstorm, Weather, Simpson County, MS, Jones County, MS

Sun Mar 29, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Rebuilding of Big Bay Lake dam moving along

Big Bay Lake is on its way back. The massive, concrete skeleton for the new earthen dam has been completed, and sometime this summer, the process of refilling the largest private lake in Mississippi should be under way.

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Related Topix: Lamar County, MS, Ellisville, MS, Hattiesburg Metro, Hattiesburg, MS, Biloxi Metro

Fri Mar 27, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Tornado warning for Marion, Lamar counties

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Marion County and Lamar County until 10:30 p.m. The warning includes west Hattiesburg.

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Related Topix: Weather, Lamar County, MS, Hattiesburg Metro, Hattiesburg, MS

Thu Mar 26, 2009

Hattiesburg American

More Pine Belt counties added to tornado watch

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for parts of south Mississippi, including Forrest, Lamar, Covingtion and Jones.

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Related Topix: Weather, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Flood

Sat Mar 14, 2009

Picayune Item

Judge begins work on Lamar dam failure case

A judge has given attorneys more time to file briefs in a lawsuit filed after the 2004 collapse of the Big Bay Lake dam in Lamar County.

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Related Topix: Lamar, MS, Lamar County, MS, Picayune, MS

Thu Mar 12, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Judge begins work on Big Bay case

PURVIS - Determination of basic of facts. Clarifications. Requests to file supplemental briefs.

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Related Topix: Purvis, MS, Lamar County, MS

Mon Mar 02, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Man found guilty of drug charges

A Marion County man was found guilty of possession of cocaine charges in the county's circuit court, District Attorney Hal Kittrell announced Friday.

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Related Topix: Drugs

Sun Mar 01, 2009

WJTV Jackson

State Escaped Inmates Captured

The three state inmates who today escaped along with five other county inmates from the Marion/Walthall Correctional Facility have been captured.

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Related Topix: Walthall, MS, Lumberton, MS, Simpson County, MS

Fri Feb 27, 2009

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Seven escapees captured, one still at large

Seven of eight inmates who escaped from the Marion County jail Monday morning are now back in custody.

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Related Topix: Hattiesburg Metro, Hattiesburg, MS, Brandon, MS

Wed Feb 25, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Sheriff: Some staff to be fired Last escapee from Marion-Walthall turns himself in

COLUMBIA - Marion County Sheriff Berkley Hall said some staff would be fired at the Marion-Walthall Correctional Facility after eight prisoners chiseled through a wall early Monday morning and escaped.

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Related Topix: Columbia, MS, Walthall, MS, Forrest County, MS

Tue Feb 24, 2009

Meridian Star

Mississippi Jail Escape

Authorities in south Mississippi were searching Tuesday for one inmate still at large after eight prisoners apparently managed to chip through a jailhouse wall with an improvised chisel and escape.

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Related Topix: Prison, Walthall, MS, Hattiesburg Metro, Hattiesburg, MS

Mon Feb 23, 2009

KWTX

Inmates Chip Through Wall, Escape From County Jail

Seven of the eight inmates who used part of a bed to chip through a wall and escape from a south Mississippi jail were still on the loose Monday evening.

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Hattiesburg American

Homicide suspect among escapees

Of the eight inmates who escaped earlier this morning from the Marion-Walthall Correctional Facility, one is a suspect in a capital murder case and the other is serving a life sentence in a slaying.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Prison, Lumberton, MS, Simpson County, MS

Tue Feb 17, 2009

Cousinconnect.com

Genealogy Query - BARNS : CALHOUN : LEWIS : TOMLINSON

I am searching for information and decendents of Martin and Nancy Lewis. Martin and Nancy left NC around 1810 for Marion County Mississippi.

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