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1. Tree growers dreaming of green Christmas

   Wednesday Nov 18 | Mississippi Business Journal

   ... able to put on needed growth and foliage." Larry Massey, who operates Rosebud Christmas Tree Plantation near Walnut Grove in Leake County, sells about 500 trees per year, and currently has approximately 3,000 trees on his farm. He is also the ...

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   Related Topix: Mississippi, Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Hernando, MS, Leake County, MS

2. Rags to Riches CEOs: Ken Lewis

   Wednesday Nov 18 | Minyanville

   ... Bank of America absorbed Merrill Lynch earlier this year. It's a far cry from his early days growing up poor in Walnut Grove, Mississippi, a town with a population of 489 when Lewis lived there. (The population figure more than doubled in 2001 when ...

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   Related Topix: Banking, Bank of America, Financial Services, Columbus, GA

3. Center helping inmates pay debts

   Oct 25, 2009 | The Clarion-Ledger

   ... a year, but a fifth center that opened this spring costs the state nothing. That's because the inmates at Walnut Grove Transitional Center pay for everything - rent, meals, transportation, even soap and shampoo. 'We charge for everything, just as ...

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   Related Topix: Prison

4. Authorities Search for Restitution Center Escapees

   Oct 21, 2009 | WTOK-TV Meridian

   Authorities continued searching Tuesday for seven men who fled a minimum-security facility in Walnut Grove.

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5. Authorities Search for Restitution Center Escapees

   Oct 21, 2009 | WTOK-TV Meridian

   Authorities continued searching Tuesday for seven men who fled a minimum-security facility in Walnut Grove.

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6. 7 Leake Co. inmates still at large after Sun. escape

   Oct 21, 2009 | The Clarion-Ledger

   Seven probationers who absconded from an inmate re-entry facility in Walnut Grove Sunday night remain at large.

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7. Miss. probationers escape restitution center

   Oct 20, 2009 | The Clarion-Ledger

   Several probationers who absconded from an inmate re-entry facility in Walnut Grove on Sunday still have not been caught.

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   Related Topix: Leake County, MS, Puckett, MS

8. Warrants issued for 7 Miss. escapees

   Oct 20, 2009 | The Clarion-Ledger

   Seven probationers who absconded from an inmate re-entry facility in Walnut Grove Sunday night still have not been caught.

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   Related Topix: Leake County, MS, Puckett, MS

9. Bank Of America's Ken Lewis To Retire At End Of Year

   Sep 30, 2009 | NPR

   ... was widely viewed until recently as an unalloyed American success story, the son of a single mother living in Walnut Grove, Mississippi, he eventually became one of the most powerful men in global finance. He lost some of his gloss amid the chaos of ...

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   Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Bank of America, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law

10. Center for research, study of American Indians to be dedicated Saturday

    Sep 23, 2009 | Hattiesburg American

    ... but also meet the needs of their communities," York said. Monk, a library and information science major from Walnut Grove, Miss. is a member of this tribe. A mother of two, tribal archivist, president of the USM Intertribal Society, and student ...

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    Related Topix: University of Southern Mississippi, Home Gardening, Home

11. Tigers stay undefeated in Region 3-1A action

    Sep 16, 2009 | Star-Herald

    ... Tigers to a 29-21 win over Region 3-1A foe Edinburg. Ethel, now 2-1 overall and 2-0 in league play, travels to Walnut Grove on Friday night to face Region 3-1A foe South Leake. The Wildcats are also 2-1 on the season and are ranked No. 9 in the ...

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    Related Topix: High School Football, Mississippi High School Football

12. Weekend Planner

    Sep 4, 2009 | The Clarion-Ledger

    ... themselves into the movie seats for Gamer, a thriller set in the near future. Gerard Butler leads the cast. Walnut Grove kicks into holiday weekend mode with a fishing rodeo for kids at Golden Memorial Park - (601) 253-2321 to register - today ...

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    Related Topix: All About Steve, Extract, Mike Judge, Gamer, Family, Kids

13. Miss. youth jail population expanding, aging

    Aug 2, 2009 | The Clarion-Ledger

    ... as a prison for Mississippi juvenile offenders as young as 12 is now packed with inmates in their early 20s. Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility held 321 offenders in 2001, none of them older than 18. It has since swelled to 1,225, holding ... 2 comments

    Related Topix: Prison, Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility, State Prisons, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Family, Kids