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| UPDATE! Thursday, May 21 DeBerry keeps mayor’s job By BARRY BURLESON Holly Springs Mayor Andre’ DeBerry held his seat Tuesday night, beating challenger Barry Thomas by 489 votes. Unofficial results from the runoff race show DeBerry with 1,533 to Thomas’ 1,044. DeBerry was reelected to his third full term as mayor of the city. Four races go to May 19 vote By BARRY BURLESON Holly Springs voters go back to the polls next Tuesday, May 19, to decide four races. Three are runoffs, and one is the result of a rare tie vote in the May 5 primary. Headlining the runoff races is the one for the mayor’s job. The two remaining candidates are incumbent Andre’ DeBerry and challenger Barry Thomas. Rain, wind topple trees By SUE WATSON
A line of heavy thunderstorms that came through the south in the early morning hours May 6 produced enough wind and rain to topple about 25 trees over the county and state roadways, according to county administrator Larry Hall. Power lines were also affected by wet or fallen limbs or trees, causing about 1,500 customers in the Red Banks-Victoria area to be without power for hours, according to John Collins, general manager for the Holly Springs Utility Department. Car tags going up anyway By SUE WATSON The settlement of the additional 50 cents a pack sales tax on cigarettes in the Mississippi Legislature last week and the expected signature of the governor on the bill won’t reinstate all the savings motorists have been getting from the Legislative Tag Credit. City OKs low bid on Mary Rahe By BARRY BURLESON The Holly Springs Board of Aldermen awarded a contract last week on another road connecting to the Holly Springs Commons development. Union Construction from Etta will build the .387-mile stretch of Mary Rahe Drive, going from Highway 7 South near KFC to the West Boundary Street extension. The company’s low bid was $724,411.49. Don Hollingsworth, public works director, said construction on Mary Rahe should begin in about a month. Gang resistance By SUE WATSON
About 325 sixth graders from county schools were recognized for completing their training in gang resistance. The graduation exercises were held at the Multi-Purpose Building in Holly Springs, where students gathered by school and listened to encouragement and appreciation from law officers and school officials. Grand jury indictments keep county docket full By SUE WATSON In the 2007 election year, a third judge (Judge Elliott) was added to the bench in circuit court to help handle the large dockets in District 3 circuit court. The first order of business, according to Lucy Carpenter at the time, was to reduce the cases on the docket. She had said the district would hold court more the first year to help reduce the docket. City police investigate thefts, burglary Holly Springs police are investigating two thefts and a burglary of a business reported last week, according to chief Robert Pearson. A .22 caliber Marlin Rifle, silver in color with black stock and scope and 100 rounds of ammunition were taken from a residence in the 200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Monday, May 8. Collierville man dies in accident By SUE WATSON John Steven Hawkins, 26, of Collierville, Tenn., died in a single-vehicle accident at the 31 mile marker on Highway 78 on May 6, according to Marshall County coroner James Richard Anderson. He said the accident occurred at 10:15 p.m. and he pronounced Hawkins dead at the scene at 11:06 p.m. Hawkins was driving in the westbound lane when his vehicle flipped several times and came to rest in the same lane in which he was traveling, Anderson said. The cause of death was head trauma, he said. There were no passengers in the vehicle with Hawkins, he said. Mile marker 31 is located between the Lake Center and East Holly Springs exits near the railroad overpass, Anderson said. One charged with leaving scene Jerry Macon Ray, 18, of 237 Lake Shore Drive, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injuries, according to sheriff Kenny Dickerson. He has been released from jail on $5,000 bond. Dickerson said the accident occurred around 10 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at the Tippah River bridge off Bethlehem/Waterford Road. The victim was loading fishing gear with her family into her own vehicle from the driver’s side when she was struck by the vehicle driven by Ray, Dickerson said. The victim remained in intensive care at The Med Tuesday with a broken pelvis, a broken leg and head trauma, according to Dickerson. She is expected to recover. He said a patrolling deputy in the area identified the suspect, who was arrested later the same night. Evidence from the accident was collected from the suspect’s vehicle, Dickerson said. Group works for hot-food kitchen By SUE WATSON A group of churches in Holly Springs are working on a plan to offer a hot meal once or twice weekly to help those in the area who are hard hit by the economic recession. The group is organizing and soliciting support from churches, organizations and individuals of both material and cash, according to Sr. Joel Curcio with Catholic Social Services, whose group spearheaded the project. |
      
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