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Buck wins in a
landslide By BARRY
BURLESON City of Holly Springs voters overwhelming favored change in the mayor’s seat Tuesday. State representative Kelvin Buck cruised to a landslide victory over incumbent Andre’ DeBerry for the city’s top job. Buck received 71 percent of the vote. The unofficial totals were Buck 1,658 votes and DeBerry 664.
Holly Springs election next Tuesday By BARRY BURLESON Next Tuesday, May 7, is election day in Holly Springs. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the fire station. Absentee voting also continues for mayor and aldermen. Individuals who will not be able to vote in person in the May 7 election may come to the clerk’s office at city hall and vote absentee in person through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or this Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon. The deadline to vote absentee in person is this Saturday, May 4, at noon. Board discusses job center staffing By SUE WATSON With cutbacks in staffing planned at the Marshall-Benton WIN Job Center on the Rust College campus, District 4 supervisor George Zinn III asked for board approval to allow VISTA volunteers from the college to help keep the office open. The change would require a rework of the Memorandum of Understanding between the partners, he said, which include the Mississippi Department of Employment Securities, the two counties, and the municipalities in the partnership. Suspects arrested in drive-by shooting By SUE WATSON An argument over a girlfriend that began out in the county ended in a drive-by shooting on Elder Street in Holly Springs, according to chief William Hollowell. There were no injuries in the incident but two vehicles were shot into, he said. • Byhalia
Chamber luncheon By SUE
WATSON Marshall County School District superintendent Jerry Moore said he made lots of changes, particularly in personnel, the first year in office. He said he sees more changes going in the next year, but not as dramatic as the first year of his term. Moore spoke to an audience of over 128 at a second quarterly luncheon meeting of the Byhalia Area Chamber of Commerce held at Victory Church in Byhalia. Moore said he worked in numerous capacities within the school district before his election to the superintendent’s spot and knew what the problems of the district were going into office. Holly Springs police officers respond to assaults, larcenies, mischief, more Officers with the Holly Springs Police Department responded to 113 calls last week, according to chief William Hollowell. The calls included – disturbances, 19; alarms, 15; larcenies, 5; accidents, 6; funeral escorts, 1; agency assists, 2; assaults, 1; burglaries, 2; auto theft, 2; malicious mischief, 1; 911 hang-ups, 1; shots fired, 1; domestics, 5; and 52 miscellaneous calls. The dogcatcher answered 12 calls.
Lady of class will be missed By SUE WATSON “She will be missed all over town,” said Diane Greer over the loss of Ann Callicutt, Saturday. Her homecoming celebration was held at First Baptist Church in Holly Springs Monday after lunch. Callicutt, known as Ms. Ann by all, will be remembered by her friends as a quiet leader. She and her husband Edwin helped raise funds for the Kate Freeman Clark Art Gallery, a public trust registered with the state of Mississippi that houses almost all of Clark’s body of work. Byhalia police go to 40 calls The Byhalia Police Department responded to 40 calls during the past week. Chief Gary Looney released the following report – alarm calls, 3; miscellaneous, 7; escorts, 7; juveniles, 2; disturbances, 7; domestic, 1; assists, 1; motor vehicle accidents, 2; fires, 1; damaged property, 2; and medical, 7. Byhalia police officers also made four arrests during the past week, according to Chief Looney. Correction There was an error in the “School Bond Issue” story printed in last week’s South Reporter. The gym at Holly Springs Intermediate School is the newest building on the campus. It was built in 1969. The Sims Building is the oldest one on campus. It was constructed in the early 1950s. It was originally a gym, then converted to classrooms, according to Adam Andrews, executive director of operations for the school district. The newspaper apologizes for the mistake and is glad to set the record straight. Tire plant – ‘great thing for state’ By SUE WATSON Mississippi worked harder to entice the Japanese tire manufacturer Yokohama to Clay County, according to media sources. The bids from many different sites offered about the same package of incentives, said one Yokohama executive. One dies in wreck on Watson Rd. By BARRY BURLESON One person was killed Tuesday morning in a one-vehicle accident on Watson Road in Marshall County. Coroner James Richard Anderson said Stacy Laughter, 33, a resident of Holly Springs Road in DeSoto County, died on the scene. She was driving a 1993 Toyota that ran off the road and hit a tree, Anderson said. He said he was notified of the accident at 10:25 a.m. on Tuesday. |
    
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