Archive | December 29, 2012

BASKETBALL SCORES: Friday, Dec. 28, 2012

By | 1:10 PM | December 29, 2012 | News, Sports

GIRLS (G) New Site 65, Pontotoc 57 (G) Center Hill 43, Ripley 39 (G) Calhoun City 58, Lake Cormorant 39 (G) East Webster 53, Marshall Academy 37 (G) Kossuth 52, Tishomingo Co. 44 (G) New Albany 72,Coffeeville 60 (G) Mooreville 54, Houlka 37 (G) Pine Grove 59, Saltillo 48 (G) Shannon 75, Baldwyn 65 BOYS [...]

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Hilltoppers fall to Blue Devils

By | 11:59 AM | December 29, 2012 | News, Sports

BOONEVILLE – Booneville didn’t slow down and Houston couldn’t slow the Blue Devils. Booneville ran right past the visiting Hilltoppers on Friday night, with an 80-48 win in the Kiwanis Classic. The Blue Devils (9-3) led by 30 at the half and stretched it to a 40-point lead on John Wesley Copeland’s 3-pointer in the [...]

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John Crowley

By | 11:51 AM | December 29, 2012 | Obituaries

John Crowley MANTEE – John Allen Crowley, 75, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at his home. He was born May 6, 1937, in Lee County to Dewey O. Crowley and Myrtle Zethel Henley Crowley.   He retired after 53 years in the furniture industry. He was member and deacon of the Pine Bluff Baptist Church [...]

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Immigration issues eyed for 2013 session

By | 11:35 AM | December 29, 2012 | News

JACKSON – A key legislative advocate in efforts to strengthen Mississippi’s laws to curb the number of undocumented immigrants in the state says he is not sure how the issue will be dealt with during the upcoming 2013 session. “I don’t have anything definitive in the way of plans for immigration legislation,” House Judiciary B [...]

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Deer season open through Jan. 17

By | 4:06 AM | December 29, 2012 | News, Sports

Mississippi’s third white-tailed deer gun hunting season opened Dec. 24 and will run through January 17. Hunting with dogs is allowed during this season. Legal deer include either-sex on private lands and legal bucks only on open public lands. Open public lands may include National Forests and Corps of Engineers lands that have statewide seasons [...]

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