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Smith new board attorney

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The Marshall County Board of Supervisors voted May 14 to hire Kent Smith as its new attorney to replace Tacey Clark Clayton Locke, who recently resigned.

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Charity Walking Horse Classic

Photos by Sue Watson

The Holly Springs Charity Walking Horse Classic was held Saturday at the Marshall County Fairgrounds. It is sponsored by the Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce and benefits the American Cancer Society Relay for Life and the Chamber. (Top photo) Kelsey Farese competes in the Pro-Am Class Specialty competition. (Above) Arabella and Ayman McGowan, children of Leslie McGowan of Memphis, Tenn., have some fun during the horse show. There were 32 classes of competition in the annual event. Many volunteers pitched in to make the horse show a success, and Susan Jordan, executive director of the chamber, thanked everyone for their help and support.

Six face charges in rash of break-ins

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

A lengthy investigation into the repeated burglary of a vacant commercial building has culminated in six arrests by the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department.

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Officials push new projects in Holly Springs

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The Marshall County Industrial Development Authority (IDA) and the City of Holly Springs are pressing to close a sale on a vacant industrial building and have their thinking caps on with respect to planning for industrial park sites in and around the city and elsewhere.

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• ‘If only they could talk’ •
Thompsons save quilts from destruction at dump

By LINDA JONES
Staff Writer

George and Maxine Thompson were at the Marshall County dump Saturday, May 12, getting rid of some old skirting from their house.

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Annual Eddie Lee Smith Health Fair a big success

The seventh annual Eddie Lee Smith Health Fair was a big success this year.

The week-long event began with the men’s health night on Tuesday evening at Alliance HealthCare System Hospital.

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DeBerry receives recognition

Jarvis DeBerry, a Holly Springs native who began his journalism career at The South Reporter, won first place in a writing competition that included newspapers in two states.

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Police look for two suspects

The Holly Springs Police Department is seeking Ioma Stewart, 39, and Nancy Stewart, 51, both of 185 West Woodward Avenue, for an interview in connection with an aggravated assault, according to chief Robert Pearson.

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Speaker advises Rust graduates to shun mediocrity, seek excellence

By JEFF JONES
Contributing Writer
The South Reporter

It often takes a fiery speaker at any commencement occasion to excite the graduating class and the audience.

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One killed in vehicle accident at Slayden

A resident of Carey Chapel Road died in a single vehicle accident May 18 in the Slayden area, according to coroner John Garrison.

Anthony Wayne Jones, 39, died at about 11:24 p.m. at the scene when his vehicle left the road and overturned several times before coming to rest in the yard at 113 North Slayden Road, he said. The accident occurred near Carpenter’s Grocery and the bank in Slayden.

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