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‘Let it snow, let it snow’ By BARRY BURLESON Just three weeks shy of spring, Marshall County was blanketed with three to five inches of snow over the weekend. Snow first fell Saturday afternoon and then a second wave of the white stuff followed in the early morning hours Sunday. Police charge one with assault By SUE WATSON Mohammed Ali Monsen, 43, of Holly Springs, was arrested Sunday following a shooting incident at a convenience store on East Van Dorn, according to police chief Robert Pearson. The victim of the shooting was airlifted to a Memphis hospital, he said, and was thought to be shoplifting by the store clerk, Monsen, and several eye witnesses. Monsen was charged with aggravated assault in connection with the incident, Pearson said. Police officers responded to a burglary call from the 500 block of Robindale Lane Monday, Feb. 23, Pearson said. A $50 bill and an unknown quantity of quarters and nickels were missing from the business. Civil Rights icon Meredith keynotes Black History event By ANDRE LOCKETT
Despite a wintry mix of sleet and snow, Marshall County’s third annual Black History Awards Banquet held at the St. Paul M.B. Church in Byhalia was an undeniable success. James Meredith, a civil rights pioneer and the first African American student to attend the University of Mississippi, was keynote speaker at the occasion. Firemen respond to house fires By BARRY BURLESON The Holly Springs Fire Department continued its busy winter by responding to 23 calls for the period February 20-27. Three of those were structure fires. Holly Springs firemen assisted both Red Banks and Victoria volunteer departments at a mobile home blaze Thursday, Feb. 26, at 1:38 p.m. Deadline Friday for municipal candidates By BARRY BURLESON The deadline for candidates to qualify for municipal elections is Friday. Each candidate must be a qualified voter and resident of the city or ward for which he or she is seeking office. Those who had turned in their “Qualifying Statement of Intent” at Byhalia Town Hall as of Monday morning were Phil Malone, candiate for mayor; and Daylon Cannon, Ronny Blackburn, Mike Hamblin, Richard Minor and Joe Tunstall, all candidates for alderman. County offices flushing out cancer By SUE WATSON The Marshall County tax collector’s and tax assessor’s offices are teaming up to help raise money for the 2009 Relay For Life fund-raising effort for the American Cancer Society. The novel idea to leave a purple toilet in front of businesses and charge to have it removed was taken from an Oxford business, ENT Consultants, which is using the same theme. Board learns about greenways By SUE WATSON The Marshall County Board of Supervisors heard a pitch from Larry Jarrett, a consultant for DeSoto County, about participation in the North Mississippi Land Trust and Greenways Project. Meredith first black student at Ole Miss The Reverend Andrew Cheairs and the St. Paul Baptist Church hosted the third annual Marshall County Black History Banquet. Program planners saw this as an appropriate end to February, traditionally called “Black History Month.” The guest speaker for the banquet was James Meredith, the first black to attend the University of Mississippi. Hospital requests funds from city By BARRY BURLESON Representatives of Alliance HealthCare System asked the City of Holly Springs to contribute $100,000 annually in support of health needs of indigent families. Cecelia Bost, spokesperson for the hospital, presented the request to city leaders during their February 17 meeting. “We don’t turn people away,” she said. “We treat them all.” She submitted a letter to the mayor and board which was signed by W.A. McMillan, president of the hospital board, and James Tuttle, vice chair. Longtime officer, Purple Heart recipient dies By SUE WATSON Elmo McKinney Sr., who is thought to be the first African American hired on the Holly Springs police force, was laid to rest Monday. He served 22 years at the police department under the late mayor Sam Coopwood and others and under chiefs Harry Bryant and John Shaw, according to his wife Shirley. |
      
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