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County school board to meet in Byhalia

The Marshall County Board of Education will meet for the regular board meeting on Tuesday, April 14, at 6 p.m. at Byhalia High School. It is located at 278 Highway 309 North.

Holly Springs schedules annual Easter egg hunt

The Holly Springs Parks and Recreation Department is having its annual Easter egg hunt on Good Friday, April 10, at the Eddie L. Smith Jr. Multi-Purpose Building.

The Easter egg hunt, for children ages 10 and under, begins at 10 a.m. The grand prize is $50.

In case of rain, the Easter egg hunt will be held inside the Multi-Purpose Building.

For more information, call 662-252-4807.

Candidate forum to be re-broadcast Thursday

The Political Science Department at Rust College hosted a “Meet the Candidate Forum” this past Monday night.

It was broadcast live from the studio of Rust College’s RC-TV2. It will be re-broadcast on Thursday, April 2, at 6:30 p.m.

All candidates running in the 2009 City of Holly Springs election were invited to participate.

Holly Springs officers make arrest for assault

Holly Springs police officers made one arrest on an aggravated assault charge and another on felony shoplifting and trespass charges last week, according to chief Robert Pearson.

Elheldredge Balfour, 18, of Holly Springs, was arrested Thursday and charged with aggravated assault, he said. The charges stem from the shooting of Nathaniel Miller, 38, March 20, in which Balfour is a suspect, he said.

Emmett McGee, 51, of Holly Springs, was arrested Sunday and charged with felony shoplifting and trespass. Pearson said the arrest was made after McGee was alleged to have been seen on a video camera shoplifting several times at a store.

Officers responded to these additional activities for the week ending March 23: speeding (4); no tag (1); no proof of insurance (3); disregard for traffic device (1); reckless driving (1); petit larceny (1); disturbance (4); threat (1); missing money (1); missing person (1); malicious mischief (1); violation of dog ordinance (1); simple assault/domestic violence (2); and violation of loud music ordinance (2).

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