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City hall open Saturday for absentee voting

Absentee voting is available for the City of Holly Springs primary election.

The city clerk’s office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for absentee voting. It will also be open Saturday, April 25, and Saturday, May 2, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. May 2 is the last day to vote absentee in person in the city clerk’s office.

The deadline for receipt of mailed absentee ballots is Monday, May 4, in order to be counted for the primary election.

All candidates are also reminded that Tuesday, April 28, is the day when campaign finance reports are due in the clerk’s office.

All voting in the Tuesday, May 5, primary will take place at the fire station from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

If a primary runoff election is needed, it will be held on Tuesday, May 19.

Byhalia chamber lunch scheduled for Thursday

The next Byhalia Area Chamber of Commerce membership luncheon will be held Thursday, April 23.

It will be hosted by and held at Trinity Mission Health and Rehab, 111 Chase Street, Byhalia.

The Staff Person of the Year Award will be presented. The topic for the luncheon will be “The Positives of Physical Therapy.”

For more information, call 662-838-8127.

NAACP, Rust schedule two political debates

The Marshall County Chapter of the NAACP, in conjunction with the Rust College Mass Communication Department, will sponsor two political debates.

Candidates for Holly Springs aldermen positions will debate Monday, April 27, at 7 p.m., and candidates for mayor will debate Tuesday, April 28 at 7 p.m.

All candidates are invited to participate.

Both debates will be at the WURC studios on the Rust campus. The debates will be aired live on WURC-TV cable channel 2 and multicast on WURC FM 88.1 and WKRA FM 92.7.

County school board sets planning retreat

The Marshall County Board of Education will meet for a retreat April 25 at a private lodge in the Temperance Hill area.

This is not a public meeting, according to an announcement from the school district.

There will be discussion of strategic plans for the district. No action will be taken on any items discussed. The meeting is a planning meeting only.

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