News Briefs
Clydesdale
festival June 17-19 in Byhalia
The
annual Byhalia Clydesdale Christmas Store Festival is just a week away
– June 17-19.
The
festival will be held at highways 309 and 78. Gates open at 5 p.m. and
close at midnight. Activities include a carnival, entertainment and
good food.
Thursday
will be Biker Night and
carnival wristband night, and Friday is Rajun Cajun Night. The J Bar B
Rodeo will be featured Friday and Saturday – 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
There
will be a free magic show from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
The
entertainment schedule includes Eddie Smith, Thursday from 7:30 p.m.
until midnight; Rob and The Rage, Friday from 9 p.m. until midnight;
and The Dirt Brothers Band, country music recording stars,
Saturday
night.
Nunnelee wins
race; Ross takes Marshall
Alan
Nunnelee of Tupelo won the Republican primary Tuesday, June 1, in the
race for U.S. representative, 1st Congressional District.
Unofficial
results districtwide show Nunnelee received 52 percent of the vote.
Trailing were Henry Ross of Eupora (33 percent) and Angela
McGlowan of
Oxford (15 percent).
Nunnelee
led the ballot in 21 of the 24 counties.
But
he did not lead the ballot in Marshall. Ross was the top vote-getter
here. Official totals in Marshall, certified by the Republican Election
Commission, had Ross with 515 votes, Nunnelee with 339 and McGlowan
with 128.
Turnout
was extremely low districtwide – 38,435 or about 6,000 votes below the
Republican vote for Congress two years ago.
Nunnelee
advances to face Democratic incumbent Travis Childers and seven others
in the November 2 general election. Others include – Constitution Party
candidate Gail Giamarita; independents A.G. Baddley, Les Green, Rick
“Rico” Hoskins and Wally Pang; Libertarian Party candidate Harold
Taylor; and Reform Party candidate Barbara Dale Waser.
Byhalia police
officers respond to 25 calls
The
Byhalia Police Department responded to 25 calls during the past week.
Chief Gary Looney released the following report – alarm calls, 5; motor
vehicle accidents, 1; escorts, 2; animal-related calls, 1; assists, 1;
medical assistance, 8; fires, 1; miscellaneous calls, 7.
Byhalia
police officers also made four arrests during the past week.
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