News Briefs
Byhalia
luncheon and blood drive Thursday
The
Byhalia Area Chamber of Commerce will hosts its quarterly membership
luncheon and a blood drive Thursday, Aug. 19.
The
luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Flame/Byhalia
United Methodist Church and hosted by Sen. Bill Stone, Rep. Tommy
Woods, Rep. Kelvin Buck and Bill Minor, highway commissioner for the
Northern District.
Invited
speakers are Congressman Travis Childers and Republican nominee Alan
Nunnelee.
Call
the Byhalia Area Chamber of Commerce at 662-838-8127 for more
information.
There
will also be a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Habitat for
Humanity schedules banquet
Marshall
County Habitat for Humanity will host its annual banquet Thursday,
August 19.
The
event begins at 7 p.m. in the Rust College cafeteria. Tickets are $15
each.
County gets
grant for infrastructure work
The
Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded $150,000 to the
Marshall County Board of Supervisors for the reconstruction of the
Chickasaw Trail Industrial Park access road, Congressman Travis
Childers announced.
ARC
funds will be used to
reconstruct Mt. Carmel Road into an access road for the Chickasaw Trail
Industrial Park. This project will accommodate an increased road
capacity and strengthen the road base for construction of approximately
one mile of the road which will be upgraded from the original unpaved,
narrow gravel road to a paved, three-lane road.
In
addition to ARC funds, the State of Mississippi will contribute
$932,645 and the Marshall County Industrial Development Authority will
contribute $122,570, bringing the total project funding to $1,480,210.
City police
correct suspect’s address
The
address of a suspect named in a police report in last week’s issue was
found to have been provided to authorities incorrectly.
The
correct address of Christopher Campbell, named in the article “Police
charge three with robbery,” is 185 West Woodward Avenue,
Holly
Springs, according to chief Robert Pearson.
The
South Reporter apologizes for any inconvenience this error may have
caused others.
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