News Briefs
Christmas
parades just around corner in county
Christmas
parades are on the schedule for Potts Camp, Byhalia and Holly Springs.
The
Town of Byhalia will sponsor its first annual Christmas Parade on
Friday, Dec. 3, at 6:30 p.m.
For
more information, contact the Town of Byhalia, 662-838-2135.
The
Holly Springs Christmas Parade, sponsored by the chamber of commerce,
will be held Saturday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m.
To
enter, call the chamber, 252-2515, or coordinator Greg Campbell,
544-6600. No four-wheelers or all-terrain vehicles will be allowed due
to safety issues.
The
Town of Potts Camp will host its parade on Saturday, Dec. 11, starting
at 12 noon.
For
more information, call the Potts Camp Town Hall, 662-333-7285.
Candidate list
growing for commissioner job
Ray
Minor has announced he will seek the Northern District transportation
commissioner position held by his late brother, Bill.
Ray
Minor, of Marshall County, who was a business partner with his brother,
is one of several who have announced they will run for the commissioner
slot. He has never run for elected office.
Bill
Minor died of a heart attack November 1.
Other
announced candidates include House Transportation Chair Warner McBride
of Panola County; Dennis Grisham, a long-time supervisor in Tippah
County; Joey Hood of Itawamba County, a long-time Department of
Transportation employee; and John Caldwell, transportation director of
DeSoto County Schools.
The
special election will
be held on January 11, 2011. The deadline to submit qualifying papers
to the Secretary of State’s office is Friday, December 10, at
5 p.m.
Suspect
arrested in drug store robbery
A
Potts Camp resident was arrested in New Albany Friday after attempting
to hold up a drug store, according to chief Robert Pearson with the
Holly Springs Police Department.
The
woman is also being charged with the November 6 armed robbery of
Robinson’s Drug Store in downtown Holly Springs.
Pearson
said his office was called by an investigator with the New Albany
Police Department after an interview there with Angel Marie Johnson,
36, of Macedonia Road, Potts Camp.
Johnson
is being held in New Albany, according to Chief Pearson.
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