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Jury finds Howell guilty of manslaughter

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

After seven and a half hours of deliberation, a Marshall County jury found Denorris Howell guilty of manslaughter in the July 2010 shooting death of LaKeith Jones.

The maximum sentence he can receive for manslaughter is 20 years imprisonment, according to the assistant District Attorney Christine Tatum.

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A Marshall County welcome
• Governor visits for Roxul reception

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photo by Sue Watson

Looking over a sample of Roxul insulation during the reception last week are (from left) Trent Ogilvie, Ronnie Joe Bennett, Eelco van Heel and Gov. Phil Bryant.

The latest corporate partner in Marshall County’s Chickasaw Trail Industrial Park was given a hearty welcome by Gov. Phil Bryant, local officials and members of the Mississippi Development Authority staff.

Bryant assured Roxul, a Canadian manufacturer of stone wool insulation, of the full backing of the state and its workforce development to help the company get established. Roxul expects to be in operation by June 2014 and will employ 150 people after going into full operation.

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State helps with bridges

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

There will be a lot of bridge replacement or repair in the next few years, according to Mitch Turner, District 2 engineer with the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

Three bridges on Highway 7 North are scheduled to be replaced and will ease the truck traffic on other roads in the county, Turner said. Motorists will not be inconvenienced during the bridge work because the highway will be realigned after the new bridges are built beside the old ones, he said.

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Photo by Sue Watson

Oh, wow!

The 13th annual Hummingbird Migration Celebration & Nature Festival was held last weekend at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center in Holly Springs. Rebekah Glenn of Germantown, Tenn., and Barbara Edwards of Memphis, Tenn., are fascinated at an up-close look at a hummer. For more photos and a story on the always well-attended event, see click here.

Photo by Sue Watson

The west wall of Chalmers Institute is under repair to stabilize the structure. Brick masons with Murphy’s Custom Brick have removed most of the brick from the wall. Robert Pegues, Davell Moore, Ronald Pegues and Derrick Jackson worked high on the scaffold removing weak mortar and sand and stacking the bricks for reuse. The wall structure is composed of three brick layers. The bricks will be used to replace the exterior ones, with other bricks being used, when needed, to complete the interior side of the wall, masons said.

Chalmers fund-raiser Sept. 22

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The public is invited to come out for the second annual Wrecking Ball, an event to preserve historic Chalmers Institute.

Saturday, Sept. 22, is the date and 6 p.m.-10 p.m. is the time. The place is 151 S. West Boundary Street, Holly Springs.

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Byhalia ‘on the radar’ for growth

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photos by Sue Watson

New Byhalia Area Chamber of Commerce members include (from left) Brenylle Farmer (Trustmark Bank), Pamela Drake (Farm Bureau), Brian Coleman (ServPro), Stephen Collins and Hope Cooper (Trustmark), Randall Cole (Pinnacle Medical Solutions), Laura Walker (Postmaster, Byhalia Post Office), Sen. Bill Stone, Joey Scola (Pinnacle), and Stephen Bittick (pastor, Byhalia United Methodist Church).

A gathering of about 130 met at The Flame in Byhalia last month to network and enjoy a catfish dinner provided by Sheriff Kenny Dickerson and his crew.

In opening remarks, executive director Sarah Sawyer thanked Dickerson for the food and for “keeping us safe.”

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New website for library

Visit the Marshall County Library System’s new website, www.marshall.lib.ms.us.

Created by Walter Webb with Webb Graphics and partially funded by the Friends of the Marshall County Library, the website is full of information about the library and more.

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Droves flock to hummer weekend

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photo by Sue Watson

Heather and Preston Badgett sell home-preserved foods and decorative gourds.

It started off cool Friday, the first day of Strawberry Plains Audubon Center’s annual hummingbird celebration, and people seemed to come early to beat the heat. There were 750 tickets sold by 11 a.m.

Total attendance figures for the weekend are estimated at 6,800, according to director Bubba Hubbard. Friday and Saturday attendance was down due to heat Friday and rain Saturday morning, he said.

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More blues this Thursday night

The stage is set for Thursday evening’s Bikers/Blues Night Out on the downtown square in Holly Springs, a Main Street Chamber promotional event.

This week’s lineup includes Brown Sugar. who will open at 7 p.m. Memphis band Soul Finger, featuring Harold Washington, will be back this week. His band was a hit during the first year run of Bikers Night Out.

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Holly Springs police respond to 84 calls

Holly Springs police officers responded to 84 calls last week, according to interim police chief Lt. John Norman.

Calls included – disturbances, 5; alarms, 15; larcenies, 4; accidents, 8; assists to agencies, 3; assaults, 4; auto burglaries, 3; funeral escorts, 3; domestics, 5; checkups on the elderly or disabled, 2; shots fired, 1; malicious mischief, 1; and 30 miscellaneous calls. The dog catcher responded to 5 calls.

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Library offers computer classes

Basic Computer Classes will be offered at the Marshall County Library in October.

Learn basic computer skills and how to apply them. Classes are free. In the two-hour class you will learn how to use a mouse, basic computer terminology, how to open a program and navigate through that program. No experience is necessary.

Classes will be offered October 3, 10 and 17. Times are 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 3 p.m.-5 p.m.

To sign-up and for more information, please call 662-252-3823. Seating is limited.

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