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Wagg, Ables win school board posts By BARRY
BURLESON Janice Wagg and Daniel Ables were elected to the Marshall County School Board in Tuesday’s election. Wagg defeated Rebecca Podewils in the District 3 race. The unofficial total in the six precincts was 1,068 votes to 461. Ables beat Lakisha Peterson in the District 4 race by a count of 1,160 to 568. The district includes eight precincts. Citizen appeals tax hike By SUE WATSON Some Marshall County residents, particularly in District 3, are still complaining about their property tax reappraisals. One of those is Clarence Gates. He appeared before the board of supervisors recently to appeal the reappraisal of some of his property, which he said went up four times its prior appraisal.
• Byhalia Chamber luncheon By SUE WATSON The Byhalia Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon last week included thanks to two retirees, an update on highway progress and more. The event, hosted by Sen. Bill Stone, Rep. Kelvin Buck, retired Rep. Tommy Woods and Mike Tagert, transportation commissioner, was at the Northcentral EPA clubhouse in Byhalia. Hutchens selected grand marshal By SUE WATSON Former city alderman Nancy Hutchens has accepted the honor of serving as grand marshal of the Holly Springs Christmas Parade, set for Saturday, Dec.1, at 5 p.m. Holly Springs police go to 98 calls, make four felony arrests Holly Springs police officers responded to 98 calls last week, according to chief William Hollowell. The calls included – disturbances, 11; alarms, 11; larcenies, 7; assaults, 1; burglaries, 1; accidents, 5; assists to agencies, 1; 911 hang-ups, 2; shots fired, 1; auto theft, 1; malicious mischief, 1; domestics, 3; and 53 miscellaneous calls. The dog catcher answered four calls. Bethlehem Church expands sanctuary, school By SUE WATSON When Steve Wilson turned over the pulpit at Bethlehem Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in October 2008, to concentrate on his new role as bishop, he talked about the austere beginnings of the little church headed up by his father, J. Frank Wilson. Steve Wilson’s son, Patrick, would have stepped into his shoes, but died in an unfortunate accident while in college. Byhalia police respond to thefts, accidents, more calls The Byhalia Police Department responded to 36 calls during the past week. Chief Gary Looney released the following report – alarm calls, 8; miscellaneous, 8; escorts, 2; thefts, 2; disturbances, 1; animal-related calls, 1; assists, 1; motor vehicle accidents, 2; fires, 1; medical, 9; and harassment, 1. Byhalia police officers also made four arrests during the past week and wrote 18 citations. |
    
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