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Merry Christmas!

Photo by Kerry Reid

Ashlynn McClure has fun riding with her father, Russ, in the “Byhalia Believes” Christmas Parade Thursday night. She shared a big smile with everyone along the parade route. The 2-year-old cancer patient served as the grand marshal for this year’s event.

Suspects sought in robbery attempts

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Two attempted armed robberies occurred in Holly Springs last week, according to chief William Hollowell.

Holly Springs police officers are seeking information that may help identify a suspect who attempted to rob a manager at Fred’s in the parking lot at closing time Thursday, Hollowell said.

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City returns grant dollars

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The City of Holly Springs has returned $80,019.39 in grant monies that would have been spent to restore Chalmers Institute.

City clerk Belinda McDonald said the city has sent the check to the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration. The original grant was for $89,956.29, she said.

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Supervisors say no to mini-storage

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The Marshall County Board of Supervisors voted in December to deny a special exception to a landowner who wanted to put a mini-storage in a Residential Estates Zone.

Supervisor Eddie Dixon said Drew Cothern was at peace with not pushing ahead on the mini-storage building he wanted to build on Highway 311 near Mt. Pleasant. His request, which was approved by the zoning board on a second pass, was hotly contested in an appeal to the board of supervisors by residents in the area.

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Holiday event lifts spirits of servicemen

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photo by Sue Watson

Adrain Rose (left), 97, who may be the oldest veteran in Marshall County, sits with his son Kenneth Rose at the “Thanks to Our Soldiers” party, held in honor of all servicemen, particularly those living in Marshall County and those serving with the Mississippi National Guard.

The Byhalia Lions Club and numerous sponsors were on hand to say “thank you to our soldiers” at the annual holiday season banquet, begun by Ronnie and Brenda Luther and the Clydesdale Christmas Store.

The Lions Club has taken over the festive event, which provides a sit-down dinner for veterans and Mississippi National Guardsmen and their families from the Holly Springs/Hernando unit.

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Family seeks help after house burns down

Dorothy Palmer of the Pitts Road area in the Waterford Community is seeking assistance for her aunt and uncle whose house burned on Nabors Road early Sunday morning.

Hattie B. Pitts and M.C. Pitts lost their home to fire, but the good news is that they both got out alive, said chief Kenny Holbrook with the Holly Springs Fire Department.

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