The South Reporter — Thursday, March 25, 2010


Thursday, March 25, 2010
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Breaking News

Vehicle runs into dental office; one killed

An automobile ran into the waiting room of a dental office Thursday about 10 a.m. in Holly Springs. One person who was in the waiting room was killed in what authorities believe to be an accident. It happened at the office of Dr. John Jones, located at 135 East Gholson Avenue. The driver of the vehicle and another individual who was in the waiting room were transported by ambulance to Alliance HealthCare. See next week's South Reporter for more details and photos.

Fire bomb fails to ignite church

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photos by Sue Watson

Collecting evidence

Tracy Jeffries collects evidence the morning of March 17 outside the historic church on East College Avenue.

A molotov cocktail was thrown at a window of the Old St. Joseph’s Church (Little Yellow Fever House and Martyrs Museum) sometime Wednesday morning, March 17.

The cocktail failed to ignite the building located at 305 East College Avenue in Holly Springs. It bounced off the frame of a side window and burned leaves near the foundation, according to Marshall County fire investigator Tracy Jeffries.

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Job center likely

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Like lightning, opportunity may not strike the same place twice, and leaders in Marshall and Benton counties decided Thursday to not miss this chance to get a full-time WIN Job Center in the midst of its population of unemployed.

A consortium composed of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES), Marshall and Benton counties, Holly Springs, Byhalia, Potts Camp, Ashland, and Snow Lake will share in the costs of locating a job center in Holly Springs. Representatives from the various groups agreed to bear a fair share of the costs of operation of a job center with MDES kicking in $100,000 to start the ball rolling.

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Brooks’ tour includes Holly Springs

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Robin Brooks left Seattle, Washington, September 13, 2009, and by March 5, 2010, she was in Holly Springs and a third of the way through her trip that will take her around the outside edge of the United States.

The 24-year-old is traveling on a bicycle. At five and a half months in, Brooks said she’s giving herself a year to finish the course.

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Pilgrimage draws near

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Spring has sprung, and the 72nd annual Holly Springs Pilgrimage is just a few weeks away.

Stephanie Movre, director of the Holly Springs Tourism Bureau, talked about the big event and more at the Holly Springs Rotary Club meeting March 17.

The pilgrimage, sponsored by the Holly Springs Garden Club, is set for April 16-18.

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County investigators recover stolen goods

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Dozens of items of stolen property, including a Dodge pickup, flat screen televisions, guns and jewelry have been recovered by investigators with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and one arrest has been made.

Sheriff Kenny Dickerson said Katari Vatray Martin, 23, of the Byhalia area was arrested March 3 in the Olive Branch area and returned to Marshall County where he faces about 16 counts of burglaries of dwellings and grand larcenies. The burglaries were committed in the Marshall County area in a time period from the latter part of 2009 until Martin’s arrest.

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ICS opening center on Rust campus

By TERESA HUGHES
Contributing Writer

The Institute of Community Services Inc. (ICS) will soon begin operation of another Early Head Start center in Holly Springs.

The old child day care facility on the Rust College campus will become an ICS Early Head Start Center, according to ICS Executive Director Eloise Phillips McClinton.

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Cemetery fee structure still undecided

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The cost of burial plots in Hill Crest Cemetery may be raised further than was recommended several weeks ago at a meeting of the mayor and board of aldermen in Holly Springs.

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Black History Celebration Stars come out at Holy Family

On Friday, Feb. 26, Holy Family School held a Black History Month celebration for students, parents and the community.

The celebration began with a devotion in the gymnasium featuring a presentation and musical performance by Jennifer Jones, African storyteller and songster, and an African dance performance by Holy Family School students.

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Police make arrests

Holly Springs Police Chief Robert Pearson released the following report for the week ending March 20.

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Photos by Sue Watson and Barry Burleson

New road opens

West Boundary Extended, a connector road crucial to new development on the south side of Holly Springs at the Commons and Williams Clinic, was officially opened last Thursday at 10 a.m. Participating in the ribbon cutting were (from left) alderman Harvey Payne, fireman James Richmond, alderman Russell Johnson, fireman Kevin White, Cecelia Bost (Alliance HealthCare), police chief Robert Pearson, Jo Page (Alliance), fireman Shane Wommack, Mayor Andre' DeBerry, Kenneth Farrell (developer), alderman Garrie Colhoun, Don Hollingsworth (utility department manager), city clerk Belinda McDonald, engineer Larry Britt, alderman Calvin James, IT director Ken Robinson, zoning administrator Felicia Autry, justice court clerk Monet Autry and alderman Johnnie Bagley.

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