| The Byhalia Police Department responded to 43 calls during the past week. |
| Chief Gary Looney released the following report – alarm calls, 4; assists, 1; burglaries, 1; damaged property, 1; disturbances, 2; escorts, 2; fires, 2; medical, 8; miscellaneous, 17; motor vehicle accidents, 4; and thefts, 1. |
| Byhalia police officers also made two arrests during the past week, according to Chief Looney. |
Gary Anderson, consultant to the Marshall County Board of Supervisors, reported on the anticipated state budget and the progress on the county housing committee.
| A Holly Springs man was hit and killed Monday morning while walking on the edge of the railroad track, according to coroner James Richard Anderson. |
| Robert Hunt, 61, died when he was struck by the westbound train, Anderson said. It happened between Salem Avenue and Govan Avenue in Holly Springs, he said. |
| The call came in around 5:35 a.m. December 18. Anderson pronounced Hunt dead on the scene at about 5:53 a.m. |
| Cause of death was blunt force trauma, he said. |
There was much genuine celebration last week as local, state and federal officials opened a section of I-269 stretching from Highway 302 in Marshall County to Highway 305 in DeSoto
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