Archive - Dec 19, 2012
By STEVEN NALLEY
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The Starkville Board of Aldermen heard allegations of misconduct on city police officers’ part at its meeting Tuesday and passed a resolution to task chief administrative officer Lynn Spruill with coordinating an investigation of these allegations and reporting on the matter at the board’s Jan. 15 meeting.
By STEVEN NALLEY
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It doesn’t bother Jessica MacLellan when people believe theories about Mayans predicting an apocalypse on Dec. 21, 2012, even though she says no such prediction ever happened.
By MATT CRANE
life@starkvilledailynews.com
Paromita Mitra is on a mission to represent not only her state, but also educated women across the nation as she focuses on the Miss USA 2013 competition as the newly crowned Miss Mississippi USA.
Mitra, 21, is a senior at Mississippi State University studying aerospace engineering with a minor in mathematics.
By CARL SMITH
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A man wanted in connection with three armed robberies of local pizza deliverers was arrested Tuesday, Starkville Police Department officials said.
Carlo Shepherd, 28, of 20493 Old Houston Road, Aberdeen, was arrested in Aberdeen with the help of the city’s police department and charged with three counts of aggravated assault.
Three of them made Colorado, Florida and Tennessee their destinations.
The other two are staying in Mississippi.
Five former members of the Starkville High School football team that signed with East Mississippi Community College two years ago now take the next step in their careers at four-year schools.
The Mississippi State football team is going to need some wide receivers and defensive backs in 2013.
On Wednesday, the Bulldogs got one of each, courtesy of the junior college ranks.
Defensive back Justin Cox and wide receiver Jeremy Chappelle both signed with MSU.
Both had committed to the Bulldogs earlier this month, but made it official on Wednesday.
JACKSON — Entergy Corp. will raise Mississippi customer bills in January to pay for higher natural gas costs as well as the company's recent purchase of a Jackson power plant, and another rate increase is likely in February to pay for more power purchases from the Grand Gulf nuclear plant.
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's foray into the car business is slowly coming to an end.
A man wanted in connection with three armed robberies of local pizza deliverers was arrested Tuesday, Starkville Police Department officials said.
Carlo Shepherd, 28, of 20493 Old Houston Road, Aberdeen was arrested in Aberdeen with the help of the city's police department and charged with three counts of aggravated assault.
An approximate arrest time was unavailable.
By MATT CRANE
life@starkvilledailynews.com
For the characters in Starkville Community Theatre’s latest competition show “Dinner with Friends,” there is much more on their respective plates than lamb stew or chicken pomodoro.
Recently, director Kris Lee gathered the show’s cast and crew for a dinner party featuring dishes mentioned in Donald Margulies’s gripping script.
