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June 4th, 2013
Oktibbeha County School District Conservator Margie Pulley confirmed that the district had a total of 17 teacher vacancies going into the district’s Monday meeting, including 11 at East Oktibbeha County High School.
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The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors approved a request from the Oktibbeha County Humane Society to consider providing the organization more funding.
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While the general election looms over mayoral candidates Parker Wiseman, the Democratic incumbent, and Dan Moreland, Republican challenger, business goes on in Starkville. The Board of Aldermen will meet at 5:30 p.m. today in the upstairs community development office of City Hall.
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June 3rd
Vernell Logan, 57, died Friday, May 24, 2013 in Bronx, New York.
Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at New BethelÂ
Missionary Baptist Church, Maben, Mississippi with Reverend Carlton Fisher, officiating.
Burial will follow at New Bethel Cemetery, Maben, Mississippi.
West Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Flora Mae Fulgham, passed away on June 2, 2013 in Starkville, MS. She was a homemaker and a member of Self Creek Baptist Church, where she was a church nursery worker and Sunday school teacher. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and great grandmother.Â
Mississippi State was going to have to have a great outing by its bullpen.
Chad Girodo delivered.
Girodo and the No. 14 (Collegiate Baseball) Bulldogs beat Central Arkansas 6-1 Monday night to win the Starkville Regional and advanced to the Super Regional round.
The No. 4 seed Bears (42-22) beat No. 1 seed MSU (46-18) 5-2 on Sunday night to force the game seven.
It was worth the wait for the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
After losing a 5-2 decision to Central Arkansas Sunday night and having a bad taste in their mouths for 24 hours, the Bulldogs got the job done on Monday with a 6-1 victory over the Bears on Monday night at Dudy Noble Field.
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Adam Lowrey has announced his resignation after five years at the helm of West Oktibbeha football.
Looking back on his time with the Timberwolves, Lowrey is appreciative of the young men that have come through the program and is happy that he had the chance to somehow influence their lives.
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Everyone knows about March Madness, but the Starkville Parks and Recreation Department has found a way to start and maintain its version of June Madness.
With a high school basketball league running through the month, teams from all over the area get to keep their skills sharp in the offseason.
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Of all the adjectives one could use to describe Barb Adkins, dedicated might be the best. An active member in the community, Adkins has participated heavily in the Starkville Area Arts Council and Pilot Club in addition to her responsibilities as a ninth- and 11th-grade English teacher and adviser at Starkville Academy.
But to many, she’s so much more than that.
