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May 9th, 2013
By STEVEN NALLEY
educ@starkvilledailynews.com
Mississippi State University will host commencement ceremonies at 7 p.m. Friday and at 10 a.m. Saturday, with alumna and architectural innovator Janet Marie Smith as keynote speaker.
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By ALEX HOLLOWAY
reporter@starkvilledailynews.com
Starkville native Amber Burns’ first foray into the major pageant scene is already proving to be a successful one.
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Mazie Grace has only been Beverly Hammett’s seeing eye dog for six months, but she already knows Hammett’s needs inside and out.
For John Gaskin, it was close but still no cigar.
In 2009, Gaskin’s first bid to become a Starkville alderman, only 12 votes separated the candidate from a seat on the board. This year, it was only four.
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A contentious battle for Starkville’s Ward 2 alderman race will have to wait at least one more day to be resolved.
Oktibbeha County election commissioners voted unanimously just after 6 p.m. Wednesday to reconvene today to sift through contested affidavit ballots that have yet to be counted. City Clerk Taylor Adams said the meeting had tentatively been set for 10:30 a.m.
Starkville has positioned itself to become more environmentally sound. On Wednesday, the city received $400,000 in grant funding through the Environmental Protection Agency for assessment in cleaning up area brownfields.
May 8th
At first, Eddie Myles needed to be reminded what a comedy roast was.
Myles is president Starkville School District’s Board of Trustees, director of the Wellness Connection at OCH Regional Medical Center and a deacon at Second Baptist Church. Between those roles, he said, he hardly has time for TV, so he hasn’t seen televised celebrity roasts.
After transferring to a new holding cell, eating his presumed last meals and making final phone calls on Tuesday, Willie Jerome Manning, of Starkville, received a stay of execution from the Mississippi Supreme Court a mere four hours before his scheduled execution.
Two years after his initial arrest by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office, John A. Brown, 62, of Starkville, pleaded guilty to one count possession of child pornography Monday in the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.
Chad Garnett, OCSD chief deputy sheriff, said the arrest came in 2011 following an investigation by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s office.
A primary election night that left two alderman wards in limbo also produced an easy victory for Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman.
Wiseman, a one-term incumbent, easily defeated democratic challenger Mary Lee Beal by a 1,763 to 963 margin in Tuesday’s primary, according to unofficial totals. Wiseman will face Republican Dan Moreland in the June 4 general election.
