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SOAR distributes community grants

May 22, 2013

tarkville Oktibbeha Achieving Results (SOAR) distributed $13,820 in grants and awards to nine community organizations on Tuesday.

Wynn takes Ward 2 runoff

May 22, 2013

Lisa Wynn’s work on the campaign trail finally ended on Tuesday night. Now the alderman-elect will begin a new kind of work.

Wynn defeated incumbent Sandra Sistrunk by a 209-189 margin Tuesday in the Democratic runoff for Starkville’s Ward 2 alderman after absentee and paper ballots were counted, making the 18 affidavit ballots cast essentially moot.

Blackout goes without hitch

May 21, 2013

Sunday's planned city-wide power outage put Starkville one step closer to completing a $20 million transmission project for adding a second power source.

Aldermen to hear audit report

May 21, 2013

Starkville Board of Aldermen will hear the city's 2012 audit report during its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. today at City Hall and discuss how to deal with an audit finding related to a Parks Commission project.

OCH celebrates 40th anniversary

May 19, 2013

By JAMIE ALLEN
Special to Starkville Daily News

On a snowy winter day in January 1973, the move was made from the former Felix Long Memorial Hospital to another small facility in Oktibbeha County on land donated by the families of J.T. Garrard and Curby Steadman.

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Robbery suspect at large

May 17, 2013

SDN staff

Starkville Police Department continues to investigate a reported robbery from Thursday afternoon that occurred at the Cash Till on Louisville Street.

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SAAC awards scholarships

May 17, 2013

By KAITLYN BYRNE
life@starkvilledailynews.com

The Starkville Area Arts Council (SAAC) recently awarded nearly $9,000 in scholarships to help artistic graduating high school seniors and youth pursue their interests in the arts.

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