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Arrest Reports 6-7-2018

Tue,06/05/18-1:57PM, 2,502 Reads
Things have been a bit quiet in Magee since last week. The Magee Police Department reports the following arrests: Bryan Thurman of 166 Hayes Gray Road Mendenhall was arrested on a Failure to Appear Warrant.
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Arrest Reports 1-30-2020

Tue,01/28/20-12:12PM, 2,500 Reads
The Simpson County Sheriff’s Office reported 17 arrests from January 20 to January 27.
The SCSO reported the following additional arrests: open container, reckless driving, malicious mischief, warrant (2), disturbing a family (3), simple assault (2), no tag, DUI 1st, DUI 1st other (2), possession of paraphernalia (2), and trespassing.
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The whole crew, from left, son and wife Brandon and Mariel Hubbard, Caroline, Catherine Ann, daughter, Candace Hubbard McAlpin, Cannon, Pat and Gene Hubbard, wife Sherri, Scott and Carter, Tim Hubbard, Britanni and Brien Hubbard and Benny Hubbard.

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Scott Hubbard promoted to General

By PAT BROWN PAT BROWN
Wed,02/24/21-9:20AM, 2,500 Reads
Quiet and reserved would be an easy way to judge this Magee man, but calculating and well-planned would come closer to the true character of Brigadier General Scott Hubbard.
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Higher ed pick is well qualified

Tue,03/27/18-1:27PM, 2,499 Reads
I t is certainly noteworthy that in choosing Alfred Rankins Jr. as Mississippi’s next commissioner of higher education, the state College Board made him the first black person to hold the position of great influence and responsibility.
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William Lenoard Hall, Sr.

Mon,12/11/17-3:39PM, 2,497 Reads
William Lenoard Hall, Sr, 54, of Mendenhall, MS passed away Monday, December 11, 2017 at Copiah County Medical Center in Hazlehurst. He was born Wednesday, March 27, 1963 in Magee, MS.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, December 12, 2017 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Colonial Chapel in Mendenhall.
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Obituaries 10-5-2017

Tue,10/03/17-3:24PM, 2,495 Reads
Thomas Ray Reeves

Mendenhall

Thomas Ray Reeves, 68, of Mendenhall passed away Sunday, September 24, 2017, at his home.
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Premature Choice for Peace Prize

By TIM KALICH TIM KALICH
Tue,05/22/18-2:19PM, 2,495 Reads
Phil Bryant and a handful of other U.S. governors seem a little premature — not to mention a little selective in their evidence — for pushing President Donald Trump for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
One would think that in order to qualify, a nominee should actually have achieved some peace, rather than just talked about it.
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Lilly Overby honored

Wed,04/09/25-10:00AM, 2,495 Reads
In its 40th year of honoring the nation’s most elite high school athletes, Gatorade announced Lilly Overby of Simpson County Academy is the 2024-25 Gatorade Mississippi Girls Cross Country Player of the Year.
Overby is the first Gatorade Mississippi Girls Cross Country Player of the Year to be chosen from Simpson County Academy.
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County creates a new way of doing business

By PAT BROWN PAT BROWN
Tue,04/07/20-3:18PM, 2,491 Reads
With the coronavirus situation in flux, the way of doing business in the county changes quickly also.
Effective as soon as the process can be implemented, the Simpson County Tax Assessor’s office will be closed to foot traffic.
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State returns to form on pot

By TIM KALICH TIM KALICH - Greenwood Commonwealth
Fri,04/29/22-9:36PM, 2,491 Reads 109,403 Statewide
It was a bit of a shocker in 2020 when Mississippi voters, by a 3-to-1 margin, voted to legalize medical marijuana.
Given the conservative nature of this state, one might have thought that Mississippi would be the last one to go for medical marijuana, or at least that the vote would have been by a much narrower margin.
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