Mississippi Business Journal » Aberdeen http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Sentencing set is antiques store arson http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/04/sentencing-set-is-antiques-store-arson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sentencing-set-is-antiques-store-arson http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/04/sentencing-set-is-antiques-store-arson/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:14:07 +0000 Ross Reily http://msbusiness.com/?p=69185 ABERDEEN  — A sentencing date has been set for a man convicted of participating in the March 2011 arson at Lindley’s Antiques Mall in Oakland. Federal court records say James Flemons and Larry Loftis bought pump sprayers to use in the arson a month before burning the building. Prosecutors said they poured gas and kerosene [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/04/sentencing-set-is-antiques-store-arson/feed/ 0 Colom appointed judge for city of Aberdeen http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/colom-appointed-judge-for-city-of-aberdeen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colom-appointed-judge-for-city-of-aberdeen http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/colom-appointed-judge-for-city-of-aberdeen/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:07:47 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=57913 ABERDEEN — Columbus native Scott Colom has been appointed municipal judge by the Aberdeen Board of Aldermen. Colom replaces Adrian Haynes. Haynes, who also serves as an elected justice court judge for Monroe County, was arrested for simple assault in 2010 after engaging in an altercation with a deputy clerk at Aberdeen City Hall. Aberdeen [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/colom-appointed-judge-for-city-of-aberdeen/feed/ 0 Community meeting on Aberdeen schools http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/24/community-meeting-on-aberdeen-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=community-meeting-on-aberdeen-schools http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/24/community-meeting-on-aberdeen-schools/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:28:44 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=56105 ABERDEEN — Conservator Bob Strebeck and other education officials will host a community meeting Tuesday to discuss the future of the district and the time line of the conservatorship. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m at the Aberdeen High School gymnasium. The state Board of Education on Friday approved hiring of Strebeck as [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/24/community-meeting-on-aberdeen-schools/feed/ 1 State set to meet about Aberdeen school system http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/18/state-set-to-meet-about-aberdeen-school-system/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-set-to-meet-about-aberdeen-school-system http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/18/state-set-to-meet-about-aberdeen-school-system/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:19:05 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=55841 JACKSON — State officials have signaled they could be seeking to take over an eighth school district even as they consider fundamental changes to the process of state control, called conservatorship. Mississippi’s Commission on School Accreditation is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Jackson and appears poised to declare a state of emergency in the 1,400-student [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/18/state-set-to-meet-about-aberdeen-school-system/feed/ 0 Aberdeen school superintendent fired http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/14/aberdeen-school-superintendent-fired/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aberdeen-school-superintendent-fired http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/14/aberdeen-school-superintendent-fired/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:01:14 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=49666 Aberdeen School Board members have voted to fire their top educator. Superintendent Chester Leigh says the board dismissed him in executive session Monday night, but would not elaborate on the matter. The TV stations also reports the board fired Phonecia Witherspoon, the district’s chief financial officer. Leigh has been superintendent of schools in Aberdeen since [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/14/aberdeen-school-superintendent-fired/feed/ 1 Small Business Spotlight: Lann Hardware, Aberdeen http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/30/mbj-small-business-spotlight-lann-hardware-aberdeen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mbj-small-business-spotlight-lann-hardware-aberdeen http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/30/mbj-small-business-spotlight-lann-hardware-aberdeen/#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 06:00:06 +0000 Laura Smith http://msbusiness.com/?p=24824 A history in hardware The Lann family has been serving the people in and around Aberdeen for 130 years For more than 130 years, the Lann family in Aberdeen has been in the hardware business. The original store opened in 1879 with Capt. H.J.B. Lann and a man named Carter as the founders. “Capt. Lann [...]

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