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Contract awarded for ‘whistle stops’ along Tanglefoot Trail

Associated Press — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:20:24 +0000

PONTOTOC — A Thaxton company has been awarded a $319,000 contract to construct four “whistle stops” along the Tanglefoot Trail in north Mississippi. Karen Heintze, project manager for Three Rivers Planning and Development District, tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Hooker Construction Company will build “whistle stops” at Ingomar, Ecru, Algoma and Houlka. “Whistle stops” [...]

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Michelle Obama, Rachael Ray mark three years of Let’s Move

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:43:24 +0000

First Lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday congratulated this Southern state for a more than 13 percent drop in its child obesity rates, saying its example should inspire the rest of the country. It’s the reason she made Mississippi the first stop on a two-day tour to promote her signature effort, the anti-childhood obesity campaign she [...]

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After hearing, supervisors vote for loan for new park

Associated Press — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:39:39 +0000

MADISON COUNTY — Supports say a new 60-acre park in rural, northern Madison County will provide needed ball fields and walking trails while bringing in new area businesses to stimulate the local economy. Opponents, however, say they’re concerned about the cost to taxpayers, rural safety and flooding. The Clarion-Ledger reports the Board of Supervisors says [...]

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Trail reaches southern terminal, but project not finished

Associated Press — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:56:13 +0000

NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — Tanglefoot Trail has reached its southern terminal, but work on the project is not finished. The leveling and grading is complete with the trail bed ready for crews to start laying asphalt as soon as weather and new year allow. “They have laid the limestone and gotten the surface ready for the [...]

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City’s tax collections up; looking to lease golf course

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:18:14 +0000

GREENVILLE — Though there were some hiccups in revenue collections for some city departments during the 2011-12 fiscal year, Greenville ended up with about $122,000 more in collections than the previous year. Steve Osso, the city’s external financial consultant, tells The Delta Democrat Times Greenville brought in almost $15.8 million over the period compared to [...]

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County first to offer ‘Exercise is Medicine’ program

Associated Press — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:50:25 +0000

RANKIN COUNTY — A new exercise and education program coordinated by the American College of Sports Medicine is starting up in Rankin County. The Clarion-Ledger reports Mississippi is the first state in the Exercise is Medicine Network, which strives to make exercise a standard part of disease prevention and treatment. The network’s adviser, Phil Trotter, [...]

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Judge to decide if Snopek missed deadline with St. Dominic lawsuit

Associated Press — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:42:02 +0000

MADISON — A judge says he will decide this week whether a former professional baseball player missed a three-year deadline to file a lawsuit against St. Dominic Health Services in a legal dispute over a Madison athletic facility project. The Clarion-Ledger reports today if Hinds County Circuit Judge Bill Gowan rules the statute of limitation [...]

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Mayor wants vote on proposed sports complex

Associated Press — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:02:05 +0000

VICKSBURG — Mayor Paul Winfield has resurrected his plan for a sports complex and wants to put it before the voters on the June 2013 ballot. The Vicksburg Post reports in a meeting last week on the budget for fiscal year 2012-13 fiscal year budget Winfield said he would introduce the issue to the three-member [...]

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Spurs nearly complete connecting trail with city’s downtown

Associated Press — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:12:32 +0000

HATTIESBURG — The pieces that will link downtown Hattiesburg and the Longleaf Trace finally are falling into place. The spurs that eventually will connect Kamper Park/Hattiesburg Zoo and the Hattiesburg Train Depot to the spear of the Trace nearly are complete. Construction on the main bike path-walkway that will run from just west of U.S. [...]

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Snopek suing St. Dominic over plans for new sports complex

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:47:26 +0000

MADISON — St. Dominic Health Services is preparing to start construction on a sports complex in Madison as it deals with a legal dispute involving a former partner. Chris Snopek, owner of Performance Sports Academy, alleges in a lawsuit that he shared his confidential thoughts, preliminary design and plans with St. Dominic over a project [...]

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