Archive - Oct 2012
October 23rd
By CARL SMITH
news@starkvilledailynews.com
The Starkville School District Board of Trustees unanimously hired Jody Jones Woodrum, a former Bulloch County, Ga. School administrator with 25 years of educational experience, as its newest assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction Tuesday. She starts her job immediately.
By STEVEN NALLEY
educ@starkvilledailynews.com
Sturgis residents elected James Eric Jackson to finish the unexpired term of former Alderman Quinnia Yates Tuesday.
EUPORA – It came as no shock to Derrick Jones’ team and his coach when the senior was chosen for the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game.
Hold onto your hats football fans. A wild weekend of football is coming up for this area.
While everyone is busy hyping Saturday's Southeastern Conference Western Division clash between No. 13 (The Associated Press poll) Mississippi State and No. 1 Alabama and rightfully so, there's some high school matchups on the schedule Friday that will serve as nice appetizers.
By NATHAN GREGORY
citybeat@starkvilledailynews.com
Country music act Eli Young Band was selected to replace Neon Trees as co-headliners of the Mississippi State University Student Association-sponsored Bulldog Bash on Nov. 2.
The two other headliners for Mississippi’s largest free outdoor concert are pop singer/songwriter Andy Grammar and country group Gloriana.
A year ago Malcolm Johnson ended his redshirt freshman season with a lot of confidence and year two looked to be a break season for him.
A pectoral injury on his right side sidelined him for the first five games of the season.
The Bulldogs entered the Tennessee game with a 5-0 record and Johnson was cleared to play.
By NATHAN GREGORY
citybeat@starkvilledailynews.com
Starkville Police Department investigators seek information regarding a recent rash of graffiti appearing mostly in the east-central portion of the city limits between Miss. Highway 182 and Miss. Highway 12.
October 22nd
By STEVEN NALLEY
educ@starkvilledailynews.com
The Starkville Historic Preservation Commission will discuss neighborhood information sessions it has held and will continue holding for its proposed local historic districts, as well as maps of those districts, at its meeting Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall’s Building Department.
By ALAN FRAM
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The party that runs the Senate next year may be decided by how well President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney do in toss-up states like Nevada, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin, where ballots feature parallel Senate races about as tight as the presidential contest.
By NATHAN GREGORY
citybeat@starkvilledailynews.com
Oktibbeha County authorities continue to investigate an early Saturday morning car wreck that claimed the life of a Louisville man and injured the vehicle’s other two passengers to determine whether alcohol was involved.
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