Archive - Dec 23, 2012
By BRYAN DAVIS
dtleditor@bellsouth.net
“Mission first, people always.”
Mississippi State University ROTC graduates repeated those words many times last week, as retired Col. Dwight Dyess stressed their importance to the cadets who received their first salutes as second lieutenants during the ceremony.
By MATT CRANE
life@starkvilledailynews.com
With Starkville service men and women on duty Christmas Day, one group of community residents is rallying together to provide Starkville Fire Department employees on the job a warm, home-cooked meal tomorrow.Â
By STEVEN NALLEY
educ@starkvilledailynews.com
Lorenzo and Marianne Crowell live in Starkville, but their children are scattered across the country and the world. Anna Crowell lives in Washington, D.C.; Jimmy Crowell is moving to McLean, Va.; Larry Crowell lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. and Ruth Crowell Wild lives in London, England.
By JACK ELLIOTT JR.
Associated Press
JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court has sent the Legislature a message: If you want burglary considered a violent crime to catch more career criminals, you’d better write it into the law.
A majority of the high court, in a Harrison County case, rejected home burglary as a crime of violence for the purpose of state sentence enhancement.
The Mississippi State football team is going to have good play at linebacker for some years to come.
There is freshman All-American Benardrick McKinney, junior Deontae Skinner, sophomore Ferlando Bohanna. Also true freshmen Richie Brown and Beniquez Brown are sitting out there first year on campus.
By MATT CRANE
life@starkvilledailynews.com
Working to realize her dream of presenting professional production of William Shakespeare at Mississippi State University, Professor Donna Clevinger has secured grants from across the Southeast to present “Twelfth Night” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in Lee Hall.
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO
AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK — When it comes to fat holiday discounts, better late than never.
This holiday shopping season, many stores haven’t been offering the same blockbuster deals as they did last year. Instead, they’ve dangled offers of free shipping and no-fee layaways to lure shoppers.
By CARL SMITH
news@starkvilledailynews.com
The Greater Starkville Development Partnership has hired Jennifer Prather as its new special events and projects coordinator.
Prather, a former university events planner who has a prior background with the GSDP, will start her new job in early January.
