Archive - 2012 - Latest News
December 19th
By CARL SMITH
news@starkvilledailynews.com
A man wanted in connection with three armed robberies of local pizza deliverers was arrested Tuesday, Starkville Police Department officials said.
Carlo Shepherd, 28, of 20493 Old Houston Road, Aberdeen, was arrested in Aberdeen with the help of the city’s police department and charged with three counts of aggravated assault.
JACKSON — Entergy Corp. will raise Mississippi customer bills in January to pay for higher natural gas costs as well as the company's recent purchase of a Jackson power plant, and another rate increase is likely in February to pay for more power purchases from the Grand Gulf nuclear plant.
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's foray into the car business is slowly coming to an end.
A man wanted in connection with three armed robberies of local pizza deliverers was arrested Tuesday, Starkville Police Department officials said.
Carlo Shepherd, 28, of 20493 Old Houston Road, Aberdeen was arrested in Aberdeen with the help of the city's police department and charged with three counts of aggravated assault.
An approximate arrest time was unavailable.
December 18th
By STEVEN NALLEY
educ@starkvilledailynews.com
The Oktibbeha County Chancery Court authorized the city of Starkville Tuesday to issue general certificates of participation to finance a new municipal building and renovations to the current City Hall totaling $8 million, denying William McGovern’s objection.
By STEVEN NALLEY
educ@starkvilledailynews.com
Oktibbeha County School District faculty and staff are responding to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. by practicing drills, evaluating crisis management plans and taking other measures to ensure no such tragedy ever happens to children attending any of the district’s four schools.
By MATT CRANE
life@starkvilledailynews.com
For his family and the countless residents of Oktibbeha County he served, the legacy of Will Allen Jr.’s life continues to thrive.
Allen not only served his country overseas during World War II, but he also helped establish what would become the East Oktibbeha County Volunteer Fire Department.
FROM WIRE REPORTS
Kenny Fowler and Angela Turner-Lairy have qualified for a Jan. 15 special election to succeed late Miss. Sen. Bennie Turner, who died in November.
The winner of the nonpartisan election will complete the remainder of Turner’s term.
Turner-Lairy, an attorney in West Point, is Turner’s daughter. Fowler is a businessman.
December 17th
Starkville Rotary Club members gathered Monday to begin work on the organization’s annual dictionary donation project.
Larry Box, chairman of the dictionary committee, said Rotary District 6,820 sets in place a project to give every third grade child a personal dictionary.
Ward 6 Alderman Roy A. Perkins will bring a motion before the Starkville Board of Aldermen at its meeting Tuesday to rescind all action pertaining to certificates of participation for new municipal facilities and replace it with a June 4, 2013 bond referendum for a $3.5 million police facility.
