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April 26th, 2013
By ALEX HOLLOWAY
reporter@starkvilledailynews.com
Candidates in the approaching alderman elections will have a chance to present their message directly to the people of Starkville in an alderman forum on Monday night.
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BY BRYAN DAVIS editor@dailytimesleader.com
House Bill One, which has been named the Gibbs-Turner Economic Development Act has passed both houses in the legislature, and it is now law.
Angela Turner spoke to the Senate body before the vote today, endorsing the bill.
"As you know, Clay County has taken a hit," Turner said. "We are excited about the project coming to town."
Turner says that this has been a team effort.
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Bryan David, Editor Daily Times Leader
Mississippi Development Authority Executive Director Brent Christensen spoke to the Senate Finance Committee moments ago regarding details on the Yokohama Tire Corporation plant that is set to land in Clay County.
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Bryan David, Editor Daily Times Leader
Sources with knowledge of a proposed industrial project in West Point have confirmed that Yokohama Rubber Company, a tire manufacturer from Japan, has chosen Clay County as a project site.
This morning, state legislators are filing into the Capitol Building in Jackson to vote on an incentives package so that the project may move forward.
April 25th
Josiah Buckner announced Thursday that he has dropped out of Starkville’s race for Ward 2 alderman, ensuring that all seven city aldermen will be elected in the May 7 primaries.
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By STEVEN NALLEY
educ@starkvilledailynews.com
Mississippi State University’s landscape architecture students got an opportunity to shape the future of one of Starkville’s parks Thursday.
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SDN staff
The Starkville Board of Aldermen will consider, during its recess meeting at 4 p.m. today in the City Hall courtroom, a rezoning recommendation that would allow a developer to build multi-family corporate housing at Thad Cochran Research Park.
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Starkville police arrested the first of what could be many suspects in an alleged shooting incident on Tuesday.
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The Starkville Volunteer Center hosted its third annual volunteer awards banquet on Tuesday night for the 2012-13 service year. The organization awarded 18 President's Volunteer Service Awards as well as the organization's own Spirit awards to groups and individuals that met proper qualifications.
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April 24th
Two men wearing hazmat suits — MSU students Jarred Johnson and Brian Brotherton — could be seen in hazmat suits cleaning up a mess near the Colvard Student Union Tuesday.
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