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Carrollton hosts historic preservation training
By AMANDA SEXTON FERGUSON
Thu,08/29/19-10:28AM , 21,994 Reads
CARROLLTON – Thanks to Mayor Pam Lee, a Show and Tell and Training for Historic Preservation Commissioners in the Mississippi Delta was held at the Carrollton Community House last Friday.
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Test scores down in district
By AMANDA SEXTON FERGUSON
Thu,08/29/19-10:25AM , 5,705 Reads
The Mississippi Department of Education recently released the 2018-2019 state test results for Mississippi’s public schools.
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A man of merit
By AMANDA SEXTON FERGUSON
Thu,08/29/19-10:17AM , 104,979 Reads
WINONA – A Vaiden teen was honored Sunday for achieving what no other scout in the Boy Scouts of America have ever achieved – earning all 138 merit badges.

Eagle Scout James Armstrong, 17, of Vaiden was honored Sunday with a reception at the American Legion Post 52 for meeting the requirements to earn all 138 merit badges.
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Elections are impossible to predict
By AMANDA SEXTON FERGUSON
Thu,08/29/19-10:01AM , 3,119 Reads
The very first local election I covered as a journalist was nearly 20 years ago, in 2001, with Mississippi’s municipalities holding elections for mayor and boards of aldermen seats. I was editor of the Southaven Press, a 25,000-circulation weekly and my hometown newspaper – three years into my career in the newspaper industry.
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