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Groundbreaking ceremony for new veterans cemetery

WLBT-TV Jackson - Sat Nov 07

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday for a new Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton County.

Groundbreaking marks hallowed ground for vets

Meridian Star - Thu Nov 05

Sticking up from the red dirt were several shovels with hard hats resting on top of them.

Breaking ground on vets cemetery

Meridian Star - Wed Nov 04

This morning state and local officials will dig into the Mississippi clay of Newton County with gold-colored shovels marking the official groundbreaking for the "Arlington of the South," the Mississippi Veteran's Memorial Cemetery.

40 p.m.) Murder updates

Meridian Star - Tue Nov 03

Officials with the Meridian Police Department just released information saying three men have been charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of Jerome Hearn and Stanley Mason.

Students Team with Web of Support

WTOK-TV Meridian - Tue Nov 03

Soldiers who are serving in Iraq are being remembered by the folks back home. Members of the 155th Brigade Combat team left for Iraq earlier this year.

Decatur recognizes Frances H. Jordan as Citizen of Year

Meridian Star - Mon Nov 02

The event will be held Saturday at 6 p.m. in the East Central Community College Cafeteria.

04 a.m.) ATV Fatal

Meridian Star - Mon Nov 02

Hundreds of people at a Jefferson Davis County race track watched as a man died after crashing his four-wheeler. Jefferson Davis Coroner Greg Blackwell told the Clarion-Ledger that 31-year-old Albert Wooten of Brandon was riding the all-terrain vehicle during a solo time trial Sunday at the Finishline Dragstrip west of Prentiss.

Mash Opens Tonight

Meridian Star - Thu Oct 29

The "Bonwit" sisters perform "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" during this scene from the East Central Community College dinner theater production of the comedy "M*A*S*H," by Tim Kelly.

Barry Reaches Out to Neighbors

WTOK-TV Meridian - Tue Oct 13

Bridge building was one of the main themes of Cheri Barry's campaign for mayor of Meridian.

Navy to honor civil rights martyr Medgar Evers

WMC-FM - Mon Oct 12

The widow of slain civil-rights pioneer Medgar Evers fought tears Friday as Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, a former Mississippi governor, announced he's naming a new Navy supply ship for Evers' late husband.

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