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Students have third graduation option
Mississippi high school students now have a third degree option as the result of a new state law that took effect last July. Called the career pathway option, it allows students to graduate with 2...
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FestivalSouth 2012 announces headliners
The popular FestivalSouth returns for a third season! This year Hattiesburg comes alive June 9 - 23 with the sounds of music all day, every day in Mississippi’s only multi-genre arts festival. Op...
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LCSD takes home top award
The Lamar County School District received two top honors, including Administrator of the Year, during last week’s annual conference of the Mississippi Association for Middle Level Education. Jamie...
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Magee renamed to school board
Petal School Board Chairman Bruce Magee was unanimously renamed to a new term during Tuesday’s board meeting after it was announced that nobody else had qualified to run for the position. Also duri...
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Petal exhibit paints pretty picture for students
The Petal School District Art Department will hold its fifth annual districtwide art show Monday through Thursday, Feb. 20-23, at the Center For families And Children at 201 West Central Avenue. T...
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Jim Smith is Runnels Award winner
Bobby Runnels Leadership Award winner “A lot of people have their Alabamas, Notre Dames, and even Ole Miss or Mississippi State, but my favorite place on earth is Petal, Mississippi, and the Petal...
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Bustin's public reprimand postponed
A public reprimand of former Justice Court Judge Carol Ann Bustin, ordered by the Mississippi Supreme Court, is expected to be scheduled in April, court officials said this week. The Supreme Court...
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Turning over a new LEAF
First came their energy-efficient, solar-panelled house and the hybrid gasoline/electric car. Now Cliff and Anne Burgess have added what is believed to be the first all-electric car to be purchased...
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Board to look at raise for mayor
For Alderman James Runnels, Tuesday’s meeting of the Petal Board of Aldermen was much like any of the others during the past year – with the exception that he was back in his regular seat at City H...
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Court rules in favor of LCSD in bid award
An Alabama construction company will be weighing its options following this week’s Circuit Court ruling that the Lamar County School Board followed the law when it didn’t accept the lowest bid for ...
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