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UPSD begins interview process in principals search
By DEMETRIUS THOMPSON
Tue,03/27/18-4:10PM , 13,700 Reads
Dozens of Union Public School District parents attended the Parent Teacher Organization meeting on the evening of March 20 that also served as a listening session for the district’s search for two new principals.
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Company questions 911 over call center upgrade
By DEMETRIUS THOMPSON
Wed,03/21/18-10:08AM , 13,680 Reads
Three representatives from ComSouth, including its president, Dale Purvis, addressed the Newton County Board of Supervisors to dispute the board’s recent awarding of the bid to upgrade the 911 call center.

Purvis said he thought his company wasn’t given a fair chance to match the bid by Jackson Communications.
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City loses longtime alderman
By DEMETRIUS THOMPSON
Wed,03/21/18-10:07AM , 2,645 Reads
Former Newton alderman Thomas B. Harthcock passed away on Monday, March 12.

Harthcock, 88, served as an alderman for 27 years. He was inducted into the Mississippi Municipal League Hall of Fame in 2008 for his more than two decades of work to improve the city.
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UPSD to hire two new principals
By DEMETRIUS THOMPSON
Wed,03/21/18-10:03AM , 13,824 Reads
There will soon be two head administrators at two of the Union schools and parents and the community got to give their input on what qualities they want in candidates at a listening session on Tuesday evening.
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