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Addy, Loper win Newton County MAS scholarships
By THOMAS HOWARD
Fri,06/05/20-6:00AM , 20,123 Reads
The Newton County Board of Supervisors awarded scholarships Monday to two Decatur students through the Mississippi Association of Supervisors County Employee Scholarship program.

Lauren Addy and Aleese Brooklyn Loper, both of Decatur, were each presented with $500 checks to apply toward their college education.
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Supervisors delay courthouse reopening
By THOMAS HOWARD
Fri,06/05/20-6:00AM , 20,184 Reads
Gov. Tate Reeves’ Safer At Home executive order mandating closures of businesses and government buildings expired Monday, but the Newton County Board of Supervisors is holding off on throwing open the courthouse doors until proper safety equipment can be installed.
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County jail holds LCSD gun thief
By THOMAS HOWARD
Thu,06/04/20-6:00AM , 19,989 Reads
Newton County jail is holding a Lauderdale County suspect charged with grand larceny and gun trafficking.

Caitlin Roe, 30, of Sumter, South Carolina was arrested May 24 by Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department after deputies responded to a call at the Astro Motel on Frontage Road in Meridian.
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Thomas Howard: We can and must be different going forward
By THOMAS HOWARD
Tue,06/02/20-2:51PM , 20,419 Reads
I am angry. I am frustrated. I am sad and hurt.

The events unfolding across our nation, the senseless murder of George Floyd, the riots and the police response has rolled back the curtain of peace and laid bare to the world the injustices our nation perpetuates against our African-American countrymen and women.
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