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AFGHANISTAN VISIT — (Back row, l-r) Sam Haskell, Bebe Shapp, Ericka Dunlap; (middle row, l-r)Sharlene Hawkes, Jill Stevens, Nicole Johnson; (front row, l-r) Heather Whitestone, Susan Powell with soldiers from FOB Fenty in Afghanistan Update: Haskell and Miss Americas visit troops
Continued from Wednesday’s Monroe Journal
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Paperwork main obstacle in Harmon case
Officials and family members still await the process of extraditing Rodney Mills from a Nashville prison to Hamilton to follow up on his claims of where exactly the remains of Jeff Harmon are.
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Ratepayers' Forum planned in Aberdeen
Brandon Presley, Northern District Public Service Commissioner, has scheduled a “Ratepayers’ Forum” Thursday night, November 12, at the Monroe County Chancery Building, 6 – 7 p.m.
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Two students have mild allergic reactions after swine flu shots
Two Caledonia High School students had mild allergic reactions following swine flu shots on Wednesday.
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Aberdeen board votes to build pit bull holding facility
Board approves $4,000 for pen at Aberdeen Animal Shelter
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PSC sets up satellite offices
Brandon Presley, Northern District Public Service Commissioner, announced permanent satellite office hours in all 33 counties of the Northern District of Mississippi beginning November 1.
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Aberdeen staple Roy Hazzle is giving it two more years. For more than two decades, Hazzle has guided the Bulldogs, to the Class 3A title two seasons ago. (Brandon Speck) Aberdeen's Hazzle wants one more trip to the Big House before he retires
It may be two years away, but it’s two years too soon for everyone related to Aberdeen basketball.
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UPDATE: Maben man arraigned for murder
Tony Davis has initial day in court for 2002 murder of Monroe County Woman
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The Aberdeen Budget: We're broke, son!
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The City of Aberdeen will unveil its fiscal year 2010 budget to the public next week (Tuesday, September 8). What does this budget mean for Aberdeen and its citizens? This is probably the most imp...
The id of ID: Why the call for voter ID goes against the instinct to vote fraudulently
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Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann made some interesting points regarding voter fraud in Mississippi and his office's push for voter ID during his visit to North Monroe County recently. Hosema...
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The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people dead.


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This image made from video provided by Channel 13 News in Orlando, Fla., shows Jason Rodriguez being taken into custody by police officers in Orlando, Fla. Rodriguez, 40, opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing at least one person and injuring five others. (AP Photo/Channel 13 News, cfnews13.com)  MANDATORY CREDIT   NO SALESAP - A man so broke that he said he didn't have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said.


Fri Nov 06 23:48:15 -0600 2009

This undated photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)AP - A young woman broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities she admired, including Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Audrina Patridge, because she wanted to own their designer clothes and jewelry, an informant told police.


Fri Nov 06 23:26:15 -0600 2009

Royce Clyde Zeigler II, left, enters the 10th District Court in Galveston, Texas on  Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Zeigler is accused of killing Riley Ann Sawyers, whose unidentified body was dubbed 'Baby Grace' when found in a plastic container in Galveston Bay. (AP Photo/Jennifer Reynolds, Pool)AP - Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death.


Fri Nov 06 23:55:02 -0600 2009