Updated 7/8/2021 5:54 PM
The St. Charles Business Alliance had no idea the Be You Rock Hunt would be so popular.
SCBA Marketing Strategist Carley Salomon came up with the challenge as a way to build on the popularity of the city s Be You sculpture and promote local businesses. Ten rocks were hidden downtown along Main Street between Fifth Avenue and Fifth Street, and if you found one with a colorful Be You message painted on it, you d win a bag filled with local goodies.
When the hunt began Tuesday morning, dozens of people converged on downtown St. Charles. By 1 p.m. four hours after the hunt began nine of the rocks had been found.
New Albany Main Street recognized at state meeting
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Woman breaks into New Albany business, steals company vehicle
A woman broke into a New Albany business and stayed several hours before stealing the company van and leaving.
Posted: Apr 15, 2021 8:09 PM
Updated: Apr 15, 2021 10:02 PM
Posted By: Brianna Bynum
NEW ALBANY, Miss. (WTVA) - When Magnolia Soap and Bath Co. Owner Magen Bynum arrived to her shop this morning, things were scattered everywhere. Thankfully, a security camera allowed her to see who made the mess.
Camera footage showed 19-year-old Eden Dye changing clothes, writing on the company’s white board and eventually stealing the keys to the company s van.
Police said 19-year-old Eden Dye broke into Magnolia Soap and Bath Co. early Thursday morning.
⢠United Way of Northeast Mississippi is sounding a call to action for donors.
Ticket sales for the nonprofitâs annual $50K Giveaway, which builds the funding base used to bolster fellow charitable organizations across the area, will end Sunday at 10:30 p.m., and the group is approximately $200,000 shy of their annual campaign goal of $2.6 million.
The nonprofit hopes to reach their goal so they can fully fund over 60 programs in the eight counties they serve.
âRight now we are in the final stretch of our campaign ⦠and thereâs lots of ways to reach that goal,â said Mary Ann Plasencia, Director of Community Impact. âIf we havenât heard from you as a leadership giver, if we havenât heard from you as a giver through your workplace, if we havenât heard from you as a $50K giveaway ticket buyer, we really need to hear from you.â