WHEELING – Two women with a long and storied history of giving back to the community will join other notable names this June in the Wheeling Hall of Fame. Mary Ann Hess and Joan Corson Stamp both will be inducted the Philanthropy category, two of 11 inductees honored that night. Those inductions will take place […]
WHEELING – Eleven notable Wheeling names – whose contributions to their respective fields span the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries – were announced Friday as the Wheeling Hall of Fame’s 2023 Induction Class. What those 11 have meant not just to Wheeling, but far beyond the city’s borders, is what Hall of Fame committee members […]
Absentee votes partially to blame for delay in Laurel results
Absentee votes partially to blame for delay in Laurel results By Caroline Wood | April 7, 2021 at 8:37 PM CDT - Updated April 7 at 10:12 PM
LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Voters in the city of Laurel waited nearly four hours after polls closed Tuesday to receive any results from the municipal primary election.
According to Mary Ann Hess, Laurel city clerk and finance director, perhaps the biggest reason for the delay was absentee votes.
“Four years ago, we received 167 absentee ballots for the entire city. This year we had double the number,” Hess said. “And so, this took a lot of time for the resolutions committee to go through and count the ballots.”