TUEPLO• The Juneteenth Tupelo festival will take place June 18 at Gumtree Park with speakers, musicians and family fun, kicking off with a parade at noon and the main event
BOONEVILLE ⢠For 74-year-old Diane Hastings, being able to reside in her community means everything to her.
The Booneville native had been living in her Cedar Street home for over 20 years when it was damaged by a storm in September of last year.
Now, community leaders are coming together to help build Hastings a new home. On Wednesday, a group of local volunteers, city leaders and businesses gathered outside the remains of her former home to help clear the property and make way for a new house.
âYou donât know how much I missed this house,â Hastings said. âHow much Iâve missed this community because this is my community right here and I love it. On days after church, I would go by my house and just look at it and say to myself, âLord, I asked you for a new house, so I know youâre going to give it to me.ââ
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