TUPELO ⢠Mayoral candidates Todd Jordan and Victor Fleitas will meet on the stage Tuesday night at a debate hosted by the Daily Journal.
The event begins 6 p.m. at the Link Centre concert hall in Tupelo. Jordan, a Republican, and Fleitas, a Democrat, will answer questions from Daily Journal reporter Caleb Bedillion, who will serve as the event s moderator.
The event auditorium will open at 5:30 p.m., with seated limited to about 100 people, available on a first-come-first-serve basis.Â
The Link Centre requests that those attending wear masks until seated, but masking is optional once seated.
A livestream of the event will also be available at ww.djournal.com, and on various social media platforms.
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal will host a mayoral debate two weeks prior to the general election.
Democratic nominee Victor Fleitas and Republican nominee Todd Jordan have confirmed their participation. The debate will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, at the Link Centre concert hall. It is scheduled to last approximately one hour.
Voters also will be able to watch a live stream of the event on www.djournal.com.
If You Go
General admission for the event will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Seating is limited to approximately 100 people, with social distancing measures in effect.
Masks are optional.
You can never go home again, or so conventional wisdom tells us. The saying â adapted from Thomas Wolfeâs âYou Canât Go Home Againâ â warns us to beware of nostalgia. Doing so can lead to disappointment akin to meeting your heroes or â worse still â sacrificing progress at the altar of a romanticized past.
Nostalgia and even a bit of surrealism has been plentiful as Iâve returned to Tupelo, where I was born, remembering growing up here and in Pontotoc.
Some of my first memories are from living on Shady Lane in Pontotoc, going to the two-screen movie theatre with Matt, who lived across the street. We would eat a dill pickle served on ice in a paper cone. It made an absolute but delicious mess.
Daily Journal hires former Clarion Ledger editor Sam Hall Follow Us
Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Monday, February 1, 2021
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal is hiring a new executive editor who previously led another newspaper in the state.
Sam R. Hall begins work Feb. 8 at the Daily Journal, according to announcement Monday from William Bronson, publisher of the Tupelo-based paper. Hall is a Tupelo native and 1994 graduate of Tupelo High School.
Hall succeeds Elizabeth Walters, who left the Daily Journal in January after two years as executive editor. She returned to South Carolina to work as audience development editor for The Greenville News, Anderson Independent Mail and Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
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⢠Tupelo native and former executive editor of the Clarion Ledger, Sam R. Hall, will lead the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journalâs newsroom, publisher William Bronson announced Monday.
Hall, a Tupelo native and 1994 graduate of Tupelo High School, replaces Elizabeth Walters as the Daily Journalâs executive editor. Walters left in January.
Hall has more than 20 yearsâ experience in journalism and communications, including eight years at the Clarion Ledger, where he was executive editor for five years.
âI am so very excited to have Sam Hall joining the Journal family as the new executive editor,â Bronson said. âSam and his family will be a great addition to Tupelo and Northeast Mississippi. The Journal is blessed to add someone with Samâs resume, personality, and deep connection to the Tupelo community. To have a Tupelo native leading our news operations as we head into our 151st year of service is great for Northeast Mississippi, Tup