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Four Lowndes supes races now competitive

As of Friday evening, the District 2 and District 5 supervisor races are now contested. ....

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Velek tapped as interim Lowndes recreation director

Tom Velek has been chosen to lead the Lowndes County Recreation Department as the short-term successor to the late Roger Short. ....

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Bookstore adorns 'lucky' pole for Festivus

Around the holidays, you hear a lot about being thankful – for family, for friends, for simply making it through another in a series of pretty awful years. ....

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Cost concerns poise Starkville to bolt from juvenile detention deal with Lowndes

The city is looking to discontinue an interlocal agreement reserving beds in Lowndes County Juvenile Detention Center. ....

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Sober living facility seeks to lease old fire station

“You can literally walk out the back door and touch it,” said Crossroads Sober Living founder and president Dusty Snider, pointing at the old Fire Station Number 4. “We’re pretty much connected to it.” ....

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