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March 6, 2004
By By Fredie Carmichael / staff writer March 5, 2004 A Meridian man was shot and killed at a 1418 29th Ave. home late Thursday. Lauderdale County Coro...
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March 6, 2004
By Staff special to The Star March 5, 2004 Long-time educator Earnest Lankford has been recognized as Educator of the Year at East Mississippi Correct...
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March 6, 2004
By By Georgia E. Frye / staff writer March 5, 2004 The Meridian Public School Board in a specially called work session Thursday discussed the district...
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March 6, 2004
By By Staff Sgt. Andy Thaggard / special to The Star March 5, 2004 MUBARAK, Kuwait The Army's 298th Corps Support Battalion, headquartered in Phi...
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March 6, 2004
By By Steve Gillespie / staff writer March 5, 2004 Imagine a Meridian with high-speed Amtrak trains, an expanded airport with flights to several citie...
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March 6, 2004
By By Steve Gillespie / staff writer March 5, 2004 Lauderdale County supervisors voted Thursday to seek details from Meridian Mayor John Robert Smith ...
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March 6, 2004
Services for Howard Mobley will be held today at 2 p.m. at Mt. Cephus Primitive Baptist Church with the Rev. Tony Hubbard officiating. Burial will be ...
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March 6, 2004
Services for Mildred Louise Cobb will be held today at 1:30 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Davey Wilkinson officiating. Burial will ...
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March 6, 2004
John and Christina Lundeen of Birmingham, Ala., formerly of Meridian, announce the birth of a daughter, Anna Catherine, on Jan. 26, 2004, at Brookwood...
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