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A safe room or storm shelter can help to provide safety to residents during severe weather. (Photo by Metro)

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MEMA to offer Mississippi residents reimbursement for installing safe room, storm shelter

By SPECIAL TO THE SUN-SENTINEL SPECIAL TO THE SUN-SENTINEL
Thu,10/09/25-12:06PM, 4,707 Reads
The Residential Safe Room Grant Program, established by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Hazard Mitigation grants, will be offering Mississippi residents reimbursement for installing a properly designed safe room or storm shelter on their property.
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Demographer Bill Rigby, right, discusses a map of East Tallahatchie education district lines. School board members Raymond Radcliff, left, and Darrell Neal look on. (Photo by Clay McFerrin)

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Redistricting ball in school board's court

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Thu,06/22/23-10:21AM, 4,706 Reads
Preliminary work for redrawing the five education district boundaries of the East Tallahatchie School District Board of Trustees lies with school board members themselves, demographer Bill Rigby told the board recently.
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Biewer Lumber opening new sawmill in Winona, creating 150 jobs

By PRESS RELEASE - MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY PRESS RELEASE - MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Thu,01/14/21-10:43AM, 4,704 Reads 116,308 Statewide
Biewer Lumber is constructing a new, state-of-the-art sawmill in Winona, Mississippi. The project is a $130 million investment and will create 150 jobs.
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Former Webb mayor Mary Tucker Croft won the position again by defeating two other candidates in Tuesday's municipal general election. (Photo special to The Sun-Sentinel)

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New but familiar mayor wins top post in Webb

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Wed,06/04/25-1:29AM, 4,703 Reads
A new yet familiar face will be returning to Webb Town Hall after former mayor Mary Tucker Croft won back the same seat in Tuesday's municipal general election that she last held more than a decade ago.
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