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Mississippi jobless rate at 7.6 percent in October
JACKSON (AP) – Mississippi’s unemployment rate fell slightly in October to 7.6 percent, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department. The rate was down from 7.7 percent in...
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FLOYD INGRAM: The Gift
I’ve been around the newspaper business for about 44 of my 54 years, having started out in this profession throwing papers at the tender age of ten in West Point. Delivering newspapers every afternoon...
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Congressman Nunnelee dies at home
Special to the Chickasaw Journal TUPELO – Congressman Alan Nunnelee, who battled brain cancer and the effects of a stroke for eight months, died today at his home, surrounded by family members. The...
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Attorneys general, others support Google investigation
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood (AP) By Jeff Amy Associated Press JACKSON – With representatives of the electronics industry saying Mississippi’s attempt to investigate Google should be blocked...
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School, business, industry and institution closing
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal Did you really think there would be school today? With Wednesday’s snowfall dropping over 8-inches on roads in Chickasaw County, Northeast Mississippi school...
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EDITORIAL: Let’s show some hometown pride
Spring has arrived in Chickasaw County and if the sun is shining we will all get that primordial urge to clear, dig and plant. Women have conducted Spring cleaning in this community since pioneer days...
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State benefits from Natchez Trace Parkway visitors
Special to the Chickasaw Journal TUPELO – Roughly 80 percent of the $136 million spent in communities near the Natchez Trace Parkway was done in Mississippi, a National Park Service report revealed....
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EDITORIAL: Summer is a time to grow
It’s summer and it’s time for things to grow. We think that also applies to local businesses, industry and service professions in Chickasaw County. We at the Chickasaw Journal are quick to point out...
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EDITORIAL: Playing to win
Winning isn’t everything, but it sure is a lot better than losing. The 2014 Houston Hilltopper baseball team was defeated by St. Stanislaus Friday night and we hated that loss just as much as the boys...
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Thrive Marketing to host workshop
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – There are dollars to be made on the Internet but only if your business has the right connection, right approach and right access. Thrive Marketing will host...
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Your business can Thrive online
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – There are dollars to be made on the Internet but only if your business has the right connections, right approach and right market in mind. Thrive Marketing...
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Houston robbery attempt prompts chase
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – A thieves attempting to rob a person making a night deposit at a downtown bank were foiled by alert policeman who then chased a suspect vehicle out of...
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United Furniture adding 100 jobs to region
By Ray Van Dusen Monroe Journal ABERDEEN – Motions made Monday by District 5 Supervisor Robert Tomey and seconded by District 4 Supervisor Fulton Ware sealed the deal to bring 100 new jobs to the...
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EDITORIAL: Support for Solar Car
This is normally the time of year this newspaper is bringing you headlines, stories and photos of the Houston Solar Car coming back from some part of this great country with another National Solar...
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OUR OPINION: Houston Solar Car representing region from across the world
In less than a week, members of the Houston Solar Car Team will embark on an epic adventure in Australia, representing Northeast Mississippi halfway across the globe. Fourteen students departed last...
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Chasing the Sun
(James Ingram / Buy at photos.chickasawjournal.com)Houston Solar Car driver Hunter Moore gives the thumbs up as he peers through the safety glass prior to the start of the World Solar Car Challenge...
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State, Chickasaw County under burn ban
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal HOUSTON – You can rake those leaves into as high a pile as you want, but don’t put a match to them! Mississippi is still under a state-wide burn ban and that means...
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Number 1
There has been a tiny little change to your Chickasaw Journal this week. Today, under the Chickasaw Journal banner and mission statement “A locally owned newspaper dedicated to the service of God...
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Chickasaw notches 7.4 jobless rate
By Floyd Ingram Chickasaw Journal CHICKASAW COUNTY – Having a job means having a paycheck and the ability to pay the bills and enjoy life and therefore things apparently got better around here...
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Season of love and light
(Floyd Ingram / Buy at photos.chickasawjournal)The Electricity Class at the Houston School of Science and Technology is shown with the downtown snowflake Christmas decorations they are refurbishing...
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