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WEB3 days ago · Jones County's Home Town Newspaper, leader-call.com, offers local news and obituaries for the Laurel community.
Obituaries | leader-call.com
WEB4 days ago · Submit An Obituary. Funeral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Please email [email protected] for further information.
News | leader-call.com
WEB4 days ago · By Mark Thornton [email protected]. Sep 6, 2024. 0. For the fifth consecutive fiscal year, the Jones County Board of Supervisors adopted a budget with a reduced millage rate — and that was done while giving raises to county employees and maintaining a “healthy reserve fund.”.
Death Notices | leader-call.com
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Aug 14, 2024. Carl E. Jordan, 72, of Laurel passed away Thursday, Aug. 8, at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel. The funeral service will be Saturday, Aug. 17, at 2 p.m. at Laurel No. 1 Church of God in Christ with burial in Nora Davis Cemetery. A viewing will be 5-7 p.m. Friday at the church….
Local News | leader-call.com
WEB4 days ago · Felon gets 20 years for double DUI death. By Mark Thornton [email protected]. Sep 11, 2024. 0. A Laurel felon who got drunk and caused a crash that killed two local women in 2022 was ordered to spend the next two decades in prison as part of a plea agreement that was reached in Jones County Circuit Court.
Jones College students flood campus for fall classes
WEBAug 20, 2024 · ELLISVILLE - Jones College students flooded campus on the first day of fall semester classes. In fact, Executive Vice President, Dr. Finèe Ruffin is excited to report enrollment is up. “Credit hour enrollment is up by 3.79 percent to 60,197 credit hours and the headcount or actual number of students on campus is up by 5.84 percent for a total of 4, 534 students,” said Ruffin.
Moore back in Soso mayor’s seat | Free News | leader-call.com
WEBDec 20, 2023 · Moore. Mike Moore was elected mayor of Soso in a special election on Tuesday, and he will return to the office immediately to fill the remainder of the current term. The special election was made necessary by the resignation of former mayor Ralph Cahill last month. Mike Moore received 80 of the 145 total votes cast, about 58 percent.
Columnists | leader-call.com
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Aug 23, 2024. 3. Last week, the Democrat nominee for president, a supposed American citizen, openly proposed the Marxist policy of government price fixing of commodities. Government control of goods and services is communism, plain and simple. This is on top of her many other Marxist statements, including he….
Sign of the times? | Free News | leader-call.com
WEBAug 2, 2024 · The Leader-Call contacted the MDOT this week, and was told by a spokesperson that the matter would be “looked into,” and a response would be forthcoming. Two days later, the Leader-Call again contacted the MDOT for the response. “The sign was removed by the contractor (Dunn Roadbuilders) to …
History comes alive | Local News | leader-call.com
WEBHistory comes alive. Jul 14, 2017. 1. 1 of 2. Original WNSL broadcast of 1969 train explosion found, preserved by radio engineer now available. •. Imagine it is the wee hours of Saturday morning, Jan. 25, 1969. Neil Armstrong is eight months from taking that one giant leap into history. Gas cost about 30 cents per gallon.
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