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Partly cloudy for most of today with a slight chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Our high will be 93. Tonight's low will be 75. Saturday will become cloudy in the afternoon with a high of 94. Rain chances accompany a front Saturday night with a low of 73. Sunday's high will be 88 under partly cloudy skies.

 

 

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At Tuesday night’s Mayor and Board of Aldermen meeting, Olive Branch city engineer Steve Bigelow (standing) opens the five bids submitted to the city for NRDC infrastructure improvements (McKesson project).  Bids ranged from $2.7 million to $4.2 million, with board members voting to table their decision until city officials can more closely review each bid. Funding for the project will come from the state; board members said a decision could be made by the Sept. 15 special meeting. (Photo by Jamie Mercer)

 

 

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Week 4 Games

 

Thursday, Sept. 9

 

Auburn at Mississippi State

East Central at Northwest

 

  

Friday, Sept. 10

 

Cordova at DeSoto Central

Amanda Elzy at Lewisburg

Olive Branch at Brentwood Academy

Horn Lake at Center Hill

Southaven at Hernando

Trezevant at Lake Cormorant (HC)

Fayette Academy at SBEC

 

  

Saturday, Sept. 11

 

Memphis at East Carolina

Ole Miss at Tulane

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Twenty Mississippi Cities & Counties Receive DOJ Byrne Grants

 

September 1, 2010

 

Olive Branch, Southaven to receive funds

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Twenty grants worth more than $630,000 have been approved to help city and county law enforcement agencies in Mississippi upgrade law enforcement equipment, according to U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.).

The grants to Mississippi police and sheriffs' departments represent formula grant funding provided through the DOJ Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.

"Each of these grants is intended to assist law enforcement in Mississippi to fight illegal activities, promote public safety and prosecute crimes.  The Byrne grant program is designed to meet the specific needs of cities and counties," Cochran said.

 

Local activities include:

 

n  Cities of Olive Branch and Southaven - $37,597 for Olive Branch to establish a full-time traffic enforcement unit and Southaven to purchase mobile workstations for patrol units

 

n  City of Holly Springs - $21,078 to enhance officer safety, retention and equipment

 

n  Marshall County - $21,676 to purchase and outfit a used patrol vehicle.

 

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