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Sheriff urges drivers to watch for school buses, children
Local schools are beginning a new academic year this week, and Lauderdale County Sheriff Ward Calhoun is urging ... Read more
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New guidelines cause bus driver shortage
The Lauderdale County School District is struggling to find bus drivers due to new guidelines from the Federal ... Read more
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Meridian Airport receives $430k from environmental mitigation program
The Meridian Airport Authority is set to receive more than $430,000 through the first round of funding provided ... Read more
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‘Stuff the Bus’ returns Thursday
While many people are enjoying their summer vacations, the United Way of East Mississippi has the wheels turning ... Read more
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Central District multimodal grants announced
The Mississippi Transportation Commission recently announced the award of approximately $ 3.8 million in funding for multimodal transportation ... Read more
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Plans underway to redevelop historic bus station where Freedom Riders stopped in Meridian
Editor’s note: this is Part 6 in a series on the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Riders Sixty ... Read more
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Freedom Riders face violence in Montgomery
Editor’s note: This is the fifth story in a 6-part series on the 60th Anniversary of the Freedom ... Read more
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‘Let them children in’: Alabama family helps Freedom Riders after police abandonment
Editor’s note: This is Part 4 in a series on the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Riders. Sixty ... Read more
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Freedom Riders take a beating in Birmingham, spark others to join
Editor’s note: this is Part 3 in a series on the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Riders In ... Read more
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Freedom Riders 60th Anniversary: Bus rides remembered for changing interstate travel
In February 1946, Jackie Robinson, the first Black man to play in major league baseball, and his wife, ... Read more