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Accepting the check are firefighters Chantay Rhone, Ellis Brown, Chief Ethan Foresman, Butch Sowell, Evan Gilder and Jonathan Daubenspeck from Zaxby's co-owners Mark Rowan and Larry Cahill.

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On Sat, 10/24/2020 - 02:42 PM

Mark Rowan and Larry Cahill co-owners of Zaxby's in Senatobia, make a $1,000 donation to the Senatobia Fire & Rescue Department in support of fire prevention month.

Richard Storey, owner of Storey Insurance at 5234 Highway 51 North, recently relocated to Tate Crossing North. Storey Insurance offers insurance coverage for auto, home, life and business.

Openings at Tate Crossing

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On Sat, 10/24/2020 - 02:24 PM

The Senatobia Main Street Chamber of Commerce hosted ribbon cutting events Tuesday, Oct. 20, to celebrate the opening of three businesses at Tate Crossing North shopping center on Highway 51.

Part of Center Street will be one-way only

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On Sat, 10/24/2020 - 02:12 PM

A section of a street in downtown Senatobia will be strictly a one-way thoroughfare soon.

City aldermen voted to make the change to Center Street with traffic running from north to south from Main to Tate Street at their recessed meeting Tuesday, Oct. 20.

Amanda Williams-Smith (left) and her daughter Abbi Woods-Embrey pick up trash in memory of Wills Cody Woods along Highway 4 as part of the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) Adopt-A-Highway program.

Family honors deceased loved one

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On Sat, 10/24/2020 - 02:08 PM

Soon after her son was killed in a tragic traffic accident, Amanda Williams-Smith began searching for ways to honor his life.

“I wanted to do something that would keep his name on the minds of all the people who knew and loved him,” she said.

Pedestrian killed on I-55 identified

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On Sat, 10/24/2020 - 02:07 PM

The identity of a white female killed on Interstate 55 earlier this month has been confirmed, according to Senatobia Police Chief Richard Chandler.

He said Ernie Lentz, deputy coroner for Tate County, identified the subject as Claudia Danielle McCool, 27, of Sardis.

New COVID-19 cases in schools

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On Sat, 10/24/2020 - 02:06 PM

Five positive cases of COVID-19 were reported at Senatobia schools the last two weeks, according to the district website.

Take precautions this Halloween

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On Sat, 10/24/2020 - 02:03 PM

While the novel coronavirus pandemic has interrupted many of our annual traditions, people will be dead set on celebrating Halloween by taking children trick-or-treating this year.

Hickory Grove held its first service in this structure in 1952. The building currently sits next to The Grove Baptist Church and is used as a fellowship hall.

Sesquicentennial Celebrations

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On Mon, 10/19/2020 - 02:53 PM

Churches observe 150 years

Two local places of worship have withstood the test of time and celebrated their 150-year anniversary in October – The Grove Baptist Church and Cistern Hill Missionary Baptist Church.

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Traffic stop nets two

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On Mon, 10/19/2020 - 02:50 PM

Two men were taken into custody by Senatobia Police officers last week following a traffic stop.

Chief Richard Chandler identified the men as Ross Houart, 22, and Zachary Ryan Bible, 25, both of Southaven.

Tate jobless rate drops in August

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On Mon, 10/19/2020 - 02:25 PM

Unemployment numbers in Tate County dropped significantly in August from 11.6 percent the previous month to the current rate of 8.5 percent, according to statistics released by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.