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Thursday, March 30, 2023
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Volume 111, No. 23
ASB 2023 election results: one disqualified, forcing vice presidential race into run-off MARY BOYTE K HOGAN
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On the steps of the Lyceum on Tuesday night, March 28, the Associated Student Body announced the new executive members for the 20232024 year: Sara Austin Welch is president, Teal Salloum is treasurer, Ethan Robertson is secretary, Helen Philips is attorney general and Harrison Stewart is judicial chair. On Wednesday morning, ASB announced that vice presidential candidate Kate Wall had been disqualified from the race. Neither of the remaining candidates, Hayden Pierce and Mason Greenwald, earned 50% of the vote, so they will compete in a runoff race Thursday, March 30. ASB released an official statement saying Wall had
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Sara Austin Welch celebrates her election as ASB President on March 28.
Grand jury indicts Herrington on capital murder charge
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Photo Essay: Picking up the pieces in Rolling Fork VIOLET JIRA KHARLEY REDMON HAL FOX
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PHOTO COURTESY: OXFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT
Timothy Herrington Jr. has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the Jimmie “Jay” Lee case. Herrington is a 22-year-old man from Grenada who graduated from UM in 2022.
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Renita Woods and Eddie Woods move a box out of Kathy Barlow’s living room. The Barlows’ home was destroyed by the EF-4 tornado that hit Rolling Fork on the night of March 24.
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