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Judge rejects effort to bar poll watchers
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Fri,10/29/10-1:00PM , 99 Reads
State election observers will be allowed at the polls in Leflore County and elsewhere in Mississippi on Tuesday.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday that alleged the observers were placed as part of a broader scheme of “whites telling blacks how to vote.”
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Leflore County Tax Assessor Leroy Ware checks a map printed from a new electronic mapping system that recently came online. Ware said the maps will give the public better access to property information.

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Property lines online
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Wed,10/27/10-1:00PM , 250 Reads
Want to know who owns a building in Leflore County or exactly where your property line runs?

The answers are now available on the Internet, thanks to a new online mapping system.

“It’s going to be a big help for us, but it’s going to be an even bigger help for the public,” Tax Assessor Leroy Ware said.
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Leflore County Administrator Sam Abraham, right, answers a question from Supervisor Preston Ratliff, left, during a meeting Monday. In between are Board Attorney Joyce Chiles and Board President Wayne Self. Ratliff and Abraham are in disagreement over a vote Monday to not pay bills regarding Delta Correctional Facility and a bond issue.

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2 supervisors refuse to pay bills
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Tue,10/26/10-1:00PM , 58 Reads

Leflore County Administrator Sam

Abraham says two supervisors’ voting against paying crucial bills

Monday was the most irresponsible action he’s seen in 35 years in

government.

But Preston Ratliff said it relates
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Photo book tells history of parade
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor
Mon,10/25/10-1:00PM , 143 Reads
Pre-orders are now available for a new book of photographs chronicling 75 years of the Roy Martin Delta Band Festival and Christmas Parade.
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