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Southaven baseball players sign with area universities

Submitted by Michael Clark on Friday, November 16th, 11:00 am

Baseball will likely continue after high school for a handful of Southaven players.

Four student athletes signed with are NCAA Division 1 schools on Wednesday.

Pitcher Nolan Blackwood committed to the University of Memphis.

Catcher Henri Lartigue and pitcher Wyatt Short both signed with Ole Miss.

Vance Tatum, a left-handed pitcher, committed to Mississippi State University.

Since childhood, each of the four young men competed with and against each other.

In addition to the student athletes’ success on the field, their principal said it matches their work in the classroom.

“They are gifted athletes, great kids and students. I have no doubt they are going to be successful on the next playing level and in life,” said Southaven High School Principal Shane Jones.

Jones predicted all of the athletes would graduate with honors.

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Artist Marshall Bouldin dead at age 89

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012, 3:06pm

Officials with Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale say Bouldin died Monday at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis.

He was 89, according to The Associated Press.

Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church in Clarksdale with burial in the Bouldin Family Cemetery.

Bouldin was once cited by the New York Times as "the South's foremost portrait painter."

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Oxford Double deckers roll twice in November

Submitted by Tim Van Horn, Meteorologist

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012, 10:47am

Oxford Double deckers roll twice in November

Sightseers have two chances this November to take a historic bus tour of Oxford.

Hop aboard for a drive to check historic points in Oxford.

The route takes you through the University of Mississippi as well as stops at two historic homes.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children and includes commentary from your tour guide and historian.

The ticket price also includes admission into the L.Q.C. Lamar House and Cedar Oaks Mansion.

For more information, check out the Oxford Convention & Visitors Bureau website or call at 662-232-2477.

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Male executives wear bras for charity

Submitted by Jeremy Jones on Friday, October 12th, 1:27 pm

Five male executives with Caesars Entertainment plan to strut their stuff wearing bras later this month.

The execs will be joined by five male celebrity models in bras donated by Macy's and decorated by Caesars Mid-South employees to raise money for the American Cancer Society in observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The event is Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Tunica.

Tickets to the Battle of the Bras event are available at Ticketmaster for a $10 donation. Click here to get to the link.

All money raised will benefit the American Cancer Society with the Caesars Foundation matching up to $25,000.

Local radio personality Steve Conley will emcee the event.

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Oxford business to donate three tiaras to area homecomings

Submitted by Michael Clark on Friday, October 5th, 11:47 am

(WMC-TV) - When Courtney Pearson becomes Ole Miss’ first African-American homecoming queen later this month, she will wear a tiara donated by a local Oxford business.

Lammons Fine Jewelry in Oxford will also provide the crown for the queens of Lafayette High School and Oxford High School.

Interim campus programming director Bradley Baker is proud that an area business is getting involved.

“As an Oxford resident I certainly appreciate the opportunity to work with a locally-owned family business such as Lammons,” Baker said.

The owners at Lammons can’t wait to see all three queens later this month.

“Partnering with Ole Miss is a dream come true,” says Allan King, co-owner of Lammons Fine Jewelry. “We worked with Ole Miss to select a tiara that we feel any young lady would be proud to wear,” adds co-owner Nancy King. “We can’t wait to see the homecoming queen riding in the parade and walking onto the field in a Lammons tiara.”

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Local woman will celebrate a century

Submitted by Nichole Cyprian on Friday, October 5th, 7:24 am

(WMC-TV) - It is a milestone that most people do not live to see.

Ova Lou Griffin Brown will celebrate her 100th birthday on Thursday, October 11. In a letter to the Action News 5 newsroom, her grand daughter, Lisa Fields Jenkins, says Brown is a blessing to the family.

"It's such a rarity to accomplish reaching 100, so I wanted to honor her," said Jenkins.

Brown, who is a recent great-great grandmother of a 6-week old, will have a centurion celebration on October 13 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bruce Community Living Center in Bruce, which is about 20 miles south of Oxford.

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