Walls receives new fire rating

WALLS, Miss. (AP) - The fire ratings for the town of Walls and its fire district have improved to the lowest rates in the town's history.

Walls Fire Chief Mike Hancock tells The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/RhzvD5 ) the town's rating dropped from a 7 to a 6. He says the Walls fire district rating has also dropped from an 8 to 7.

Hancock says the

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Man arrested for child porn at Miss. State Fair

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A 32-year-old man was arrested for possession of child pornography after his lost cellphone was recovered at the Mississippi State Fair.

Hinds County Sheriff's Department Spokesman Lt. Joe Daughtry said in a news release received by the Clarion-Ledger (http://on.thec-l.com/UL1gHk ) that Christopher A. Gadvilus was arrested

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Lamar weighs career academies for 3 high schools

PURVIS, Miss. (AP) - Lamar County School District officials have expanded their vision of future career academies in the district from having one at Oak Grove High to having an academy at each of the district's three high schools.

The Hattiesburg American reports (http://hatne.ws/PpoD76 ) the district is currently involved in the first year of a

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Ark. Supreme Court to hear arguments in El Dorado

EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) - Justices are traveling to El Dorado this week to hear oral arguments in a case involving a nearby chemical plant.

The Arkansas Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday morning at the El Dorado Conference Center.

The Supreme Court occasionally holds the arguments outside of Little Rock to provide more Arkansans with an

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Dardanelle man convicted of killing his mother

CLARKSVILLE, Ark. (AP) - A Johnson County jury has convicted a Dardanelle man of first-degree murder in the beating death of his mother.

The Southwest Times reports (http://bit.ly/US0933) that the jury deliberated about 30 minutes Wednesday before convicting 49-year-old Tommy Bowden of beating 71-year-old Julie Richardson to death with a shovel in

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