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Andrea Flinn aims to develop educational tools for learning the dialect – spoken in the Levant geographical area of the Middle East that includes Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Israel – in hopes of improving humanitarian aid to the region and helping immigrants settle and relocate.

Heres the latest news from Middle Tennessee State University.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. —Middle Tennessee State University’s first cohort of Physician Assistant Studies students and their families gathered Friday, Aug. 11, to celebrate a milestone with the inaugural “white coat” ceremony that symbolizes the next step in their academic careers. “This is a huge transition for them,” Marie Patterson, PA program director, told the crowd gathered in the Student Union Ballroom. Stud...

TUPELO • The Tupelo Major Thoroughfare Committee gave engineers the green light to move forward with a project intended to improve safety on one of the city’s busiest streets.

TUPELO • The Major Thoroughfare Committee has approved a bid for the Eason Boulevard widening project, kicking it up to the Tupelo City Council for final approval.

37 arrested during probation, warrant sweep Staff report SCIOTO — Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman and Portsmouth Police Chief Debby Brewer announced Tuesday a two-day “Multi-Agency Probation / Warrant Operation” was conducted Monday and Tuesday, March 1 and 2. Sheriff David Thoroughman and Chief Debby Brewer advised that this is the first of many to come. “If we are to have safer/stronger communities, we have to have strong partnerships with our local, state and federal law enfo...