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What’s going on with Canton’s Democratic Party? City leaders have varying opinions. Sign out front of Canton City Hall. (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | April 27, 2021 at 4:37 PM CDT - Updated April 27 at 5:46 PM CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - For Marion Freeman, it’s like Jim Crow all over again. The 74-year-old member of Canton’s Democratic Executive Committee remembers when Black people couldn’t vote … when African Americans were forced to endure near-impossibl...

Secretary of State questions legitimacy of Canton’s Democratic executive committee Canton, Mississippi (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | April 21, 2021 at 12:37 PM CDT - Updated April 21 at 5:34 PM CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - The whole question of who serves on Canton’s Democratic Executive Committee is again at the forefront. This time, that question is being raised by Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson. In an April 16 letter to committee member Natwassie Truly, Watson ...

Domestic abuse crimes rise in Laois during pandemic lockdown Reporter: ); The level of domestic abuse has risen in Laois during the pandemic, latest figures show. The county needs a domestic abuse refuge, the Garda Chief said when discussing the figures at the quarterly Joint Policing Committee meeting. Laois’ Garda Chief Superintendent John Scanlan reports “some very nasty” incidents. “Domestic crime has been a feature of the pandemic. People are suffering on all fronts. It is leading...

SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown submitted a list of state board and commission appointments to the Oregon Senate for confirmation and three Umatilla County residents are up for consideration. Kristin Williams, an Athena librarian, was appointed to a four-year term on the state library board. Jennifer Currin, a Pendleton attorney, was reappointed to a four-year term on the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, and John Scanlan, a Pendleton teacher, was appointed to the Public Employees Retirement Board...

Nighttime pub and club closures reduced crimes in Laois - Gardaí Reporter:  ); The forced shutdown of nightlife has cut the number of certain crimes against people in Laois, say Gardaí. Covid-19 restrictions forced the closure of pubs, restaurants, nightclubs, cinemas and music venues for most or all of the past year. Certain crimes including minor assaults, threats and menacing phone calls, have dropped. Garda Chief Superintendent John Scanlan has drawn the link to a drop in the crimes to ...

What is going on in Canton? What is going on in Canton? By L. Socrates Garrett, Garrett Canton, Mississippi has been in the news recently regarding the April 6 primary elections for mayor, board of aldermen and members of the Democratic Municipal Election Commission. Ballots for Cantonians to cast votes for the candidates of their choice have just been made available this week. State law requires that absentee ballots be available 45 days before an election. Not so in Canton, Mississippi becaus...

Absentee voting on hold in Canton due to legal fight Share Updated: 8:50 PM CST Mar 10, 2021 Share Updated: 8:50 PM CST Mar 10, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript VOTERS CAN’T CAST ABSENTEE BALLOTS BECAUSE THOSE BALLOTS HAVEN’T EVEN BEEN PRINTED YET. THAT’S ALL BECAUSE OF A LEGAL FIGHT PLAY DOWN HERE AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE OVER WHO’S QUALIFIED TO RUN FOR OFFICE CANTUS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ARE IN LIMBO VOTERS CAN’T CAST ABSENTEE BALLOTS BECAUSE THE BALLO...

Kildare Gardaí back plan to put ‘crime cash’ into locality Plan  ); Top ranking gardaí in the Kildare Garda Division have agreed to a motion to divert cash seized in local crime into services in the community. The call was made at this week’s Joint Policing Committee (JPC) meeting which was held online. Committee member Cllr Fiona McLoughlin Healy called on the JPC to write to the Ministers for Justice, Finance and Public Expenditure to make provisions where money confiscated under the...

Kildare Gardaí plan for possible protests at vaccination centre Policing response  ); Naas Gardaí are devising a policing plan for the new vaccination centre in Punchestown in case there are protests by anti vaccine activists. The facility could see hundreds of people travelling to the venue every day to be inoculated when the facility is operational. Supt Oliver Henry of Naas Garda District told the Joint Policing Committee (JPC) quarterly meeting last Monday March 1 that gardaí were worki...

Naas Gardaí planning for any possible protests at vaccination centre in Punchestown Reporter:  ); Naas Gardaí are devising a policing plan for the new vaccination centre in Punchestown in case there are protests by anti vaccine activists. The vaccination centre will see hundreds of people travelling to the venue every day to be inoculated when the facility is operational. Supt Oliver Henry of Naas Garda District told the local Joint Policing Committee (JPC) quarterly meeting yesterday, Mon...