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TUPELO • City leaders on Thursday morning conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new fire station at the corner of Clayton Avenue and Blair Street in the Gravlee neighborhood. The spot will eventually become the new home of Fire Station No. 2. The current station is located on West Main Street, near Bishop’s BBQ and Danver’s, in one of Tupelo’s busiest areas during the day. City leaders say the current station is also Tupelo's oldest and has fallen into disrepair. “I’m very proud that we’re able to build this building without any ta...

TUPELO • Officials in Tupelo on Tuesday night voted to move forward with plans to relocate the city’s oldest fire station by building a new station in a residential neighborhood. The Tupelo City Council unanimously voted to award roughly $1.8 million to Hooker Construction in Thaxton to construct the new station, which will be built on the corner of Blair Street and Clayton Avenue in the Gravlee neighborhood area. Rud Robison, principal architect for PryroMorrow, is the primary architect consulting with the city on the project. Robinson told the Daily Journal that all submitted bids...