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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 because of various maneuvers by the present Board of Aldermen which consist of Rodriquez Brown, Les Penn, ...

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 BALLOTS HAVEN’T YET BEEN PRINTED AND COME BUT MAYOR WILLIAM TRULY IS IN COURT FIGHTING A DECISION BY TH...

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 Proceeds of Crime Legislation be redirected from central funds back into local community. The Newb...

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 working on a policing plan around the centre. Supt Henry, who was deputising for Chief Supt John Scanlan...

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, Monday March 1 that gardaí were working on a policing plan around the centre. Supt Henry, who was dep...