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School district Positions cut for 2010-11 school year include teachers, librarians, counselors

State funding cuts and a sagging economy led Clinton school district leaders to make a hard call, eliminating 43 positions for the next school year. More

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Grogan new Clinton School Board president

The Clinton School Board is under new leadership, with members electing Sheila Grogan as the new president. More  

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City continues moratorium on certain new businesses

Diego Bauzil, owner of Ritual Custom Tattoos in Clinton, said he stresses proper training and safety when using a variety of pigments and dyes to create tattoo art for customers. He is concerned about the city's ongoing moratorium on new businesses such as his own. Ruth Ingram | The Clinton News

Clinton aldermen have again extended a 90-day moratorium on new businesses, including payday and title loan shops, while the city crafts a new zoning ordinance. More

Sponsor market, promote business

If you aren't already a fan of Clinton's Olde Towne Markets, you may find yourself waving one on a hot Saturday morning. More

Brilla now playing at Millsaps

The minor league soccer franchise Mississippi Brilla FC is no longer calling Longabaugh Field its Clinton home. More

District sells school site to college

The sale of the old junior high property on College Street has moved the Clinton school district a step closer to the proposed construction of a new elementary school. More

Break out springtime sports gear

Get a little break in the weather and a burst or two of sunshine, and thoughts turn to spring recreational sports in Clinton. More

Stark named Nature Center's new director

Stark

Storyteller and educator John Stark is the new executive director of the 33-acre Clinton Community Nature Center near Olde Towne on Dunton Road. More

Bridge work gets under way this month

The bridge on Kickapoo Road no far from its intersection with Pinehaven Road will be closed for six to eight weeks later this month as crews work to replace its aging posts with either steel or concrete pilings. Ruth Ingram/Clinton News

Four Clinton bridges deemed structurally deficient by Hinds County engineers are being rebuilt one by one, with construction beginning this month. More

Clintonian receives literary honor

McElvaine

Historian, author and longtime Clintonian Robert S. McElvaine is a winner of the 2010 Richard Wright Literary Excellence Award. More

Business recognition

Main Street Clinton intern Lauren Rogers, 21, of Savannah, Ga., a senior communication major at Mississippi College, positions the new Making a Difference sign on Main Street. Several times a year, Main Street Clinton will designate a business in Olde Towne or in the Boulevard Business District winner of the

Some are the decades-old, locally owned businesses that take pride in how they look from the street. More

City tightens budget to make up for less revenue

Clinton's sales tax collections are down about 6 percent in the first half of fiscal 2010 compared to the same period a year ago. More

Teachers taking steps to healthier livestyles

Clinton Junior High career discovery teacher Angela Trehan (left) and art teacher Wanda Burnett briskly walk the school's halls each morning as part of their school-based weight loss effort in conjunction with the district's Arrow Meltdown contest.

Smaller portions of food, but bigger portions of water and exercise. More

Buckets of food aid Haitians

Clintonians are taking part in a project called Buckets of Hope to provide food for Haiti's earthquake victims. More

Pounds melt away for Meltdown team

Registered dietitian Vickie Mascagni shows Arrow Meltdown participants how to check ingredient labels and shop for healthier food choices. Special to The Clinton News

People are seeing less of the Arrow Meltdown participants lately. More

Pounds of pot found during traffic stop

Clinton police officer Greg Davis confiscated about 10 pounds of marijuana after he stopped a car for speeding on I-20. Two North Carolina men were arrested for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.

Marijuana with an estimated street value of about $10,000 and more than $800 in cash were confiscated Saturday during a traffic stop by a Clinton police officer. More

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