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Judge denies WP alderman suit over primary lost

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:18:45 -0400

WEST POINT, Mississippi - A federal judge has denied a request to block Tuesday's runoff elections in West Point.

'All aboard' for West Point transportation museum

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:28 -0400

WEST POINT, Mississippi - It's not so often a grown man gets to report to work and play with trains. For Terry Craig, though, it's a weekly joy. As curator of the Sam Wilhite Transportation Museum on West Point's Depot Drive, he is not only conductor of the largest working stationary train of its scale in North Mississippi, he got to build much of it.

Old Waverly has had significant economic impact

Fri, 10 May 2013 04:33:21 -0400

WEST POINT, Mississippi - The golf course at Old Waverly in West Point has consistently been recognized as one of the best in the nation.

Yokohama says higher tire demand calls for plant

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:09:29 -0400

WEST POINT, Mississippi - Executives with Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. say they will build a new tire plant in Mississippi because they see a global supply shortage for tires.

Miss. special session Friday for auto parts maker

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:43:44 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is calling lawmakers back to the Capitol this Friday for what many hope will be a quick a special session to lure an auto parts maker to the state.