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McComb slates hearing to draw new lines
By BARRETT WELCH - Enterprise-Journal
Wed,03/14/12-3:48PM , 59 Reads
McComb officials will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. March 22 to discuss redistricting the city’s five wards.

Bobby Smith, a consultant with Gin Branch Consulting of Gloster, discussed redistricting with officials at Tuesday night’s board meeting.
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Read-and-speak program sharpens skills
By BARRETT WELCH - Enterprise-Journal
Fri,03/09/12-5:44PM , 77 Reads
Hailey Jones and Tylar Scott spoke aloud into microphones attached to headsets on an overcast, rainy Thursday afternoon at North Pike Elementary School, in a room next to a lab filled with chattering second-graders.
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City considering inspections of rental property
By BARRETT WELCH - Enterprise-Journal
Thu,03/08/12-5:16PM , 72 Reads
McComb city officials say rental properties should be inspected to make sure they’re up to code in order to reduce blight and preserve property values.

Mayor Whitney Rawlings credited Selectman Tommy McKenzie with the idea and noted that Tupelo and other cities throughout the state use a similar process.
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Drug agency makes multiple arrests
By BARRETT WELCH - Enterprise-Journal
Wed,03/07/12-5:24PM , 107 Reads
Agents with the Southwest Mississippi Narcotics Enforcement Unit made recent drug arrests in three cases — ranging from possession and sale of synthetic marijuana to sale of crack cocaine.

Agents arrested Shive Ohri, 24, and Manjyot Singh, 24, both of 601 Virginia Ave. in McComb, on charges involving synthetic marijuana.
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