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SMCC seeks edge to lure honor students

Southwest Mississippi Community College will offer students scoring 27 or 28 on the ACT full tuition and a $500 bookstore voucher beginning this fall.

The students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average to continue to receive free tuition.

SMCC President Steve Bishop told the Enterprise-Journal that the change was recently approved by the school’s board of trustees as a means of attracting honor students to the two-year school in Summit.

Bishop says students who score 29 and above will receive full tuition, room, meals and a $500 bookstore voucher, provided they maintain a 3.0 GPA. […]

Aldermen interview 8 for Philadelphia police chief

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The board of alderman has interviewed eight applicants for police chief in Philadelphia.

Mayor James A. Young tells the Neshoba Democrat that the candidates were “very positive, very professional and presented themselves very well” to the board. […]