It’s almost the weekend …

The clock is ticking down. It is almost time for two days out of the office (hopefully).
Here are a few options on what to do ….
Juneteenth Freedom Festival Saturday at Ballard Park in Tupelo. Walk starts at 8:30 a.m. and music kicks off at noon. 
Oxford Shakespeare Festival continues through July 1. See for more details.
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Shuttle Atlantis lands in Calif.

 
 By ALICIA CHAN
 The Associated Press
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely Friday, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bring home a crew member from the outpost.
Atlantis crossed the Pacific and glided to a stop on a runway at Edwards Air [...]

Preparing to serve

The 90 soldiers in Task Force Griffin of the Mississippi National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation Air Assault prepared this morning to leave Tupelo for Kosovo.
Dozens of people showed up at the Aviation Center to give the troops a good send off. Tupelo Mayor Ed Neelly gave the soldiers some words of encouragement.
- Danza Johnson
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Valley president Lester Newman resigns

News out of Mississippi Valley State ….
ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi Valley State University President Lester C. Newman announced his resignation Friday after serving nearly nine years as leader of the historically black college.
Newman had been under fire from some faculty members for his management style at the 3,000-student university and had recently announced [...]

Welcome a new blog!

Djournal.com has a new blog in the family. Dennis Seid and Carlie Kollath are starting out the biz buzz. … Right off the bat they’ve got some buzz – Toyota sets up a temporary office downtown. … Welcome aboard to the biz buzz.

Mary Winkler transfers to mental facility

Photo: (The Associated Press) 
Good morning! 
As we reported yesterday on djournal.com, Mary Carol Winkler ended her stay in McNairy County Jail on Wednesday with a transfer to a mental health treatment facility, a condition of her sentence.  Click here to read Daily Journal Corinth bureau reporter Lena Mitchell’s story on Winkler’s transfer.
Also in Corinth, Lena takes a [...]