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LELAND — The City of Leland has received two grants totaling over $1 million to help prevent flooding on the northeast bank of Deer Creek. The grant came from the Mississippi Disaster Recovery Division of the Mississippi Development Authority.

MS; President, Josh Carver, Leland, MS; and Chief of Staff, Bennon Hodges, Lakeland, TN. Patrick Lyle, elected Treasurer of the Executive Council by the Mississippi College student body, is the son of Scott and Missy Lyle of Forney, TX. Lyle is a graduate ...

Then-Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour appointed Leland Speed to replace Swoope. Speed served until Barbour’s term ended late last year. The Mississippi Development Authority is the state’s official economic and community development agency.

“Leland was making a dollar a year ... away from us by a public-private partnership that was able to pay him more than twice what Mississippi was paying through our compensation program,” Barksdale said. The former Netscape and FedEx ...

LELAND — Funeral services for Doyle O’Brian Williams, 38, of Leland, were held Saturday at Smith Funeral Home. He died April 25, 2012, at his home. Visitation was at 1 p.m.Saturday. Burial was in Leland-Stoveville Cemetery. 1 Already a Print ...