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FOX17 NEWS has learned that Sam McCloud, a 9 year old 4th grade male student at West Elementary in Mt. Juliet has passed away from Bacterial Meningitis. We're told by health officials that, according to preliminary lab work, this is a form of Meningitis that is not communicable from person to person, and that there is no danger to students and faculty who came in contact with the student. We're told the child experienced a severe headache and vomiting and was taken to the hospital last night, where he died this morning. Officials say depending on the type of Meningitis, it could have been brought on by some preceding illness. They say that if the student had some sort of pre-existing illness, it could have aggravated it. It is unknown at this time whether or not that was the case. Wilson County Schools says they have contacted the CDC and State Health Departments, and they were advised there is no risk, and no preventative medications are necessary. School officials say they have taken precautions to ensure a safe environment for their students and faculty to learn and work in, and an email was sent home to parents advising them of the situation.
Friday, September 28 2012, 04:36 PM CDT
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Tishomingo County voters OK beer, alcohol sales
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IUKA, Miss. (AP) -- Tishomingo County is the latest Mississippi jurisdiction to legalize alcohol sales.
Voters approved the sale of liquor, wine and beer Tuesday, reports the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/13JCcix).
It wasn't clear referendums would pass until affidavit ballots were counted Wednesday.
With more than half Tishomingo County's voters casting ballots, legalizing alcohol passed by 42 votes, while legalizing beer and light wine passed by 73. The county borders Alabama and Tennessee.
Lawmakers legalized liquor at a proposed resort at the county's Bay Springs Lake in 2010, but it wasn't built.
Greene County voters legalized beer sales last year, while Corinth, New Albany and Senatobia have legalized alcohol sales under a 2012 law that allows cities to hold votes.
Mississippi has 13 remaining counties that allow no beer or alcohol sales.
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