32 Miss. Grads get National Merit awards
The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger – May 27
Thirty-two Mississippi students have been chosen to receive National Merit scholarships financed by the college or university they will attend… Saige L. Pilgrim, Laurel Christian School, National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship. Amy S. Brooks, Madison Central High School, National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship. Daniel A. Gilstrap, Madison Central High High School, National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship. Johan H. Both, Meridian High School, National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship.
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American – May 27
Macon County (Miss.) Herald – May 26
WTOK (Meridian, Miss.) – May 27
Home sales in state plunge again
Huntsville Times – May 28
Alabama continued to see double-digit declines in home sales in April, according to a University of Alabama report released Wednesday. The university’s Center for Real Estate Research reported that 3,129 homes sold in April, a 22 percent decline from the same month last year for single-family homes, town homes and condominiums. The previous two months showed similar declines, with a 19 percent drop in sales, year over year, in March, and a 30 percent drop in February compared with the same month last year.