Dispatches
Jeff Edwards has been named assistant sports editor of The Meridian Star. He has worked as sports editor/news writer for The Neshoba Democrat in Philadelphia since August of 2005…Tami K. Phillips has been promoted to features editor of The Scott County Times and Jenny McCarty was named a graphic designer for the Forest weekly…Paul Bryant has been named circulation director of The Meridian Star and Ben Lockridge has joined the paper’s newsroom staff.