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Scott County Times publisher Brian Blackley acknowledges the job isn’t always easy, particularly when someone you know is at the center of a difficult news story…”Because my responsibilities here at The Times involve managing the overall operation of the newspaper (and the newsroom represents about a fourth of that in terms of personnel), I don’t get in the middle of most news stories. But sometimes no matter how hard I try, I get pulled in and generally, when I do, it stings…

“For our part, this is the kind of sensational stuff that we’d just as soon not touch. You see, we know these folks are not just people whose names are on investigation reports. We know their families and we’re their friends...”

The Starkville Daily News announced plans to relocate its offices to a renovated former car dealership and move its press from the Daily Times Leader in West Point to the facility.

SDN editor Brian Hawkins in a Sunday column: “The move, which will involve moving printing operations to Starkville, will be a big one for the Daily News and will allow us to expand what we offer you as our readers…

“And you get to be a part of the expansion. During the summer months, we will be creating a reader advisory board to help guide us as we make plans for a redesign and to generate ideas of ways we can continue to improve and grow our community newspaper.”

The West Point and Starkville newspapers are owned by Horizon Publications. The refurbished six-unit Goss Community Press will reportedly have two units added when it is moved.