Pelahatchie receives over $500,000 in recovered funds from State Auditor

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Published: Mar. 5, 2020 at 9:30 PM CST
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PELAHATCHIE, Miss. (WLBT) - More funds are pouring into the Town of Pelahatchie.

Thursday, State Auditor Shad White released almost a half a million dollars back into the city’s drug fund account.

The city received $543,083.

That will bring the drug fund account to just over $1.2 million.

Mayor Ryshonda Beechem said she would like to use the funds to build a brand new facility for the for the Pelahatchie Police Department.

She’s says the new look would be a huge step in the right direction of making the city feel more like home.

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