The end is near for the old Lowndes County office of the Mississippi State University Extension Center.
The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to award the bid for tearing down the building, which is located on Third Avenue North across from Franklin Academy, to Burns Dirt Construction.
By awarding the bid, the supervisors approved tearing down the building.
County Purchase Clerk Terry Thompson approached the board with five bids: two from Burns; one from Ellis Construction
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