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Posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 4:33 pm<\/p>\n
\n 1<\/span> of 1 <\/p>\n The Cambridge Dictionary defines breaking news as information received and broadcast about an event that has just happened or has just begun. While some experts refer to breaking news as unexpected events, such as a building fire or a plane crash, others consider news of importance shared for the first time as breaking news coverage. .<\/span><\/p>\n Either way, with multiple media outlets\u2014TV, radio, newspapers, and social media\u2014covering the same developments, there’s a lot of competition to get the story out first.<\/span><\/p>\n Community newspaper staff sometimes feel challenged in this area, working against larger outlets with more staff to cover breaking news.<\/span><\/p>\n That’s why we rely on personal connections to “keep us in the loop” so we can share information with communities directly affected by events.<\/span><\/p>\n Four breaking news stories caught our attention last week.<\/span><\/p>\n In Butler County, Christopher Bradley Bush was <\/span>sentenced to life imprisonment<\/span> on March 30 following his conviction for the 2018 murder of JJ Mount.<\/span><\/p>\n The following Monday, the Butler County School Board hired the Demopolis High School coach <\/span>Brian Seymore<\/span> as a teacher, coach and athletic director at Greenville High School.<\/span><\/p>\n And in Lowndes County, Emergency Management Agency Director Rodney Rudolph called newspaper staff early on the morning of March 30 to report a <\/span>overturned tanker<\/span><\/a> transporting hazardous material near Fort Deposit, causing Interstate 65 to be shut down as crews worked to safely clear the crash site.<\/span><\/p>\n