| Chris Ferrell-led company restructures NashvillePost, looks for ...
Online news service NashvillePost.com is going through a restructuring and will become part of SouthComm Communications Inc., a company headed by Chris Ferrell. SouthComm was formed in October by Ferrell and Nashville investment firm Solidus Co., which is led by Townes Duncan. Duncan is chairman of SouthComm and Ferrell is CEO. The company's first acquisition was SouthComm Publishing Company Inc., a custom publisher based in Alpharetta Ga. Ferrell, a former Metro Nashville councilman, was publisher of The Scene, an alternative weekly owned by New York-based New Times Media, until October, Solidus owns a majority of SouthComm Communications and NashvillePost. Separately, it owns Business Tennessee, a monthly magazine based in Nashville that was once linked to NashvillePost.
Our view: In Lafayette, 'camera cops' click it, ticket
Louisiana has had some chilly winter weather, but this weekend the temperature should be back in the low 70s. It'll be good weather to check out the Market at the Greens at the former Rapides Golf and Country Club on La. Highway 1, north of Alexandria. Aspiring thespians might want to limber up to try out for a production of "Steel Magnolias." City Park Players will hold auditions Monday and Tuesday. For details on weekend activities, see the calendar in the a.m. section and online at www.thetowntalk.com. Elsewhere in the news, the city of Lafayette is using cameras to catch speeders and red-light runners, and a South Louisiana business has sued a parish because it wants to predict the future. .
Waukomis police warn of potential Internet scam working in area
Waukomis police are warning of potential scams and tricks after receiving a report from a woman last week who has lost between $400 and $600 in an Internet scam.Officer Phillip Ott said the Waukomis Police Department has discovered more than $3,500 has been lost to someone posing as a Georgia businessman who is on a trip in Africa.Ott said the Waukomis woman contacted the department July 23 when she began receiving packages for the suspect with other people's names on them.The woman told police she had met the man online, and he asked her to be the creditor for his business and to take checks and money orders for him and then ship them to him in Africa.Ott said six to eight victims have been taken by the suspect, who Ott said police have traced to Nigeria."We want people to be careful about what you do on the chat lines and on the Internet," Ott said.
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