The Greenwood Commonwealth from Greenwood, Mississippi • Page A004

Wire RReports Two incumbents are heavy favorites to retain their seats in Congress in elections. Democratic incumbent Bennie Thompson is seeking his 10th term in the U.S. House as representative of the 2nd District, which includes Leflore and Carroll counties. Meanwhile, Roger Wicker is running for six more years in the U.S. Senate.

Thompson, 64, is the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee. He had already been Bolton mayor and a Hinds County supervisor when he first won a 1993 special election to Congress. As has been the case for most of his re-election efforts, Thompson has significantly more campaign cash than his opponents this year. He faces a Republican he defeated two years ago, Bill Marcy, 66, of Vicksburg, who is courting tea party voters; and independent Cobby Mondale Williams, 36, of Canton, trying to appeal to younger voters. Marcy is a former Chicago police officer who retired as regional vice president of Interstate Security Systems in Chicago.

He was born and raised in Chicago and spent summers visiting his grandmother in Mississippi. He moved to Meridian, in 2001 and to Vicksburg in 2010. Williams grew up in Jack- son and Canton. He is an urban planner and has worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the State Department and the District of Columbia Department of Transportation.

Thompson defeated former Greenville Mayor Heather McTeer in the Democratic primary in March. The 2nd District includes most of Jackson and stretches through the Delta and 200 miles along the Mississippi River, from Tunica County in the north to Jefferson County in the south. The mostly rural district includes all of 24 counties and parts of two, and it has cotton and soybean farms that are essential to the economy. Wicker, a Republican from Tupelo, is seeking a full six- year term after replacing Trent Lott. He faces Democratic challenger, Albert N.

Gore Jr. of Starkville. The two men are on statewide ballot for Senate, along with the Constitution Tom Cramer of Vancleave and the Reform Shawn of Hattiesburg. When Lott resigned from the Senate in December 2007, then-Gov. Haley Barbour promoted Wicker, who had been in the U.S.

House nearly 13 years. In November 2008, Wicker, 61, defeated Democratic former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove in a special election to fill the final four years of the term Lott started. Gore, 82, is a retired United Methodist minister and retired chaplain for the U.S. Army Special Forces.

He is making his first run for public office. Gore serves on the state Democratic Executive Committee and was chairman of the Oktibbeha County Democratic Party for eight years. He gave up the county chairmanship when he entered the Senate race. According to the Greenwood Police and Leflore County incident reports. Awoman said her ttires hhad been sslashed aat PPlace.

She said she was getting ready to leave the club and was saying goodbye to a friend when another person she knew only as what you need to do. You need to She said a large group of females followed her out and shouted at her, and then she saw her tires had been cut. Aman said someone hhad thrown aa bbottle oof hhot ssauce aat hhis truck aand bbroken tthe wwindshield. He said he see who had thrown it because he was inside his home. Police were told someone hhad broken iinto ddrink aand ssnack machines iin tthe JJohn-RRichard warehouse.

Only coins were taken. Awoman said someone hhad taken hher cchecks, aa JJCPenney ccard and aa ddebit ccard ffrom hher ddresser. She said her sons sometimes have visitors when she is not at home, and she believes one of the visitors took the items. AGilliam Head Start bus driver said two bbatteries hhad bbeen taken ffrom aa bbus aand tthe wwind- shield oof aanother bbus hhad bbeen cracked. The batteries were valued at $230, and the windshield damage was valued at $150.

The driver said this bus had been broken into before. Police investigated a bbreak-iin at CCountry KKitchen. A large quantity of meat was taken but nothing else. The burglar had tried to remove a television and had moved a satellite receiver and a radio to another room. HE REENWOOD Commonwealth Sunday, November 4, 2012 Page 4A weather Greenwood Forecast Today: Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms.

Cooler. Highs in upper 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: A20 percent chance of showers in evening. Partly cloudy.

Cooler. Lows in lower 40s. North winds around 5 mph. Monday: Increasing clouds with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in afternoon. Highs in mid-60s.

North winds around 5 mph. Monday night: A20 percent chance of showers in evening. Partly cloudy. Lows in lower 40s. Long Range Outlook Tuesday: Sunny.

Highs in mid- 60s. Tuesday night: Clear. Lows around 40. Wednesday: Sunny. Highs in mid-60s.

Wednesday night: Clear. Lows in lower 40s. Thursday: Sunny. Highs around 70. Thursday night: Mostly clear.

Lows in upper 40s. Friday: Sunny. Highs in mid- 70s. Across The State Today: Cooler. Mostly sunny.

Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in mid-60s. Tonight: Colder. Partly cloudy. Lows in lower 40s.

Monday: Mostly sunny in morning, then becoming mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in afternoon. Highs in lower 60s. Monday night: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.

Lows in lower 40s. Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Highs in lower 60s. Tuesday night: Clear. Lows in lower 40s.

Wednesday: Sunny. Highs in lower 60s. Wednesday night: Clear. Lows in lower 40s. Thursday: Sunny.

Highs in upper 60s. Thursday night: Mostly clear. Lows in mid- to upper 40s. Friday: Sunny. Highs in lower 70s.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------Incumbents heavily favored The Blotter Thompson Marcy.