DAILY LEADER / KATIE WILLIAMSON / The Lincoln County chapter of Mississippi State University’s Alumni Association gathered at Mitchell’s Thursday night.

DAILY LEADER / KATIE WILLIAMSON / Bo Hemphill, senior associate athletic director at Mississippi State, speaks to the Lincoln County chapter of the MSU Alumni Association at a banquet held Thursday night.

PHOTO SUBMITTED / Michael Boerner, of Weir Boerner Allin Architecture, presents the master plan his company drew up for the Diamond Dawgs.