District Attorney Ricky Smith gives blood during a blood drive sponsored by his office Friday in the parking lot of the Warren County Courthouse. Mississippi Blood Services collected 29 units of blood from 26 donors, said DA’s Investigator Chris Lockridge, who organized the event.

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