Pearl River County residents cast vote in alcohol sales referendum

PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Residents in Pearl River County got to decide whether to allow the sales of alcoholic liquors in the county.

Residents were to vote for coming out from under the dry law in Pearl River County or vote against coming out from the under the dry law.

In that referendum, a total of 10,464 residents voted in favor of coming out from under the dry law.

Another referendum on the ballot for Pearl River County voters concerned beer and wine and whether to allow the transportation, storage, sale, distribution, receipt and/or manufacturing of wine, light spirit product, and beer in the county.

For that referendum, 10,844 residents voted in favor of the measure.