Former church razed for new O’Reilly store

  • Construction crews worked Thursday on demolishing the former site of Hopeful Baptist West on U.S. Highway 90. The site will be the future home of an O’Reilly Auto Parts store. (Courtesy RAY CARPENTER PHOTOGRAPHY)
    Construction crews worked Thursday on demolishing the former site of Hopeful Baptist West on U.S. Highway 90. The site will be the future home of an O’Reilly Auto Parts store. (Courtesy RAY CARPENTER PHOTOGRAPHY)
Piles of rubble — concrete, aluminum, wood and other building materials — sit at different spots on a U.S. Highway 90 west property where a vacant church and its accompanying buildings sat for years…

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