Hair salon expansion is a couple’s dream
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Friday, April 5 to celebrate the grand opening of Lisa’s Studio 355 on West Beacon Street.
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Man arrested with meth at stop
A Neshoba County man was arrested and charged with possession of meth during a traffic stop in town earlier this month.
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Branning presented with MDOT award
State Sen. Jenifer Branning was recently presented with the MDOT Friend of Transportation Award for her years of dedication to transportation improvement in Mississippi.
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COMPLIMENTARY ACCESS
Sports
Junior Rockets baseball wins championship
The Neshoba Central Junior High Rockets clinched the Central Mississippi Championship with a 2-0 win over the West Lauderdale Knights last Monday.
Obituaries
Funeral services for Mrs. Nora Kilgore Burton were at 11 AM Monday, April 15, 2024, at John E. Stephens Chapel with interment in Bloomfield Cemetery. John E. Stephens Chapel in charge of arrangements.
A memorial service for Ms. Christi Coward Yeatman will be held at a later date.
A memorial service for Ms. Sherry Posey Jenkins will be held at a later date.
Paid Political
PAID POLITICAL AD/Melanie Barnett seeks election as District 4 Election Commissioner
PAID POLITICAL AD/John Stokes seeks election as District 2 Supervisor
PAID POLITIICAL AD/C. Scott Bounds seeks re-election as State Representative
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A Neshoba County man was arrested and charged with possession of meth during a traffic stop in town earlier this month.
A Neshoba County woman indicted for the March 2023 murder of her boyfriend here has been returned to local custody after she was arrested in New York for skipping bail on the murder charge.
A Collinsville man was arrested and charged with domestic violence after he allegedly shot into a home where his mother and two children were earlier this month.
East Central Community College has asked the Board of Supervisors for more financial support in the upcoming school year.
The Neshoba County Fair Association has announced the Grandstand entertainment lineup for the 2024 Fair.
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Editorials
EDITORIAL/The school discussion
Our schools are one of our biggest and most important assets so a robus discussion is in order about the future.
THOMAS/A taxing time
Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean?
FLASHBACKS
The Directors of the Neshoba County Fair Association met last Friday at 10 a.m. to make plans for the coming Fair. Committees were appointed and Fair dates were set.
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Of Local Interest
All hunters and wildlife managers, foresters and loggers, private landowners, wildlife enthusiasts, and industry representatives, join us on April 18th, 2024, at the Coastal Plains Branch Experiment Station located at 51 Costal Plains Road Newton, MS from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. for a Wildlife Management Field Day.
Howell learned from grandmothers
Makaila Howell learned to cook foods like spaghetti, eggs, hamburgers, homemade biscuits, cornbread salad, and fruitcake from her two grandmothers, the late Tressie Lee Vowell and Betty Lane Walker.
Just Among Friends
The Neshoba Central Junior High Baseball Team won the Central Mississippi Championship last Monday night in playoffs!
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BIBLE SELECTION/Romans 10:9-10
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
GETTING THE MESSAGE/Be watchful for Satan’s devices
The church in Pergamum gets a mixed evaluation from the Lord in his letter to them (Revelation 2:12-17). The Lord knows the gloomy circumstances that they were in. The city is described as a place “where Satan’s throne is,” and where “Satan dwells.”
THOMAS/Hatred of Jews continues
Repetition while teaching children is a necessary tool that allows them to absorb information and to build on it for future understanding. It is why my teachers required repeating times tables and words in language class.MORE NEWS
A Neshoba County woman indicted for the March 2023 murder of her boyfriend here has been returned to local custody after she was arrested in New York for skipping bail on the murder charge.
A two-vehicle wreck on Highway 19 South at House sent one person to the hospital early Sunday evening, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
East Central Community College hosted the annual Beauty Pageant in Huff Auditorium in Decatur last month with 20 contestants participating in the event.
EARLIER
A Collinsville man was arrested and charged with domestic violence after he allegedly shot into a home where his mother and two children were earlier this month.
A Neshoba County woman indicted in the March 2023 murder of her boyfriend here at a residence off of Highway 16 West has been returned to local custody after she was arrested in New York state after skipping bail for that murder, Sheriff Eric Clark said.
The capital murder conviction of Marlon Boyd was upheld by the state Court of Appeals on Thursday.
Neshoba County residents are being urged to use caution when traveling today.
Fifteen-year-old Bluegrass prodigy Wyatt Ellis captivated music students from Choctaw Central and Philadelphia high schools with an educational show at the Ellis Theater last Thursday.
A man who allegedly shot two of his neighbors in the chest during a dispute between their families last week is out on bond after he was arrested on two attempted murder charges.
Nearly $800,000 in street paving is scheduled to begin in June in Philadelphia.
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EDITORIAL/The school discussion
Our schools are one of our biggest and most important assets so a robus discussion is in order about the future.
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THOMAS/One more try at reducing the debt
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be.”– Polonius to his son Laertes in “Hamlet”
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