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Final field set for mayor, aldermen

A total of 20 candidates have qualified for the upcoming municipal elections.

2025 Fair music lineup announced

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The Neshoba County Fair Association has announced the Grandstand entertainment lineup for the 2025 Fair.

Brides sought for upcoming magazine

Brides have until Feb. 21 to reserve space in Neshoba Magazine’s annual Weddings edition, which publishes in February.
Brides have until Feb. 21 to reserve space in Neshoba Magazine’s annual Weddings edition, which publishes in February.
Sports

Basketball teams prep for postseason action

Local basketball teams will begin their postseason journey this week, with region  tournaments opening up.

Rebelettes enter postseason eyeing state championship

After knocking off East Rankin earlier in the season, Leake Academy girls coach Amanda Hatch knew her team was likely to the see the Lady Patriots several more times.

Yellowjackets wrap up regular season, prep for playoffs

It was an up-and-down week for the Union basketball teams with each picked up one win in the final week of the regular season.
Obituaries
Visitation for Mr. Kenny Scott Davis was held on Saturday, February 1, 2025, from 1:00 P.M. until 4:30 P.M. at Beck Funeral Home.
Graveside service for Mr. Bentman Adams will be held on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 11:00 A.M. from New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery in Dekalb, with Rev. Henry Rush officiating.
Funeral services for Barry W. Holton were held on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at 1 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Gerald Branum officiating. Interment followed in Oak Grove Cemetery Winston County.
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A man is accusing the Philadelphia Public Schools of racism and covering up child rape.
A Carthage man out on parole was arrested here with $5,000 in meth “packaged for distribution.”
A Philadelphia man is accused of stealing $500 in cash from a man’s truck parked at a business late last month and losing it at a casino.
Neshoba County Sheriff Eric Clark informed the Board of Supervisors on Monday that the department will soon upgrade at no cost to the county its handguns to improve officers’ ability to transition in low-light conditions.
A Carthage man out on parole was arrested here with $5,000 in meth “packaged for distribution.”
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Editorials

GETTING THE MESSAGE/Christ is a King who humbles pride

Revelation 13:10 speaks to Christians about the need to persevere in the faith: “If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword he must be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.”

THOMAS/Migrant wars

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
When President Trump threatened to slap tariffs on Colombia if President Gustavo Petro did not accept criminal migrants deported from the U.S., he did not get the initial response he expected.

EDITORIALS/A brighter future

Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the New Holland Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on July 31, 2024. (Photo by Joe LAMBERTI / AFP) (Photo by JOE LAMBERTI/AFP via Getty Images)
President Trump’s Second Inaugural Address and his subsequent speech at the Capital One Arena last week marked a triumphant return to the White House, signaling a new era of American prosperity and strength.
Features

Daniels enjoys perfecting recipes

Mason Daniels
Mason Daniels has a knack for cooking delicious chicken dishes, from lemon pepper chicken to various baked chicken recipes. One of her favorites, chicken spaghetti, is a dish she learned to make from her grandmother.

Just Among Friends

At last Monday’s meeting, the Philadelphia Rotary Club recognized three of our high students as Students of the Month for January.

King cooks up Gulf Coast flare

Leslie King
Growing up on the Coast, Leslie King learned two recipes. The first was her mother’s shrimp creole, and the second was her grandmother’s chocolate pie.
Editorials

FLASHBACKS

Colonel Lawrence W. Long, state director of selective service, has issued a recent announcement stating that all men between the ages of 18 to 26 years who are registrants of the Selective Service System in the State of Mississippi will be given a physical examination during the months of January and February. 

BIBLE SELECTION/Ephesians 6:12-13

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

GETTING THE MESSAGE/Deliver us from evil

The book of Revelation has such dramatic visions to impress upon us spiritual realities that we don’t see clearly in our physical realm.
MORE NEWS
• Cyril K Amos, 47, of 155 Bogue Chitto Cir; failure to appear X2
Gov. Tate Reeves today announced that he has set a special election to fill the vacancy in Senate District 18 (Leake, Neshoba, and Winston Counties). The vacancy is due to the resignation of the Hon. …
A total of 20 candidates have qualified for the upcoming municipal primaries, set for April 1. The qualification deadline was 5 p.m. on Friday.
The Neshoba County Sheriff's Office reported an overturned chicken truck on Road 852 near Coy late Friday afternoon.
EARLIER
No injuries were reported in a car fire at the Social Security Administration office on Thursday morning. 
The Marcus Dupree National High School Football Hall of Fame Classic is coming to Jackson in December.
Choctaw Tribal Chief Cyrus Ben issued a statement on Tuesday addressing concerns regarding the United States Office of Budget and Management (OMB) memorandum notifying Federal Agencies of a Temporary Pause on Federal Assistance Programs. 
Neshoba County native Ty Martin, political director of the Mississippi Republican Party, returned to Washington, D.C., last week to attend President Trump’s inauguration.
Incumbent Mayor James A. Young has qualified for re-election, along with Republican challenger Jim Fulton and another Democrat.
Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music and the Ellis Theater have announced the launch of a planned annual outdoor music festival in 2025 but have yet to finalize dates.
A foreign national who is in the country illegally was arrested for drunk driving here over the weekend and could face deportation.
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THOMAS/Migrant wars

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
When President Trump threatened to slap tariffs on Colombia if President Gustavo Petro did not accept criminal migrants deported from the U.S., he did not get the initial response he expected.
Editorials

THOMAS/The second time around

US President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn  in as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second non-consecutive term as the 47th president of the United States. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / POOL / AFP)
According to the Frank Sinatra song, “Love is lovelier, the second time around.” We’ll see how that works out in the second coming of Donald. J. Trump, now p resident of the United States for a second time, following a four-year “intermission.”

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