Mason Whitehead, Devin Moore, Luke Wilburn, Luke Bryan and Ayden Fortune put in countless hours at the shop to improve weekly and that hard work has paid off earlier this spring when they were named FFA Arc Welding State Champions. 

More arrests are possible after three people were arrested on felony drug charges after an investigation led to a search warrant over the weekend at a residence in the Zephyrhill community, according to Neshoba County Sheriff Eric Clark.

A Del Taco restaurant is coming to Philadelphia this summer near the Lowe’s on Frog Level Road on the bypass.

Neshoba County’s annual Memorial Day program is scheduled for Monday, May 29 at the Fallen Veterans Memorial in Dewitt DeWeese Park starting at 11 a.m.

A Neshoba County man faces charges after allegedly operating a moonshine still in the northwest part the county.

Josh Perkins, a superintendent with 23 years of leadership and teaching experience, was hired Monday to take the helm of the Neshoba County School District.

Philadelphia native Tristan Stovall will be ordained to the Holy Order of Deacon in the Catholic church Saturday during a service at the Cathedral of Saint Peter the Apostle in Jackson.

Three people were arrested on felony drug charges after an investigation led to a search warrant over the weekend in the Zephryhill community.

Two people were fatally injured Wednesday evening in a multi-vehicle wreck on Mississippi 19 south at Bethsaida, the authorities said.

The Highway 19 four-landing project would get $65 million for widening from House to Tucker, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Thursday in a plan to drive further economic development and growth in Mississippi.

A poultry farm in Leake County has been quarantined after poultry from a commercial broiler chicken flock tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza earlier this week, leaving roughly 90,000 chickens affected, state agriculture authorities say.

Greg McKee will retire as president and CEO of The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia on Jan. 31, 2023, the bank announced Tuesday. He will continue as a member of the Board of Directors.

Mary Ann Nicholson will face off against Jermaine Simmons in a runoff election for the Neshoba County School Board District 2 seat in three weeks after besting a field of four in Tuesday’s general election.

Two juveniles were arrested with guns at a Neshoba Central junior high football game on Monday evening, the authorities said. Jacarey Clemons, 16, of 611 Christine Street, was arrested and charged …

Two companies that make equipment to support the lumber industry are investing $8.14 million to open a facility here and will create 60 new jobs, officials announced Friday morning.

The death of an inmate at the Neshoba County Detention Facility  Sunday night is being investigated, the authorities aid.

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Michael Guest won Neshoba County with about 47.4% of the vote in a tight race in Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District Republican primary Tuesday that appears headed for a June 28 runoff.

Dr. Shannon Whitehead, principal of McNeal Elementary School in Canton, has been appointed the new superintendent of the Philadelphia Public School District.

James Waltman has been declared the winner in the June 8 alderman-at-large election that incumbent Leroy Clemons challenged.

Philadelphia aldermen reversed course and in a 3-2 vote Tuesday night opted-in to medical marijuana.