Panola County supervisors have asked their road manager and engineer to make trips to Itawamba County to get a firsthand look at a paving option being used there with reported success. The cost of ...

Judge Jay Westfaul held a short oath of office ceremony for the elected officials who will serve the Town of Pope for the next four years. Pictured with Judge Westfaul are Alderman Jessie Flowers, ...

Lt. Col. Leonard Boothe, retired U.S. Air Force Communications Officer, local businessman, and Founder and CEO of American Drone Solutions, took the first-place prize in the Mississippi Innovate ...

Several area students were recognized for their academic achievements during the spring semester at Southern Arkansas University and the University of Southern Mississippi. Courtland resident Maria ...

Twenty years ago, this past Friday was a day I’ll never forget. Those of us living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast had no idea how much our lives would change. And boy, did they! Life can change in an ...

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) announced a record harvest for the 2026 spring turkey season, with Mississippi hunters reporting 17,907 birds through Game Check.

Perfection finally showed up at my house last week. I ate it over the kitchen sink. It took 64 years to find. That hardly seems fair, but peaches don’t operate on fairness. They’re ready when they’re ...

GE Aerospace expansion of its manufacturing capacity in Batesville and various projects that represent a significant investment by the company, including its recently announced $11 million investment, ...

The unexpected and untimely death of Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, along with the significant physical ailments of 84-year-old former GOP Senate Majority Leader U.S. Sen.

Batesville attorney Charlie Gaines Baker is recovering from injuries sustained in a one-vehicle accident on Bell Road on Halloween night, a crash that resulted in the lawyer being cited for suspicion ...

I am Jay Westfaul, and am honored to announce my candidacy for Chancery Court Judge in District 3, Place 1, which includes Panola, Grenada, Tate, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha, Carroll, and Montgomery ...

It’s been almost 15 years since grief set up shop in my house. Yes, I had experienced grief before, but never quite to this extent. Grief and I have reached a tentative truce. I am no longer ...