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On this week's edition of the Southgroup Insurance Coaches Show - Leake Academy Head Football Coach Brian Pickens previews this week's game against Columbia Academy.
The SouthGroup Insurance Coaches Show airs on Cruisin’ 98.3 Thursday mornings at 7:35 am.
Scott Colom says he’s confident he’ll win Mississippi’s U-S Senate race. The latest numbers show Colom leading Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by about 1,100 votes but the outcome will depend on votes that are still uncounted including a large number of affidavit ballots which county... Read More.
At 10:15 Tuesday morning, the Philadelphia Fire Department was notified of a fire at a residence on Valley View Drive. Upon arriving they found the inhabitants burning a couch behind their house. The firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the flames and prevented it... Read More.
Around 7:37 AM Tuesday morning, the Carthage Police Department were notified of vandalism in a shop behind a residence on Hwy 35 N. Upon arriving, authorities discovered a door leading to an exterior bathroom had been torn down. Reportedly, this is not the first... Read More.
Mary Ann Vivians has been elected mayor of Carthage following the Municipal General Election held Tuesday, November 3.
Vivians received 608 votes, and incumbent Mayor Laurie Henderson received 433 votes.
In the Ward 1 Alderman race, Kendall Leflore received 185 votes, and Michael Cothran received 81... Read More.
Carthage voters head to the today, November 3 to elect the city's mayor and board of aldermen. Polls are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Incumbent Mayor Laurie Henderson, who defeated Cindy Crane in the October 13 Republican primary, will face Democrat Mary Ann... Read More.
Boswell Media Sports’ weekly football pick’em “Kicks Picks” is back for its 23rd season on Breezynews.com and Kicks96news.com.
Make your picks each week for the best high school and college football games in the state. If you get the most right, then you’re... Read More.
Neshoba General Hospital in Philadelphia will officially unveil its new Safe Haven Baby Box during a blessing ceremony on Monday, November 9, 2026, at 2 p.m.
The Safe Haven Baby Box will be at Neshoba General Hospital and gives mothers in crisis a safe, anonymous,... Read More.
Friday night’s game between Leake Academy and Wayne Academy was one for the record books, and Rebels senior quarterback Majure Chandler made sure of it.
In a wild 62-58 win over Wayne Academy, Chandler put on a historic performance, completing 25 of 38 passes for... Read More.
Week 10 of Kicks Picks was a close one! It was a tight race til the very end, but there can be only one winner.. This week's winner is Christian Whitman of Kosciusko!
Congratulations Christian, you are the winner of our weekly Friday Night Food... Read More.
CARTHAGE, Miss.--A fire was reported to have gotten out of control Friday evening in Leake County just before 6 p.m. The person who called for deputies said that it started as a debris burn that caught the end of a house on fire.
That happened... Read More.
High school football postseason action is officially here for fans across Neshoba, Leake, Winston, and Scott counties, featuring a packed slate of first- and second-round games in both the MAIS and MHSAA brackets.
MAIS Class 3A (Div. I - First Round): Leake Academy Rebels
Matchup:... Read More.
The National Park Service (NPS) has officially reopened a 24-mile stretch of the Natchez Trace Parkway while announcing the next phase of its major road rehabilitation effort in central Mississippi.
Traffic is once again flowing on the section between State Highway 16 (milepost 135) and... Read More.
PHILADELPHIA, Miss.--A man was arrested on a charge of suspicion of drunk driving after his car rolled, he was thrown out of it, but still managed to run away before Neshoba County deputies arrived.
That happened Saturday night on Highway 15 north, near Burnside Park.
Sheriff... Read More.
PHILADELPHIA, Miss.--Part of a sacred site at Nanih Waiya Cave was vandalized Friday and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is asking for help identifying the person or people responsible.
A news release from the Choctaw tribe says they believe the vandalism, which appeared to... Read More.
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