Meet the Rockets set for Friday

The Neshoba Central baseball team will host "Meet the Rockets" this week. The event is set for Friday, Feb. 7 at the Rocket baseball field. The Jr. High team will play an intersquad game beginning at 5:00 pm. The varsity team will play Game 5 of the... Read More.
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Happening today: Prison reform forum in Walnut Grove

The Leake County NAACP is hosting a Prison Reform Forum today. The meeting will be held at the True Light Community Center in Walnut Grove. The main topic of discussion will be to express opinions about reopening the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility. The meeting will begin at... Read More.
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Leake Academy AAAA basketball tournament schedule

The brackets for this week’s District 2 AAAA basketball tournament has been set . The tournament will be played at Lamar School in Meridian on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Leake Academy Boys will play Tuesday night against East Rankin in the last game of the first... Read More.
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Sebastopol native named head football coach at Kosciusko

The Kosciusko School District has hired Justin Hunter as its new head football coach. The school board approved the hire during a meeting Monday night. Hunter has spent the past six seasons as offensive coordinator at Pearl High School where he worked under former Kosciusko Head... Read More.
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Town of Newton now owns closed hospital

A Mississippi city hopes to attract a new health care provider to a closed hospital building that it now owns. WTOK-TV reports that Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann's office transferred the former Pioneer Community Hospital of Newton to the city of Newton last week. The state... Read More.
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One arrested for Leake County murder

On Dec. 21, 2019, the Leake County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the Carthage Police Department and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, arrested Brzezinskir Henderson Sr. (41) for the murder of Gary (Butch) Harkins and the armed robbery of the Shell convenience store in... Read More.
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