Boys & Girls Club Registering Summer Campers

Registration for the Oprah Winfrey Boys & Girls Club’s Summer Camp is now open. Summer Camp will be held June 5th-August 3rd, and is open to children ages 5-18. To register, please visit the center at 500 Knox Rd in Kosciusko, or call (662)... Read More.
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Arrington Confirmed Dead After Leake Standoff

UPDATED 5:00AM THURSDAY We still don't know why a suspected car thief who escaped from jail in Raymond and allegedly killed a man in Jackson wound up hiding out in Leake County.  Sheriff Randy Atkinson says that's something he's trying to figure out. "That's still under... Read More.
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Area Airports Get FAA Grants

The Federal Aviation Administration is providing more than $538,000 to the Carthage-Leake County Airport.  The grants will pay to reconstruct an access road and to upgrade the fuel farm at the airport.  C A Moore Airport in Lexington will get almost $442,000 to make... Read More.
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Local Communities Get Preservation Grants

This part of central Mississippi will share in more than $97,000 in state historical preservation grants.  The Department of Archives and History says the 11 projects include $13,000 for Kosciusko to develop a map and audio/video tour of Redbud Springs and the Natchez Trace. ... Read More.
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Local Fire Departments to Benefit from New State Law

The men and women who serve on Mississippi's volunteer fire departments aren't in it for the money.  Because there isn't any.  They aren't paid for what they do.  But soon, those firefighters will have a retirement benefit.  Gov. Reeves on Monday signed legislation that'll... Read More.
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Highest Gas Prices in Two Months

Gas prices in Mississippi have jumped an average of 11 cents in the past week, now at their highest level since early February.  AAA says the statewide average price has been climbing for the last nine days, now at around $3.14.  The auto club... Read More.
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Flu Levels in MS at Lowest Level of the Season

Mississippi’s flu season is winding down.  The latest update puts flu activity in the state at the CDC’s lowest level.   And the State Health Department says overall, for the week ending April 1st, only two per cent of Mississippi patients seeing their doctors had... Read More.
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Safe Room Applicants Still Waiting for Approval

A program which could save Mississippians’ lives during a tornado is on hold. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency launched the Individual Safe Room Program last summer to use federal money to help people in certain counties build shelters, either in their homes or underground. ... Read More.
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Tornadoes Hit North MS, One Dead

A tornado which hit Pontotoc County early Saturday has left one person dead and four others injured.  And there's been damage across Mississippi, some of it at the Cooper Tire plant in Tupelo.   The National Weather Service confirmed several tornadoes as they moved through... Read More.
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