Author: Staff Report

Keep Walnut Grove Beautiful will hold its first official community litter pickup this Saturday. The event starts at 9am and participants are advised to gather at Town Hall to get safety vests, area maps, and trash bags. If you want to pick up litter... Read More.

Today is Friday, Nov. 20, the 325th day of 2020. There are 41 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 20, 2000, lawyers for Al Gore and George W. Bush battled before the Florida Supreme Court over whether the presidential election... Read More.

Today is Thursday, Nov. 19, the 324th day of 2020. There are 42 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. On... Read More.

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 18, the 323rd day of 2020. There are 43 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 18, 1978, U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan, D-Calif., and four others were killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples... Read More.

Seven additional Mississippi counties have been added to the mask mandate list. Governor Reeves announced today that the new counties under mandate are Hinds, Madison, Pontotoc, Tate, Winston, Itawamba and Montgomery.Benton, Carroll, Covington, DeSoto, Forrest, Harrison, Humphreys, Jackson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Leflore, Lee, Marshall, Rankin... Read More.

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 17, the 322nd day of 2020. There are 44 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 17, 1800, Congress held its first session in the partially completed U.S. Capitol building. On this date: In 1558, Elizabeth I acceded to... Read More.

A warning has been issued from the Mississippi  Secretary of State regarding misleading mailers. The Secretary of State Office is urging the business community, especially LLCs, to be cautious of a misleading mailer sent by a private entity called C.F.S. In the mailer, the... Read More.

Today is National Fast Food day. We have plenty of fast food restaurants to choose from in our region. And they go back a long way. According to Wikipedia, fast food restaurants date back to the early 1900's. White Castle first founded in Wichita,... Read More.