Leake

Past due water bills must be paid today November 20th. According to City Hall, bills must be paid in full by 5pm. The Carthage City Hall lobby is closed but payments may be placed in the drop box or online. Otherwise a disconnect notice... Read More.

The Carthage Mayor's Youth council is distributing food for Thanksgiving. The focus of this food drive is to provide for the elderly and disabled in the Carthage community. Spokesperson Sherry Lefore said they were continuing to ask for support of the Mayor's Youth Council.... Read More.

The Leake County School District will be distributing upgraded laptops to all students. The LCSD announced that the first of nearly 3,000 laptops provided by ELDA/ESSER funds are being administered through the Mississippi Department of Education and have arrived to the district. "We are... Read More.

The Christmas Open House in "Our Square County" is this Sunday. Leake County Main Street Chamber said the event will be Sunday, November 15th from 1-5 pm. Callin Calves, Dirt Roads Pottery, East Main Ole Market, Flaunt, Leake Nutrition, Mercy Reigns, Merle Norman/The Perfect... Read More.

All Choctaw Tribal Schools are going virtual. According to school officials, a decision was reached due to a sudden increase of Covid-19 cases. "CTS is taking precautionary measures in eliminating transmission of the virus in our schools by going 100% distance learning beginning today... Read More.

Russell Baty has stepped down. After investing the last nine and a half years working at Carthage Main Street and the Main Street Chamber of Leake County, it was time to move forward. This past week he acted on a decision to resign from... Read More.

Leake and Neshoba Counties have been removed from the Mask Mandate list. Governor Reeves has extended the Safe recovery order for 15 counties. Those counties are Benton, Carroll, Covington, DeSoto, Forrest, Harrison, Humphreys, Jackson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Leflore, Lee, Marshall, Rankin and Yalobusha.