Leake

Mercy Reigns ribbon cutting is today. The resale shop is celebrating the grand opening of their new location at 516 Highway 16 East in Carthage. There will be hotdogs, cake, door prizes and more, including all of their resale merchandise. They are open for... Read More.

The Main Street Chamber of Leake County has announced new board members and elected officers. The official statement follows. "The Main Street Chamber of Leake County is pleased to announce the addition of four new board members and a new slate of officers for... Read More.

The Carthage Strategic Planning Committee meeting was held yesterday. Mayor Vivians called the zoom meeting to discuss potential ramifications around the recent COVID-19 case spike in the community. In attendance were local business leaders, medical professionals, as well as school and governmental officials and... Read More.

Leake County departments and employees now have a recommended Covid-19 policy.  According to County Administrator Corey Wooten, "the policy guidelines were put in place in order to provide some across the board consistencies for county employees and offices. Different departments had approached us about... Read More.

The Tuscolameta Trail is paved and open. "Final signage and site dressing is still to be done, but we had so much interest in using the trail, we decided to open as is." said Mayor Brian Gomillion. This continues our effort to be a... Read More.

Leake County back to school registration continues through this Thursday. Designated times are tomorrow from 8:00am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-3:00pm and Thursday from 10:00am-6:00pm.  Back to school return date has been extended until September 8th, due to concerns around COVID-19 case increase in Mississippi.

FREE Covid testing continues tomorrow in Standing Pine. This testing is available at the Standing Pine Facility. You must pre-register. To schedule an appointment sign up with the C Spire app, see link- https://www.umc.edu/CoronaVirus/COVID-19-Testing/Home.html or call 601-496-7200 if you do not have a... Read More.