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Team BBK Backyard BBQ Secures 5th Place at Wing Dang Doodle Festival
Team BBK Backyard BBQ recently participated in Forest's 19th annual Wing Dang Doodle Festival's Wing Cooking Contest. The Leake County team placed 5th out of more than 25 teams who participated.
Team BBK Backyard BBQ pictured from left to right: Lucas Brown, Randy Kelly, Steven... Read More.
Watson Expects Secure Election in November
Election Day is just over a month away now. And Mississippi's top election official is confident that anyone trying to hack into the state's voting system will be unsuccessful...
"As far as I am concerned, Mississippi is going to be one of the, if not... Read More.
CDP Holds Annual Banquet in Philadelphia
A big night in Philadelphia, as the Community Development Partnership held its annual banquet Monday. Tots, Teens and In-Betweens was named the Small Business of the Year, Windham Tractor and Implement Company was honored as the Large Business of the Year and Stanley Salter... Read More.
Pearl River man pleads guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine on the Choctaw Indian Reservation
Jackson, MS – A Pearl River man pled guilty to possession of over 15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute in the Pearl River Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
Bill Clemons, Jr., 37, was indicted by a federal grand jury... Read More.
Twelve-Year-Old Hurt in Dirt Bike Wreck in Neshoba County
PHILADELPHIA, Miss.--A 12-year-old was hurt in a dirt bike wreck Friday afternoon in Neshoba county. The person lost consciousness and an ambulance was called.
The wreck on property on County Rd. 822, which is between highways 19 and 25, north of Philadelphia.
That child was conscious... Read More.
Vandal Reported Hiding in a Bathroom
CARTHAGE, Miss.--A person was reported vandalizing the laundromat next to Sims Appliance in Carthage Saturday night about 10:10 p.m.
The caller said that person messed up some of the coin machines, then hid in the bathroom.
Police were able to easily identify the person as someone... Read More.
Tree Danger: Tree Fire, Trees Down in Leake County
THOMASTOWN, Miss.--A tree was reported on fire just before 3:30 Saturday afternoon. Thomastown volunteer firefighters responded and put the fire out.
About 5:30 p.m. Saturday a tree was reported blocking the entire road on Scarborough Rd. at Roberts Rd. Thomastown volunteers responded to clear that... Read More.
MHP Investigates Fatal Holmes County Crash
On Thursday, September 26, 2024, at approximately 11:45 p.m., the Mississippi
Highway Patrol responded to a single-vehicle fatal crash on Highway 17 in Holmes
County.
A 2005 Dodge Charger driven by 32-year-old Preston Nichelson of Pickens,
Mississippi, traveled north on Highway 17 when it collided with two horses
standing... Read More.
