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The 2024 Picking 35 map is here
The 2024 Picking 35 map is here.
The map includes the list of all participating yard sales and locations covering territory on Highway 35 from Vaiden to Forest.
The event is Saturday, April 6, from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
For more information call The Main Street... Read More.
Chainsaw Disturbs the Peace, Wanted Men Caught
CARTHAGE, Miss.--A person with a chainsaw was reported running it at 8:35 in the neighborhood, "keeping the neighbors up", Friday evening.Cartage Police responded to the call on Pearl St.At 8:45 an officer reported back that he had talked to the man and told him... Read More.
Reckless Driver Reported at 70 mph Through City; Gun fired at Motel
PHILADELPHIA, Miss.--Just before 8 Thursdays night a reckless driver went through Philadelphia.One person called 911 and reported a gray Dodge Durango with a Florida tag almost hit her daughter on Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. According to police radio traffic someone else reported that... Read More.
Catalytic Converter Copped From Church Bus in Philly
PHILADELPHIA, Miss.--A catalytic converter can be stolen fairly easily if a thief can get under a vehicle. About 5:30 p.m. Thursday someone with Longino Baptist Church near Hwy. 15 in Philadelphia, called police and said someone had stolen the converter off the church bus.The... Read More.
Central Miss. Senators Vote on Senate Medicaid Expansion Bill
JACKSON, Miss.--The Medicaid expansion bill that passed out of the state Senate Medicaid Committee Wednesday, was approved by the full Senate Thursday afternoon after over an hour of debate.Senators Lydia Chassaniol and Jenifer Branning, both Republicans, both voted against the bill and were two... Read More.
MBCI awarded $1 million in Transportation-HUD funding
JACKSON, MISS. – The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is getting $1 million in funding due the the recent passage of the FY2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD) Appropriations Bill. The money will go towards improvements on Indian Campus Drive.In... Read More.
Scott Central names Frey head football coach
Scott Central High School has hired David Frey as its new head football coach.
Frey spent the past six seasons as the head coach at Philadelphia.
He spent the 2018 as interim head coach of the Tornadoes after the resignation of Bobby Hall.
That season he took... Read More.
