Video: Last second shot ties game for Lady Rebels
Leake Academy senior Katye Jones’ lay up at the buzzer sends the game with Simpson County to overtime.
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Photo: Four Neshoba Central baseball players sign to play for community colleges
Four senior Neshoba Central baseball players have signed to play with Mississippi community colleges.
Players that signed were Ryan Hardin, Sanders Griffis, Jordan Davis, and Demarkez West.
Hardin and West both signed to play with East Central Community College.
Davis signed with Mississippi... Read More.
911 Calls: Drug Dealers Using CB Radios in Leake County
CARTHAGE, Miss.--In the late hours Saturday or early hours Sunday near Edinburgh police were looking for drug dealers reported to be using CB radios to conduct their activities.According to scanner traffic calls came in to the Leake County dispatchers around 9:40 p.m. Saturday about... Read More.
Fire Burns House on Lee Green Rd.
CARTHAGE, Miss.--A fire burned a house Saturday morning on Lee Green Rd., west of Carthage, just south of Hwy. 16, according to scanner traffic.The fire call went out just before 5 a.m. to both Carthage and Ofahoma firefighters. As they were en route to... Read More.
Flu Cases Continue to Fall, Even in Local Hotspot
For the third week in a row, Mississippi’s flu rate is dropping. The State Health Department’s latest update shows that 6.6 per cent of patients seeing their doctor had flu-like symptoms. That’s down from 7.7 per cent the week before. It appears flu season... Read More.
Home lost to fire caused by electric heater
Another Leake County home was claimed in a fire believed to have been caused by an electric heater.Carthage Fire Department, Leake Correctional Volunteers, and Reformation Volunteers were called to a home on Dead End Rd. off of Goshen Rd. near Reformation Rd. at 10:14... Read More.
The Dangers of Space Heaters
KOSCIUSKO, Miss.--A fire took out a home in Walnut Grove Tuesday and an electric heater was a factor, according to preliminary reports on the cause. Fires like that are preventable, if you avoid using a space heater or use caution if you must."Space heaters... Read More.
