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.
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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.
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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.
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Update: Tornado in Clinton but Not in Leake

The Clinton area and Leake County were both under tornado warnings Monday night.  And while the National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-1 tornado in Clinton, it's found no evidence of a touchdown in Leake.  It appears that the tree damage in the county... Read More.
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Today’s Leake Academy baseball game postponed

The Leake Academy baseball game scheduled for today versus Simpson Academy have been postponed due to field conditions.  The game will be played Friday as part of a varsity double-header in Madden. Game 1 of that double header will begin at 4:00 pm.
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A Stormy Night in Mississippi: Possible Tornado in Leake

Tornado warnings in central Mississippi last night as a thunderstorm squall line pushed through the state... "It's possible we may have had at least a brief weak tornado on the north side of Clinton, MS..." Nicholas Fenner at the National Weather Service in Jackson says there's... Read More.
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Arrest Made in Child’s Death in Carthage

A young Carthage man is facing a capital murder charge in the death of his girlfriend's 3 year old son.  Ja'qavious Jordan, 19, was arrested almost two months after the boy was found dead at Westbrook Apartments.  Police say Jordan is not the child's... Read More.
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