State Fair Beefing Up Security This Year

If you're planning to attend the State Fair in Jackson this year, expect to see some new security precautions.   Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson says they're "pulling out all the stops" to make the fair "the safest place in Mississippi."  A new policy being implemented... Read More.
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Choctaw Firefighters Graduate From Academy

Two members of the Choctaw Fire Department are graduating from the State Fire Academy Thursday.   Peyton Bell and Cobi B John are among 17 members of Firefighter Class 198.   They completed an intense seven-week course including online, classroom, and hands-on instruction in the areas... Read More.
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Two More Local COVID Deaths Reported

COVID-19 is being blamed for the deaths of two more people in this part of central Mississippi.  The State Health Department is reporting that a Leake County resident and another from Neshoba County died during the last two weeks.  The number of new infections... Read More.
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High school football schedule – September 16

Local area high school football games for September 23: Attala County Kosciusko at Forest Ethel at Leake County McAdams at Coldwater Choctaw County Choctaw County at Union Hamilton at French Camp Holmes County Central Holmes at Winona Christian Canton at Holmes County Central Leake County: Leake Central at... Read More.
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Altercation at Tyson Leads to ER Visits

On Tuesday at 10:13pm, Baptist Leake ER advised officers that they had a patient with a knife cut to the face from an altercation at Tyson Foods.  The subject advised that they did not want to file charges.  At 10:50, officers were advised that the... Read More.
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