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Automated Electric Meters Being Installed in Neshoba County
In Neshoba County today, contractors will begin upgrading the meters in parts of the Central Electric Power Association’s service area. They’ll be working first in the House and Linwood communities installing digital equipment to allow for automated meter reading which the association says will... Read More.
NWS Confirms Sunday Tornado in Carroll County
(Photo credit: James Bishop, VOAD-American Red Cross, Alabama Mississippi Region)
The storms which blew through Carroll County Sunday morning produced an EF-1 tornado. The National Weather Service surveyed the damage Monday and determined that the tornado touched down near the Valley Hill community, and was... Read More.
Minor Crash and Lots of Fighting Monday in Leake
Carthage and Leake authorities responded to several incidents on Monday, May 19, and most of them were fights.
Just before noon, officers were called to a donut shop on Hwy 16 West for a minor crash in the parking lot after a vehicle struck a... Read More.
Armed and Intoxicated: McDonalds Disturbance Ends in Arrest
A Leake County man was arrested early Sunday morning after causing a disturbance at the McDonald’s drive-thru in Carthage.
Police responded to a call around 5 a.m. from employees reporting an irate, intoxicated customer who initially left the scene but later returned, pounding on the... Read More.
Mississippi’s Giant House Party One Month Earlier in ’26
PHILADELPHIA, Miss.--The food, fun and political speaking will come about one month earlier than you are used to, annouunced the Neshoba County Fair on Facebook late Friday.
For the fair in 2026, the fair will be June 19-26.
The change will not affect the dates for... Read More.
Two-Car Wreck With Several Teenagers Injured
CARTHAGE, Miss.--A two-car wreck Friday afternoon in Carthage injured several teenagers, with some going to the hospital.
The wreck was called in just after 4:30 p.m.
It was on Hwy. 35 north, in front of Fortune Mart.
It was unclear exactly what happened. But shortly after police... Read More.
Two-Car Wreck Near Edinburg, Several Possible Injuries
EDINBURG, Miss.--A two-car wreck was reported Saturday just after noon on Hwy. 16 east in Leake County, near Edinburg.
When the wreck was first reported, by a person who lived on Hwy. 16, and saw it in front of their house, there did not appear... Read More.
Kids Playing in the Road Friday Night
CARTHAGE, Miss.--Kids were reported playing in the road on Old Hwy. 35 south.
The person who called it in said the kids ranged in age from 1 to 2, to perhaps 16.
That was shortly before 7 p.m. Friday.
When deputies arrived on scene they asked the... Read More.
