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The East Central Community College Workforce Development Center is offering free courses in Basic Microsoft Excel, Basic Microsoft Word, Basic Computer Skills, Keyboarding, and Resume Writing at the Forest WIN Job Center, located at 536 Deerfield Drive in Forest. Basic Microsoft Excel is offered... Read More.

Leake County officials were guests at the May 2019 East Central Community College Board of Trustees luncheon held on the Decatur campus. The special guests are shown with ECCC board members representing Leake County. Front row (from left) are ECCC Trustee W.B. Jones, District... Read More.

MONROE, La. (AP) — A man who was tried twice but not convicted in the burning death of a Mississippi woman has been indicted in the killing of a woman in Louisiana. The News Star reports Quinton Tellis was indicted Friday on one count... Read More.

According to the National Safety Council, more than 50 children died after being left behind in a hot car in 2018. And this year there have already been several reports of children being left in hot cars. "In the heat we have here, in South... Read More.

Miss. Senators Detail USDA Grants to Support Local Services in Rural Communities WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the award of $409,700 for 11 community improvement projects in Mississippi. The Community Facilities Program grants will be awarded by... Read More.