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Fatal Crash on Hwy 16 in Leake Thursday Morning
Update:
Leake County Coroner Earl Adams has identified the victim of Thursday’s fatal crash on Highway 16 as 36-year-old Sonya Nunn of Preston, MS.
A fatal crash occurred on the morning of March 20, 2025 on Highway 16 East near Indian Branch Road. The head-on collision... Read More.
Philadelphia’s Street Eat Saturdays Return in 2025
Philadelphia’s Main Street Association has announced the return of Street Eat Saturdays for 2025.
The event kicks off on Saturday, March 22, from 11 AM to 3 PM on Center Avenue near The Citizens Bank in downtown Philadelphia.
Visitors can enjoy a variety of local food... Read More.
Freeze Warning Friday for This Area
Spring is here. But it won’t feel like it early Friday. Most of the local area, including Attala, Leake and Neshoba counties, will be under a freeze warning until 8 am as temperatures drop as low as 31 degrees.
Leake Central releases 2025 football schedule
Leake Central has released its 2025 football schedule.
The schedule includes non-district games against Leake County, Philadelphia, Kosciusko, Morton, Velma Jackson, and Scott Central.
With 2025 being a reclassification year for the MHSAA, the Gators have been moved to Region 5-4A. However, district opponents will be... Read More.
NWS: Area Twisters Hit 125-130 MPH
We’re learning more about a couple of the tornadoes that went through this part of Mississippi last weekend. Even though the National Weather Service hasn’t finished its report, it says the EF-2 storm that hit Humphreys, Leflore, Holmes and Carroll counties was packing winds... Read More.
Windy Today, Storms Possible Too
Much of the local area could see some isolated severe storms later today. The National Weather Service has put Neshoba County, most of Leake County and eastern Attala County under a Level-1 “marginal” risk of damaging wind gusts and hail late this afternoon and... Read More.
Leake Academy Rebels Triumphs Over Wayne Academy Jaguars in First Regional Game
The Leake Academy Rebels hosted the Jaguars of Wayne Academy in Tuesday's baseball action, the first game of regional action.
The Jaguars led off with five runs in the top of the first. They held the lead until the bottom of the sixth when the... Read More.
