The Board of Supervisors has directed the Panola County Road Department to add an additional day of work each week until further notice, at overtime rates, in an effort to catch up with their plan for ...

By Felder Rushing Gardening Columnist Call it “selective indignation,” but though I don’t cut my long hair, I do shave my ...

Gabriella Russo will represent Panola County in the 76th Mississippi Miss Hospitality Competition at the Historic Hattiesburg Saenger Theater in downtown Hattiesburg July 18-19. Russo is an incoming ...

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist I grew up in church. Even before my father decided to go back to school to become a minister, ...

News Release Move over, Muscadine Ripple — to make room on the freezer shelf for two new Mississippi State-borne ice cream ...

Former Como Mayor Everette Hill last week announced his candidacy for the State Senate District 24 seat left vacant by the retirement of longtime Senator David Jordan. Gov. Tate Reeves set a special ...

The Panola County Board of Supervisors last week resorted to a tried-and-true parenting technique – take the keys until you ...

Naomi “Juanee” Pearson was born on March 31,1938 near Batesville, MS to Loyce and Nellie Sims. She passed from this life into the life everlasting on May 23, 2025 at Bellevue Assisted Living in ...

Hue Townsend, CEO of Guaranty Bank, last week announced the hiring of Emily Cochran as a member of the loan support team at the Batesville branch. Cochran recently joined Guaranty Bank and brings a ...

By Marshall Welsh I was deeply saddened by the passing of my high school friend and teammate Mike Seekins of Macon, Georgia this week. He excelled in sports as the starting tight end in football while ...