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Brett Young to play night before first Ole Miss home game
The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss will host former Rebel baseball player and current country music sensation Brett Young the night before the Ole Miss home football game against Furman. The Aug. 30th concert will feature two former Ole Miss players on stage: Young and fellow country star Josh Kelley. Young pitched […] The post Brett Young to play night before first Ole Miss home game appeared first on The Oxford Eagle.
County Court overturns Graning misdemeanor trespassing conviction
NATCHEZ — On Wednesday morning, a judge in Adams County Court overturned the misdemeanor conviction of trespassing against Millicent Graning of Natchez. Graning was found guilty in Justice Court on April 23 of misdemeanor trespassing on land owned by Natchez businessman and Adams County Supervisors President Kevin Wilson. Wilson has proposed building an oilfield waste […] The post County Court overturns Graning misdemeanor trespassing conviction appeared first on Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper.
Descendants of slaves/slaveholders reunite
About 80 descendants, both White and Black, joined in a reunion July 11-13, to celebrate a common heritage. The discovery that descendants of the Lewellen Family Plantation, Black and White, was discovered through a genetic match on Ancestry.com. Black and White cousins, Beverly Bevel, Dudley Lewellen and Rhonda Roederer, met...
Truth Lounge owners to ask court for injunction against city to allow it to reopen at hearing Thursday
NATCHEZ — The Truth Lounge owners have filed an application for a preliminary injunction against the City of Natchez in Sixth District Circuit Court. Circuit Court Judge Carmen Drake will hear the application at 2 p.m. on Thursday in the Adams County Courthouse. The Truth Lounge has been closed since April 25, when the city’s […] The post Truth Lounge owners to ask court for injunction against city to allow it to reopen at hearing Thursday appeared first on Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper.
Gluckstadt commission rezones travel sports facility land, residents express concerns
The Gluckstadt Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday night voted to recommend land at at U.S. 51 and Weisenberger Road be rezoned from R1, meaning residential, to C2, meaning commercial, to accommodate a proposed travel sports complex, despite several people who attended the meeting to voice opposition to the measure. The travel sports facility, previously labeled as the "Gluckstadt Megadome," is a $100 million project that has been in the works for months under 828 Sports...
500 Walthall County customers under boil water alert
WALTHALL COUNTY, Miss (WHLT) – A boil water notice was issued for 500 customers in Walthall County on Tuesday. The notice affects Magee’s Creek Water Association customers East of Highway 27 in Tylertown. Health officials strongly recommend that all water be boiled vigorously for one minute before it is consumed. Residents will be notified immediately […]
Family of missing Horn Lake man speaks after body found inside his car at impound lot
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A family member of 20-year-old Jaderius Webb, who wished to go unnamed, spoke with Action News 5 on Wednesday about the pain of learning her loved one may have been killed, and his charred remains left behind for days in the back of his burned BMW.
South Jackson residents say the city has failed them, call for more enforcement
Broken traffic lights, abandoned homes, streets strewn with trash, live telephone wires on the ground — it’s no secret in South Jackson that the neighborhood is in a state of disrepair. Residents say the city is to blame and that it has failed them for years. The Neighborhood Association of South Jackson, also known as NASJ, gathered last Thursday for a meeting at Willowood Community Center, drawing nearly 60 people. The Association, which was founded in 1979...
$100,000-winning lottery ticket purchased in Tupelo
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) — A Mississippi Lottery player purchased a winning ticket in Tupelo. The Mississippi Lottery Corporation announced the winners following Wednesday night’s drawing. The player won $100,000 after he or she matched four out of five numbers, plus the Powerball and the Power Play multiplier option...
More showers and thunderstorms stick around through the day
It has been a very rainy week. We will continue to see the same weather story in our area over the next few days. By the weekend we will see some of the rain taper off. We will continue to see some scattered showers and thunderstorms as the rule. Every now and then a few of the thunderstorms will be on the heavy and hefty side at times. Beyond the activity, we will see generally variably cloudy skies.
Contour Airlines to begin offering flights to Dallas-Fort Worth
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) – Contour Airlines is expanding its service to one of the busiest airports in the United States. Though it hasn't officially been announced yet, you can book a flight from Tupelo Regional to Dallas-Fort Worth in Texas. You can book your non-stop flight to Dallas from...
Fulton man charged with assaulting juveniles
TUPELO – An Itawamba County man has been jailed in Tupelo, accused of pistol whipping and then shooting at a pair of juveniles in late June. Tupelo police patrolling the area of Fillmore Drive near Lawndale Drive on Monday June 24 heard 6-7 gunshots they believed to come from the Kenmar Lane area. The responding officers made contact with a juvenile victim who stated that he and another ...
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