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Former State Representative Ashley Henley reported dead

MONDAY MORNING, NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA BEGAN CIRCULATING THAT FORMER REPRESENTATIVE HENLEY HAD DIED. Reports are circulating that former state . . .

William Joel Lofton to begin first term as mayor of Sumrall

Sumrall residents will soon see a new face at the city’s helm, as William Joel Lofton is set to begin . . .

Petal School District seeking substitutes, holding training session

Officials from the Petal School District are seeking substitute teachers to bolster the district’s teaching ranks for the 2021-2022 school . . .

Is that all there is to a pandemic?

The bubonic plague killed about half the people in Europe in the Middle Ages. It was called the Black Death . . .

Mississippi school districts targeted by ransomware attacks

A group of cybercriminals hacked the Vicksburg Warren School District’s servers last month and claimed to have employees’ personal information . . .

Is that all there is to a pandemic?
By Kelley Williams, 5,894 Reads
Sat, 06/12/2021 - 03:29 PM
The bubonic plague killed about half the people in Europe in the Middle Ages. It was called the Black Death. Influenza killed about 15% of the world’s population in 1918-19. It was called the Spanish Flu. (John Barry’s The Great Influenza suggests it first appeared in Kansas.) Justinian’s Plague was the first major plague in recorded histor
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COVID-19 grant program promised to prioritize minority businesses. Did it?
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 3,565 Reads
Fri, 06/11/2021 - 04:49 PM
An emergency grant program for small businesses during the worst of the pandemic last year was supposed to give priority to minority and women-owned businesses in Mississippi in giving out grants up to $25,000 each from federal COVID-19 relief passed by Congress.
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William Joel Lofton to begin first term as mayor of Sumrall
By Haskel Burns, 3,322 Reads
Thu, 06/10/2021 - 03:09 PM
Sumrall residents will soon see a new face at the city’s helm, as William Joel Lofton is set to begin his first term as mayor of the growing municipality.
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Former State Representative Ashley Henley reported dead
By Frank Corder - Y'all Politics, 1,771 Reads
Mon, 06/14/2021 - 05:39 PM
MONDAY MORNING, NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA BEGAN CIRCULATING THAT FORMER REPRESENTATIVE HENLEY HAD DIED.
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A Slithery Catch: Fearless youngsters stand out at Snake Grabbin' Rodeo
By David W. Healy , 1,504 Reads
Sat, 06/12/2021 - 10:41 AM
CHATHAM —To be a good snake grabber, you have to be quick and fearless — or else they will slither away.
Both Kolby Cox and Price Dickerson understand this well. The two were, perhaps, the biggest standouts at the Grabuone Outfitters Inc. Snake Grabbin’ Rodeo at Lake Washington this past weekend.
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Former state Rep. Ashley Henley

Former Rep. Ashley Henley killed outside home where sister-in-law was previously found dead
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 1,282 Reads
Mon, 06/14/2021 - 01:47 PM
Former state Rep. Ashley Henley of DeSoto County was killed while mowing the grass outside the home where her sister-in-law’s body had been found last year, the Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department said.
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Reverse auctions secretly killed by special interests
By Wyatt Emmerich, 1,134 Reads
Fri, 06/11/2021 - 04:07 PM
It didn’t take long for the powers that be to kill reverse auctions — about two years or so.
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Police arrest three juveniles in home invasion on Martin Luther King Avenue
By Staff reports, 1,076 Reads
Fri, 06/11/2021 - 11:24 AM
On Thursday, June 10, 2021, Hattiesburg Police arrested three juveniles after responding to a report of a home invasion.

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Mississippi school districts targeted by ransomware attacks
By Kate Royals and Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 1,037 Reads
Fri, 06/11/2021 - 04:45 PM
A group of cybercriminals hacked the Vicksburg Warren School District’s servers last month and claimed to have employees’ personal information and internal school documents.

A group that calls itself “Grief” breached the school’s servers through a ransomware attack on May 28.
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Quincy Rogers elected to second term as mayor of Lumberton
By Haskel Burns, 1,027 Reads
Fri, 06/11/2021 - 01:51 PM
Following a lengthy stint on the Lumberton Board of Alderman and the last four years as mayor, Quincy Rogers will return for a second term to lead the City of Lumberton.
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