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The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies last week. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Kevin Ervin of Itta Bena was arrested on Mar. 8 by the WPD on the charges of sale of a controlled substance, felony and enhancement of penalty for violation of uniform controlled substance act; with a bail set in the amount of $50,000.
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The Winona Times Board of Aldermen meets the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 5 p.m. in the City Hall building.
Tuesday, Mar. 3 the Winona Board of Aldermen held their regular first of the month meeting. Much business was covered in the roughly hour long duration of the meeting. It was noted that Ward 5 Alderwoman Linda Purnell would be absent from this meeting.
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Montgomery County has been stricken with fires recently with four blazes claiming four homes and three lives in the past two weeks. The causes of the deadly fires are still under investigation. As a matter of procedure, once a fire claims a life the investigation into the cause of the fire is turned over to the State Fire Marshall.
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Mayor Ken Strachan displays the 30-day emergency proclamation extensions signed by the Carroll County Board of Supervisors and the town of North Carrollton at the March 3 Board of Aldermen meeting. Left: City Clerk Lyndera Williams recorded the proclamations in the minutes of the meeting.
During the March board meeting of the North Carrollton Mayor and Board of Aldermen, decisions were made on the recovery efforts with debris removal.
North Carrollton Mayor Ken Strachan presented the extension of the proclamation of a local emergency for the next 30 days, which was signed by all five aldermen and Mayor Strachan. The Board moved to have the resolution placed in the minutes on a motion by Alderman Eddie Holman and second by Alderman Mitchell Costilow, with all in favor.
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Pictured from left: Major Brian L. Hughes, commander of the 172d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Senior Master Sgt. Jonathan Wade Neill.
Major Brian L. Hughes, commander of the 172d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, left, presents Senior Master Sgt. Jonathan Wade Neill of Carrollton with his retirement certificate during a ceremony on March 6, in the Heritage Room at Thompson Field. Neill officially retired Dec. 31, 2025, from the Mississippi Air National Guard and the United States Air Force and was promoted from master sergeant to senior master sergeant during the ceremony. Neill joined the Air Force in 1988.
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JACKSON, Miss. – The G. V. Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center today announced it will begin infrastructure upgrades to ensure safe and effective patient care.
These projects are part of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize, repair and improve department health care facilities in fiscal year 2026 via the Veterans Health Administration’s Non-Recurring Maintenance program.
First-quarter fiscal year 2026 improvement projects at the medical center include:
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The Southern Miss Golden Eagles swept Louisiana Tech over the weekend to improve to 10-1 on the season. The Sunday win over Tech gave Golden Eagles head coach Christian Ostrander his 100th win at USM. Coach Oz reached 100 wins in only 137 games, which is the fastest in school history. USM will host Mississippi State on Tuesday and Nicholls State on Wednesday before North Alabama visits Friday-Sunday.
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Winona-Montgomery Public Library
The Winona Montgomery Public Library is open
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The library has several exciting things planned for March. Throughout the month we will have activity packets available, just come by and pick one up.
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A pair of four-run innings prove to be enough last Friday night in Canton as the Winona Christian School Stars withstood a late rally to win an 8-7 decision over the Canton Academy Panthers. Earlier this week, the Stars traveled to Starkville Academy and dropped an 11-0 decision to the Volunteers.
With the action, WCS stands at 3-1 on the season.
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The Winona High School girls fast-pitch softball team dropped its first game of the 2026 season with a 22-10 setback to visiting Calhoun City Friday.
Calhoun City plated five runs each in the first and second innings, four runs each in the third and seventh frames, three in the fourth and one in the sixth. Winona (7-1) scored three runs in the first, two in the second, four in the fourth and one in the fifth.
Calhoun made five errors on defense, and Winona had seven defensive errors.
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As a long time Mississippian and a business owner who’s seen firsthand how a strong community lifts us all, I know one truth: investing in our youngest kids is investing in our shared future. Mississippi’s economy doesn’t just grow on its own—it thrives when we build up both today’s workforce and tomorrow’s.
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In 1971, a royal celebration was held in Iran. It was the 2,500th birthday of the Iranian monarchy, a rule which began with King Cyrus the Great of Persia in 539 BC and continued (with a few interregnums) to the reign of Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi in the 20th century. Shah Pahlavi ascended to the Iranian throne in 1941, making 1971 not only a celebration of the Persian monarchy lasting two and a half millennia, but also the Shah’s 30-year Jubilee.
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What do JXN Water and the Amazon Data Centers have in common? Why are decisions by JXN Water’s Interim Manager (Water Czar) and the Federal Judge who appointed him now suspect? Why do Entergy’s residential customers now fear higher rates due to the secret Amazon data center deal?
Because JXN Water and Entergy customers no longer trust those in charge. Before they said: “Trust us. This is for your own good.” Now, we say: “Show us the receipts.”
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The J.Z. George girls fast-pitch softball team scored 10 runs in the top of the first inning en route to a 21-8 win at Water Valley High School Friday.
J.Z. George (3-2) tacked on six runs in the second, two in the third and three in the fourth. Water Valley plated one run in the first, five in the second and two in the fourth.
Saralyn Roberts (3-2) got the win in the circle, going all four innings, allowing eight runs (four earned) on five hits, walking six and striking out five. She also drove in three runs and had a single.
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Carroll Academy got solid pitching from Cole Beckwith and Reed Thomas in defeating visiting Calhoun Academy 8-2 Friday in Carrollton.
Beckwith (2-0) went the first four innings, yielding two runs (both earned) on three hits, walking three and fanning five. Thomas went three innings, giving up one hit and striking out two.
Beckwith had two singles, two RBIs and scored a run, and Reece Jordan and Thomas drove in two runs each.
Thomas had a single and scored a run.
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J.Z. George High School was able to get in only one game on the diamond last week, as the Jaguars dropped a heartbreaking 17-16 decision to Greenwood High School on Tuesday at Whittington Park in Greenwood.
The Bulldogs scored seven runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, trailing 16-10 after six innings of play.
Greenwood tacked on five runs in the first, two in the second and one run each in the third, fourth and sixth frames.
J.Z. George (1-3) plated three runs in the first, four in the second, eight in the third and one in the fifth.
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The Winona High School baseball team took a pair of tough losses to Eupora High School last week.
The Tigers dropped a 15-3 four-inning decision Friday to the Eagles, who outhit Winona 17-4. Tommarion Brown had a single and two RBIs for WHS, and Areon Campbell and Kentrell Crawford had a single and scored a run each.
Alejandro White had an RBI single, and Darrion Crawford scored a run.
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Molly Tompkins, daughter of Joey and Betsy Tompkins of Winona and a 2023 graduate of Winona High School, was recently crowned Most Beautiful 2026 at the University of Mississippi.
Tompkins is a junior majoring in integrated marketing communications with a minor in sport administration. She is a member of Kappa Delta sorority, the Ole Miss Baseball Diamond Girls, Order of Omega and Phi Eta Sigma. She also serves as an Ole Miss Social Media Ambassador and a Luckyday Scholar.
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2026 Holmes Community College Goodman Campus Hall of Fame inductees are (front row, left to right) Diana Garcia , Jayden Neal, Makayla Kast, Lennie Kate Wood, (back row, left to right) Maeson Jolley and Lawson Nichols.
GOODMAN — Holmes Community College recently recognized outstanding student leaders from the Goodman Campus with induction into the 2026 Holmes Hall of Fame, the college’s highest student honor.
Students selected for this distinction demonstrated academic excellence, leadership, service and commitment to the Holmes community. For the Goodman Campus, honorees include Diana Garcia of Kosciusko, Maeson Jolley of Sallis, Makayla Kast of Kosciusko, Jayden Neal of Pearl, Lawson Nichols of Benton and Lennie Kate Wood of Winona.
Lennie Kate Wood
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