JACKSON — The Newton Lady Tigers are the Class 2A champions again.
The Lady Tigers used a suffocating defense and dominated West Lincoln from the beginning to take a 39-33 win over the Lady Bears and claim their third state title for the girls program.
Scotland-based mining equipment manufacturer The Weir Group is investing an additional $15 million in its Newton manufacturing facility as part of a total $50-million plan supporting an additional
Decatur aldermen are weighing their options on what to do with a 1.7-acre parcel of land where Medgar Evers was born, which has become overgrown and littered with trash after sitting empty for several years.
Union Middle School students may see a few new faces in the halls come September after the Board of Trustees approved hiring two new staff members last Monday.
The Newton Board of Aldermen has allowed Newton County 911 to roll the Newton Police Department’s 601-683-2041 number to dispatch when the city switches its dispatching to the county April 1.
The Union Yellowjackets won two out of three games last week, including a doubleheader sweep of Bay Springs to open Division 4-2A play.
Union beat Bay Spring 10-4 and 15-5 on Thursday before losing a 14-13 game to Leake Central on Saturday.
Cyndi Robinson Cook slides into her office in Newton Police Station. It’s a tiny room wedged between the courtroom and investigator’s offices, made even smaller by the desk and large file cabinets that take up much of the precious space.
The Union powerlifting team seems well on its way to a third straight state championship.
The Union powerlifters won the Class 2A North Meet on Saturday at East Union, beating out Urchins 62-43 for the title.
Newton boys basketball coach Darrin Gray had done his homework on two-time defending 2A champion Coahoma County.
He knew the Red Panthers were going to go to their diamond press to start the third period, and Gray prepared his team for that.
Just moments after beating New Site 60-41 on Thursday night, several Newton players came running out of their dressing room with a sheet of paper.
It was their ticket to the Class 2A State Tournament and the building known as “The Big House.”
The Lake Lady Hornets had a rough week on the diamond as they lost three of four games.
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