The Newton County Academy Generals only got in one game this past week and should be well rested for a key two-game series with the playoffs on the line.
The Generals hammered the Meridian Homeschool Flyers 20-0 on Thursday in their only game of the week.
The Union powerlifting team capped off another championship season by taking the Class 2A meet on Saturday at the Mississippi Coliseum.
Union used four first-place finishes to beat East Union by 51-38 to take the title for the third straight year.
Parents, grandparents and guests browsed the halls of Newton County Middle/High School last Tuesday at the school’s annual open house, which featured works of art students had created throughout the year.
East Central Community College is gearing up for its summer with a variety of summer youth programs for local students.
In a Board of Trustees meeting last Tuesday, Teresa Mackey, vice president for instruction, announced East Central would be launching a 4-H robotics program and a GenCyber camp for young girls this year.
Newton County residents will honor veterans Saturday at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Veterans Memorial Park on Highway 15 south of Decatur.
Newton School Superintendent Nola Bryant will be retiring from education at the end of the year.
Bryant formally submitted her notice of retirement during the Newton Municipal School Board’s March meeting, and the minutes of which were approved on April 10.
The City of Newton's Board of Aldermen will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in the city hall auditorium.
The following is the tentative agenda for the upcoming meeting. For more information or questions about the agenda, please call City Hall at 601-683-6181.
David Keith Frazier, 33, and Lauren C. Willis, 26, both members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their role in two bomb threats and a bank robbery that occurred on the Choctaw Indian Reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
East Central Community College will host its fifth annual East Central Mississippi High School All-Star Basketball Games Saturday, April 13, in the Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium on the Decatur campus.
Newton resident Darron Lashaun Thames was found guilty in Newton County Circuit Court today on charges of accessory after the fact to murder for his part in a March 2017 murder.
Ten people were arrested in the days following a shooting at 113 Tillman St. that claimed the life of 21-year-old Jamarcus Townsend.
Services for Inez Winstead will be held 3 p.m. Friday, April 19, at Milling Funeral Home Chapel... READ MORE
Services for Inez Winstead will be held 3 p.m. Friday, April 19, at Milling Funeral Home Chapel... READ MORE
