Newton County Sheriff’s Department has a suspect in custody after a fatal shooting Friday night in Little Rock claimed the life of one teen and injured another.
Sheriff Jackie Knight said the incident occurred shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday on Decatur-Little Rock Road.
The Mississippi High School Activities Association has released brackets for boys and girls basketball
Here are the brackets for the MHSAA Girls 2A Basketball Playoffs:
Newton County law enforcement is investigating a fatal shooting in Little Rock this evening.
Coroner Danny Shoemaker confirmed one person had been killed, but he couldn't release any details as they are still on the scene investigating the incident.
Newton’s Tre Hillie didn’t have the best senior year.
But an explosive junior season told college coaches all they needed to know.
Hillie signed a national letter of intent to play college football at Coahoma Community College on Wednesday.
Newton County on had one player selected to The Newton County Appeal’s Elite 11 team.
And Lamar Morgan was the only player on the team to sign to play football at the next level.
Morgan, a 6-foot-5, 280-pound tight end, signed his national letter of intent form to play football at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
Union’s Garrett Posey didn’t need much of an athletic scholarship but found the one he was looking for.
The Union senior signed to play football at Mississippi College on Tuesday after a stellar senior season for the Yellowjackets where he helped guide the team to an 8-5 record and a win in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs.
The Newton Board of Aldermen has reappointed Shannon Moore to the Newton Municipal School Board for another five-year term.
The move was approved 4-0 with Michael Hillie abstaining due to his job with the Newton school district.
Heavy rain may soon no longer be an issue for storeowners in Decatur after the Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday to move forward with plans to address water drainage along 8th Street using Small Muni grant funds.
In a relatively short, routine meeting, the Union Board of Aldermen covered just a few items in the February meeting last Tuesday.
They appointed Dr. Nicole Harrison to a five-year appointment to the Union Special Municipal School District.
She was elected on a 4-1 vote over a second nominee, Ralph Freeman.
Students at Union Middle School were evacuated after a small fire in the computer lab ignited shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Union Fire Chief Dale Yates said one of the computers heated up and ignited the paper blinds covering the computer lab windows. The fire, he said, was small and quickly contained.
