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The former law offices beside BankFirst in downtown Newton was torn down on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The old building, which . . .

Newton receives two new flags

WoodmenLife Chapter 624 recently presented U.S. Flags to both the Newton Fire Department and the J. Elliot McMullan Public Library.

Keeping Up With the Joneses holds ribbon cutting

The Newton Chamber of Commerce sponsored a ribbon cutting for Keeping Up With the Joneses on November 3. On hand . . .

Louisville kicks game winner to defeat Mendenhall and reclaim MHSAA Class 4A State title

In one of the most exciting endings that football can offer, Louisville kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired . . .

Opinion: Embrace the future

After William Jefferson Clinton defeated George Herbert Walker Bush, the latter did not wish a pox upon the house of . . .

The former law offices beside BankFirst in downtown Newton was torn down on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The old building, which had been vacant for many years, was leveled and cleared away by a local contractor. The property which is owned by BankFirst will be repurposed for a video teller drive through, according to city officials. | Brent Maze/The Appeal

WoodmenLife Chapter 624 in Newton presented a U.S. Flag to the Newton Fire Department. | Jason Tune/The Appeal

Photos by Jesse Johnson for The Pine Belt News

Paying Kiffin above his station
Mon,11/28/22-9:36PM, 1,058 Reads 17,587 Statewide
Rick Cleveland, the dean of Mississippi sports writers who now practices his trade writing for Mississippi Today, asked the right question the day after Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss football team lost to in-state rival Mississippi State.
Is Kiffin worth $9 million a year?
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : November 30, 2022
By PRESS RELEASE - MSDH
Wed,11/30/22-1:54PM, 951 Reads 8,587 Statewide
Listed below is the recent COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

NOTE: Due to MSDH reporting changes, COVID-19 updates will now be made weekly, every Tuesday rather than daily.

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In a virtual news conference, Hawaii Volcano Observatory scientist-in-charge Ken Hon says history indicates this eruption will not put people in danger.

Lava from Hawaii volcano lights night sky amid warnings
Mon,11/28/22-6:12AM, 590 Reads
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Waves of orange, glowing lava and ash blasted and billowed from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told people living on Hawaii’s Big Island to be ready in the event of a worst-case scenario.
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John Beezley, of Bonham, buys cases of water after learning that a boil water notice was issued for the entire city of Houston on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, at Walmart on S. Post Oak Road in Houston. Beezley just arrived in town with his wife, who is undergoing treatment starting tomorrow at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, where they are staying in a camping trailer. They turned on the television after settling in and saw that a boil water notice had been issued. Beezley decided to go out immediately fearing that by tomorrow people would be buying up all of the available water. (Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Water boil order issued for more than 2 million in Houston
By LEKAN OYEKANMI AND ACACIA CORONADO - Associated Press
Mon,11/28/22-7:27AM, 555 Reads
HOUSTON (AP) — More than 2 million people in the Houston area were urged to boil their tap water Monday after a power outage at a purification plant prompted the mayor to initiate a review of what went wrong.
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