East Central Community College started the Fall 2019 semester with 181 students less than the previous year, but president Billy Stewart said there is no cause for alarm.
“This is part of a national trend,” he said. “Colleges all across the country are seeing enrollment decline.”
Despite being a young student when Afroman’s hit song, “Then I Got High,” was released, plaguing school officials, who waged a losing battle to keep students from singing it, I’ll admit I am torn on the ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana in Mississippi.
Students at East Central Community College are getting an in depth look at the hardships and determination of local Civil Rights workers in the 1960s as two traveling exhibits are being featured this month at the Burton library.
Dust off those tuxedos and dig out that evening gown because Newton Theatre Company is putting on a night you won’t want to miss.
The theatre group will be hosting veteran actor and Broadway star Chuck Wagner at the Roxy Theater Saturday for Broadway and Beyond, a special concert to raise funds for future performances.
American Legion members from Hickory Post 173 and Decatur Post 89 served as a Patriot Guard Thursday as they honored a fellow veteran who was laid to rest at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton.
Newton residents can sleep more soundly after Newton Police officers took a large amount of drugs off the street.
Police chief Harvey Curry said officers arrested 33-year-old Sebastion Moore Aug. 20 after a traffic stop on Fifth Avenue in Newton uncovered drugs, alcohol and a significant amount of cash in his possession.
The Newton County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a $13 million county-wide budget and tax levy for the 2020 fiscal year after a public hearing on the proposed budget raised no new concerns.
Mississippi lost another lawsuit last week. This time, the state was found guilty of violating the rights of people with mental illness. Hon. Carlton Reeves, who has spent the last four months hearing arguments from the U.S.
Neshoba County first responder were out in force Friday following a fresh lead in the case of a man missing for more than two years. Bruce Smith, 34, of Philadelphia, was last seen April 8, 2017 at the intersection of Kosciusko Road and Robin Hood Circle, wearing a dark pullover and navy-blue pants.
Though small, Duffee Volunteer Fire Department is a committed to protecting residents in their area from house fires, car crashes and accidents, and Friday they gained another tool to help them in their mission as Newton County Emergency Management Director delivered a brand-new 2020 E-One Pumper Truck for the department to add to its firefight
