East Central Community College’s 2018 Warrior Wonderland scheduled for Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, has been canceled due to the potential for rain in the late afternoon and evening.
Newton County residents chose former Secretary of Agriculture Cindy Hyde-Smith as the next Mississippi Senator in a runoff election Tuesday.
East Central Community College sophomore guard Roti Ware is the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for Nov. 12-18.
Gov. Phil Bryant has appointed Mike McGrevey of Decatur to serve as one of five members of the Mississippi Lottery Corporation Board of Directors. The other members include Cass Pennington, Philip A. Chamblee, Kimberly LaRosa and Gerard Gibert.
Updated: 4:40 p.m.
Residents in Newton County might want to keep their umbrellas handy as Tropical Storm Gordon is expected to make landfall overnight Tuesday evening.
One man is dead after a single car wreck on Highway 494 Tuesday.
Mississippi Highway Patrol reported Adrian Coleman, 49, of Meridian was traveling toward Union shortly after 1 p.m. when he lost control of his Toyota Sequoia rounding a curve. The vehicle left the road and struck a tree.
Hickory residents are under a boil water notice due to a break in the water line. Mississippi Department of Health was alerted Monday afternoon by water system officials of a sudden loss of pressure due to one or more leaks in the line. All tap water should be boiled for at least one minute to inactivate harmful bacteria.
Funeral services for Dr. John Gilbert Alexander will be held 2 p.m., Saturday at First Presbyterian Church of Union. Visitation will be held 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Union and again from 1-2 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church of Union. He died Tuesday at the age of 90.
The Newton County School Board voted to move forward with its plan to borrow $2.3 million to conduct upgrades various school properties for the development of its career/tech and pre-k classrooms and to upgrade security around the campuses.
Two of the nine suspects charged in the connection with the murder of Newton’s Jamarcus Townsend received 20-year sentences within the last two weeks.
On Aug. 7, 19-year-old Jordan Myers was sentenced to an 20-year sentence after being convicted of conspiracy to commit murder.
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