The Newton County Board of Supervisors held their recessed meeting on Jan. 16, 2020, at the Newton County Courthouse.
On the agenda for the meeting included:
• approval of mintues fromt he Jan. 6 meeting
• County Administrator
• Tax Assessor
• Executive Session on Personnel
• Sheriff
• ECPDD
Former ECCC baseball player and current Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson visited the Neshoba County Coliseum for an East Central Community College baseball fundraiser event on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020.
Anderson is the reigning MLB batting champion.
First responders are on the scene of a structure fire this afternoon in the 1900 block of Andrew Milling Road near Stratton.
CLARKSVILLE, TN – Austin Peay State University congratulates Mary Kate Hardy of Union, MS, on being offered the Provost Out-of-State Scholarship for high-achieving freshmen for the Fall 2020 semester.
Out-of-state students meeting the criteria of a 3.0 GPA and a 21 ACT or 1060 SAT qualify for a Provost Out-of-State Scholarship.
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann announced committee chairmen and chairwomen for the 2020 Legislative Session today.
ATLANTA – Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Oktibbeha counties are now eligible to apply for funding under FEMA’s Public Assistance Program to supplement state and local recovery efforts in areas that sustained damage from severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding that occurred Oct. 26, 2019.
A Union man was killed Wednesday after his vehicle came out of park and rolled over him while he was walking through the parking lot of a store.
Newton County Coroner Danny Shoemaker identified the victim as Charlie Collins, 68, of Union. Union Police Chief Billy Pat Walker said Collins lived at the Union congregate housing.
Eighteen students at Newton Elementary School competed in a school spelling bee Wednesday in the Newton High School auditorium.
