Jacob Edwards, Cain Cleveland and Tanner Elders all came to East Central to play together for two more years.
Now they know, they have just one more year left to play together.
The trio of former Newton County standouts each signed scholarships to play four-year baseball last week.
East Central Community College is searching for a head women’s soccer coach to lead the program.
Gray Massey, who finsihed his fifth season at ECCC, has been tabbed to start a women’s soccer program at a four-year university.
The annual East Central Community College Tournament will kick off next week with a full slate of games on Monday and Tuesday at the Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium in Decatur.
The Newton United Givers Fund is now underway. The Newton County community depends on the success of this fund-raising drive to make the area a great place to live and for businesses. A united drive such as this one saves much hassle for separate collecting drives.
East Central Community College will hold an Open House for students interested in enrolling in its MI-BEST program beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1.
The event will be held in the Tucker Applied Technology Center on the Decatur campus.
There weren’t any votes or action taken, but Union’s aldermen began looking at a plan to expand the city’s limits at their November meeting Nov. 7.
The impetus for the plan came from Alderman Billy McCune who brought a map that was prepared at his request by East Central Planning and Development District.
Sen. Roger Wicker stopped in Decatur on Saturday to participate in the Newton County Veterans Day ceremony at the Newton County Courthouse.
Last week Newton native Melvin “Mel” Payne, the founder and CEO of one of largest funeral home corporations in the U.S., returned to his hometown to film segments for a special video for his upcoming 75th birthday celebration.
ESCO in Newton has been busy.
The company, which is headquartered in Oregon, has spent about $30 million that has added about 72 employees to its workforce in Newton, bringing its employee total to more than 300 employees.
Fans of historical fiction, especially those with Newton County ties, will probably want to seek out Union native Johnnie Neil Smith’s new novel Beyond His Mercy,” co-written by his wife, Susan.
