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Belle Hollingsworth tags a runner out at the plate during a game with Leake Academy last week.

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NCA returns for first action since COVID

By ROBBIE ROBERTSON ROBBIE ROBERTSON
Fri,08/07/20-4:00AM, 37,565 Reads
The Newton County Academy softball team was the first high school team to play an organized sporting event since March last week when they kicked off their fast-pitch season.
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The 2021 Newton County High School Varsity Cheerleaders poses with the state championship trophy in December. Team members include Natalie Allen, Alli Claire Amis, Amelia Claire Bracken, Aaliyah Dawkins-Alien, Aubrey Kate Hayes, Adison Hollingsworth, Maylee Lockley, Macy Claire Mann, Kaylee McDowell, Aleah McMullan, Gracie Measell, Skylar Patricola, Anna Lynne Pierce, Aubrie Skinner, Geneva Swann, Emily Terrell and Kinly Vick. | Submitted Photo

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Headed to nationals

By BRENT MAZE BRENT MAZE
Wed,02/02/22-3:40PM, 37,066 Reads
The Newton County High School varsity cheerleaders are headed to nationals for the first time in nearly three decades. The team is leaving next Wednesday, Feb. 9, to head to the UCA National Championships in Orlando, Fla. The event will be televised by streaming service Stadium TV.
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Newton County Schools go virtual beginning Wednesday

By STAFF REPORTS STAFF REPORTS
Mon,11/16/20-5:24PM, 37,035 Reads
The Newton County School District announced Monday afternoon that it will have virtual classes beginning Wednesday through Friday.
In a message sent from the district at 5 p.m. today, the district released the following statement:
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Gov. Tate Reeves held his March 22, 2021, afternoon press conference regarding COVID-19 updates at Trustmark Park in Pearl. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Gov. Tate Reeves begrudgingly signs Mississippi medical marijuana program into law

By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,02/03/22-9:12AM, 36,900 Reads 73,018 Statewide
Saying he still has concerns about it — and would have written it differently — Gov. Tate Reeves signed the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act into law Wednesday afternoon ahead of a midnight deadline.
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