The Newton County Appeal will have a one-day speeial on the Friday the 13th holiday.
Annual subscription rates will be reduced to $13 for in-county or digital subscriptions for September 13 only. Out-of-County subscriptions will be reduced to $23.
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.
In a brief meeting held last Tuesday, the Newton Board of Aldermen breezed through approvals of routine items. The most time was spent discussing a proposed 13-cent increase per home on the city’s garbage rate. In addition to the garbage rate, a $3 increase on service charges was also proposed.
With 16 of 16 precincts reporting
Democratic Public Service Commissioner
Dorothy “Dot” Benford 176
De’Keither A. Stamps 315
Republican Governor
Tate Reeves 1,664
Bill Waller Jr. 1,983
Republican Attorney General
Lynn Fitch 1,723
Bob May recently held a book signing at the J. Elliott McMullan Library in Newton on Thursday as a part of his book signing tour for his book “Have Fun Dammit,” his humorous book about Newton, his father, Dr. H. L. May, his son Brian May, a person with Down’s syndrome, and Vaught, Dr. May’s Yorkie, Vaught.
Newton Fire and Police departments responded to a fatal wreck around 7 a.m. on I-20 near mile marker 109 westbound, where a grey sedan, driven by Jackson resident Jarvis Walker, 40, had run into the back of a parked tractor trailer.
Break out the paint brushes because art class is being offered again at Newton High School after more than 15 years.
On Wednesday, the past met the present as former art teacher Dottie Armstrong returned to her classroom to welcome Sondra Hamilton, who will be teaching NHS’s art class.
City of Newton officials Friday presented Bedford Care resident Francis Garvin, center, with a key to the city in honor of her 100th birthday. Pictured, from left, are, Aaron Brown, owner of Zach Garvin’s Steakhouse, Newton mayor Murray Weems and Newton Chamber of Commerce director Emily Pugh.
