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.
The Newton County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a $13 million county-wide budget and tax levy for the 2020 fiscal year after a public hearing on the proposed budget raised no new concerns.
Though small, Duffee Volunteer Fire Department is a committed to protecting residents in their area from house fires, car crashes and accidents, and Friday they gained another tool to help them in their mission as Newton County Emergency Management Director delivered a brand-new 2020 E-One Pumper Truck for the department to add to its firefight
Newton County voters came out in force Tuesday to participate in the 2019 primary runoff election for governor, lieutenant governor, public service commission and justice court district 2.
Newton County supervisors are taking steps to clear the way for the potential sale of the Newton County Livestock Barn to Biewer Lumber.
Minutes from the Aug.7 Board of Supervisors meeting show the board unanimously voted to declare the barn and surrounding 12.9 acres of property surplus, allowing it to be put up for sale.
Two students from Newton County have the opportunity to complete their junior and senior years of high school at the Mississippi School of the Arts in Brookhaven.
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
Newton County voters in District 1 will see an extra race on their voting ballots come November as the Newton County Election Commissioner District 1 seat is up for grabs.
The expansion of Hwy. 15 has been a project widely talked about in Newton County since then Newton County Rep. Raymond Comans had the thoroughfare added to the list of roads covered by the 1987 bill to create a four-lane expansion across the state.
The Federal Communications Commission authorized today over $7.1 million in support in for Decatur Holding Company, Inc., in Newton County, over the next decade for maintaining, improving, and expanding affordable broadband for 1,644 rural homes and businesses.
