Suspended KPD Investigator Greg Collins will return to the force as a lieutenant in the next few weeks, according to Mayor Jimmy Cockroft. Chief Herbert Dew is currently looking at scheduling that will have Collins resume duty on either May 31 or June 3.
Kelly B. Hutchison, 83, passed away Friday, May 17, at his residence.
Funeral services were Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Culpepper Funeral Home with burial following in Sallis Cemetery.
Harold F. Payton, 82, passed away Saturday, May 18, at his daughter’s residence.
Visitation was Monday, May 20, 2019, at Culpepper Funeral Home.
Graveside funeral services are at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at Mizpah Cemetery in Durant, MS.
In a Monday evening executive session lasting about 40 minutes, the Kosciusko Board of Aldermen authorized Mayor Jimmy Cockroft and Police Chief Herbert Dew to discuss a potential return to the force for suspended police Investigator Greg Collins.
Carolyn Belle Dorman Cagle, 81, passed away Friday, May 17, 2019, at her home. Funeral services were Monday, May 20, in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Marvin Chapel Cemetery. Rev. Steve Blakemore and Rev. Larry Harvey officiated.
Ralph McWhorter Rone, Sr., 93, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2019, at his home.
Ryan Steen, 21, was arrested by Winston County Sheriff’s deputies at the Louisville Walmart following the shooting of a female victim in Attala County in the early hours of Thursday morning.
A DeSoto County grand jury (17th Circuit Court) has declined to indict Greg Collins, a Kosciusko police investigator, on charges of sexual battery.
Following internal moves by Kosciusko High School Principal Cory Blaylock and Middle Elementary Principal Chris Terry, the district wound up needing to fill the leadership positions in three of the five schools in the district.
On Thursday, May 9, the Attala County Library held its Summer Reading Program kickoff and registration.
The theme of the 2019 program is “Universe of Stories.”
