Today's Top Stories

Dominique R. of Kosciusko poses with a big check representing her winnings

Kosy woman wins $1.235 million on slot machine

While 2020 has been getting a bad reputation, one Kosciusko woman will remember this as a fantastic year.

COVID-19 case reported at Greenlee Elementary

Melanie, Sara, and Robby McCafferty, relatives of Lt. Colonel Jerry Don Dickerson, who was killed at the Pentagon on 9/11 attended the KLE tribute this morning.

Kosciusko Lower Elementary students and staff gathered at the flagpole this morning to remember those who died during the September 11, 2001, attack on our country.

UPDATE: Victim families respond to AG dropping Flowers case

Three more COVID-19 cases in Kosciusko School District

According to Kosciusko School Superintendent Billy Ellzey, the district learned late Wednesday afternoon that two more students and another teacher have recently tested positive for COVID-19 infect

Celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month during September

READ MORE > 627 Reads
On Sat, 08/29/2020 - 11:03 AM

Mid-Mississippi Regional Library System (MMRLS) is inviting residents of Attala, Holmes, Leake, Montgomery, and Winston County to participate in “Library Card Sign Up Month” throughout September.

Betty Blaylock Branscome

READ MORE > 818 Reads
On Sat, 08/29/2020 - 10:43 AM

Betty Blaylock Branscome, 90, was born in Cleveland, MS, on May 1, 1930, and passed away August 28, 2020, in Hoover, AL.

Kosciusko sets ticketing, distancing policies for fall sports

READ MORE > 935 Reads
On Thu, 08/27/2020 - 02:08 PM

Kosciusko School District Athletic Director Macy Wilbanks released the plan for ticketing and social distancing policies for all fall sports.

It appears below:

UMMC rleases information on potential COVID-19 vaccines

READ MORE > 1648 Reads
On Thu, 08/27/2020 - 12:31 PM

Vaccines usually take years or even decades to develop. The COVID-19 pandemic has researchers working as fast as possible to limit the spread of the virus that has already caused more than 18 million infections and 700,000 deaths worldwide.

Blanche Lucille Brooks Crosby

READ MORE > 708 Reads
On Thu, 08/27/2020 - 10:54 AM

Blanche Lucille Brooks Crosby passed away in her home Wednesday, August 26, 2020, after a long hard-fought battle with Alzheimer’s. Lucille was born in Eudora, Arkansas, July 30, 1936. In August of 1953, she met the love of her life, Jesse M. Crosby, and married him just two months later.

Schools report two COVID cases

By Karen Fioretti, READ MORE > 1514 Reads
On Thu, 08/27/2020 - 12:53 AM

Local schools continue to report only two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in school staff and students more than a week after Kosciusko and Attala County schools opened for the fall semester.

Attala native awarded Ambassador of Peace Medal

READ MORE > 675 Reads
On Thu, 08/27/2020 - 12:46 AM

Attala County native Carl Alexander of Farifield, Texas, pictured here with his wife, June, received the Ambassador of Peace Medal on July 25, for his service in the Korean War. The award ceremony and the following reception were held at the Veterans Remembrance Park of Teague, Texas.

Library offers app for eBook/audiobook content

READ MORE > 890 Reads
On Thu, 08/27/2020 - 12:45 AM

The Mid-MS Regional Library System (MMRLS) is set to offer a preview of a free new app for digital content called cloudLibrary on Sept. 1. MMRLS library guests will be able to download the cloudLibrary app from the Apple/Google/Amazon app store and browse a limited selection of eBooks and audiobooks in a preview mode.

KPD makes third arrest in armed robbery of gambling video gamers

By Karen Fioretti, READ MORE > 1731 Reads
On Thu, 08/27/2020 - 12:43 AM

Jarrick Meeks, a 17-year-old black male who lives in the Westwood subdivision, was arrested Aug. 17 and charged with two counts of armed robbery. He was expected in Circuit Court for arraignment last Friday.

Two Thomastown area men were previously arrested in relation to the armed robbery in the Westwood subdivision on July 22.

Ethel to hold special election

READ MORE > 358 Reads
On Thu, 08/27/2020 - 12:41 AM

Ethel will hold a special election to fill the seat held by longtime Alderman Paul Stewart, who recently passed away. (See obituary page A7).

Tropical Storm Beta

Tropical Storm Beta expected to make landfall late Monday

Parts of Texas and Louisiana braced Monday for flooding and damaging storm surge as Tropical Storm Beta slowly worked its way into a part of the country that’s already been drenched and battered during this year’s exceptionally busy hurricane season.

The storm was no longer expected to gain hurricane strength and forecasters decreased estimated rainfall totals from Beta early Monday, saying in a U.S. National Hurricane Center advisory that up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain could fall in some areas. That's down from earlier predictions of up to 20 inches (51 centimeters).

Subscribe to