Billie Joyce Pugh, 74, passed away on Monday, November 12, 2018 at her home in Kosciusko. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, November 14 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko.
There are many aspects of the 2018 midterms in Mississippi that will be examined and discussed.
One fact I do know is that all the winners in the election campaigns placed ads in newspapers.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ross Hester of Nettleton, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Michele, to Dillon Durf Myrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Durf Myrick of Kosciusko.
Kosciusko High School Big Red Band has garnered a range of big wins this season, culminating in being named the Class 4A State Champions for the second time in the past three years. In 2017, the band came in second.
First-year Lady Whippets head coach Cory Guyton, who was previously at Choctaw County High School, is off to a 1-2 start in a Kosciusko rebuilding effort that includes just carrying over one player from last year who played significant minutes.
The Kosciusko High School boys basketball program went 2-1 last week in early season action.
On Nov. 3, the Whippets defeated Amanda Elzy 72-71 at the Holmes Community College Classic. Jaquan Hall scored a team-high 20 points.
The 9-10-year-old and 11-12-year-old Kosciusko youth football teams participated in the state tournament last weekend, with the 9-10 team reaching the semifinals.
Missed opportunities on a wet field ended the French Camp season with a 15-0 loss to homestanding Stringer in the opening round of the 1A playoffs.
The French Camp girls basketball team rallied from a 10-point fourth quarter deficit but came up just short in a 34-33 loss to Winona.
“I started three ninth graders and they were extremely nervous,” said Coach Pricilla Anderson.
The Lady Tigers will aim to build off a winning season last year.
Ethel finished the year 13-12 that saw them reaching the first round of the Class 1A playoffs and will have Corey Parish coaching the girls’ squad for the first time.
