Skip to main content

User account menu

  • Log in
  • Rss
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
Shopping cart 0
Cart

Search

Search
Home starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi
  • Post
    • Leaderboard
    • Post Dashboard
    • Payment Settings
  • Home
    • Contact Us
    • FAQ
    • Monthly Website Statistics
    • Our History
    • Our Staff
    • Privacy Policy
    • Submit News
  • Most Read
    • Most Read This Week
    • Most Read This Month
    • Most Read This Year
    • Most Read All Time
  • Most Recent
  • More News
    • Cartoons
    • Crime
    • Documents
    • Lifestyles
    • Politics
    • Public Notices
    • Videos
    • Attala County
    • Central Holmes Christian School
    • Public Notices
    • Videos
    • Attala County
    • Central Holmes Christian School
    • Ethel
  • Sports
  • E-Edition
  • Advertising
    • Ad Staff
  • Calendar
  • Social
    • Anniversaries/Birthdays
    • Engagements/Weddings
    • Submit a Wedding
    • Submit an Engagement
    • Submit an Anniversary
    • Submit a Birth
    • Submit School News
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
      • Joseph Brown
      • Local Columnist
      • Stan Beall
    • Submit a Letter to the Editor
    • Editorials
    • Letters
    • Polls
    • Comments
  • Subscribe
  • State
  • Obituaries
    • Submit an Obituary

Domain menu for The Star-Herald (mobile)

  • Post
    • Leaderboard
    • Post Dashboard
    • Payment Settings
  • Home
    • Contact Us
    • FAQ
    • Monthly Website Statistics
    • Our History
    • Our Staff
    • Privacy Policy
    • Submit News
  • Most Read
  • Most Recent
  • More News
    • Cartoons
    • Crime
    • Documents
    • Lifestyles
    • Politics
    • Public Notices
    • Videos
    • Attala County
    • Central Holmes Christian School
    • Ethel
    • McAdams
    • French Camp
    • Holmes CC
    • Kosciusko
  • Sports
  • E-Edition
  • Advertising
  • Calendar
  • Social
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
      • Joseph Brown
      • Local Columnist
      • Stan Beall
    • Submit a Letter to the Editor
    • Editorials
    • Letters
    • Polls
    • Comments
  • Subscribe
  • State
  • Obituaries

Primary tabs

  • View(active tab)
In 2017, lawmakers approved a bill that then-Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law that required reverse auctions for contracts for $50,000 or more.
State procurement review board approves $156 million in exemptions from law requiring reverse auctions from state and local agencies
By Steve Wilson , READ MORE > 624 Reads
On Fri, 01/15/2021 - 01:42 PM

While reverse auctions are the law in Mississippi, the state’s Public Procurement Review Board has handed out hundreds of exemptions for state and local government entities each year.

In just the last two years, the board has approved 209 exemptions that are worth an estimated value of more than $156 million.

Click Here to Read More

Library flooded again
By Karen Fioretti, READ MORE > 11,240 Reads
On Sat, 01/09/2021 - 08:58 AM

Staff of the Attala County Library are beginning to dread long holiday weekends.

A seal on the boiler for the facility blew over the New Year weekend, again flooding significant portions of the building — the exact same problem that occurred over the Thanksgiving holiday in 2019.

Click Here to Read More

Department of Corrections spent taxpayer funds on overly generous comp time buy backs, massage chairs and Himalayan salt lamps
By Steve Wilson , READ MORE > 1,016 Reads
On Thu, 12/17/2020 - 03:07 PM

According to an audit released December 17 by the state auditor’s office, the Mississippi Department of Corrections spent taxpayer funds on a bounce house, massage chairs, Himalayan salt lamps, and impermissible comp time buybacks from 2017 to

Click Here to Read More

James Harrison
Person ‘wanted for questioning’ in murder case
By From staff reports, READ MORE > 10,369 Reads
On Sat, 01/23/2021 - 07:44 PM

The Newton County Sheriff's Department is assisting the Scott County Sheriff's Department in looking for a person "wanted for questioning" in a alleged murder Friday.

The department issued the following statement:

Click Here to Read More

The Myles family gospel singers.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebrated
By Karen Fioretti, READ MORE > 706 Reads
On Wed, 01/20/2021 - 09:47 PM

Honking horns filled the air just off Courthouse Square Monday morning as the community gathered to honor and celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This year’s theme was “Keeping the Dream Alive – This too shall pass.”

Click Here to Read More

Kosciusko Lower Elementary School Principal Michelle Nowell.
Nowell named to MDE Principal Advisory Council
By Karen Fioretti, READ MORE > 1,145 Reads
On Wed, 01/20/2021 - 09:43 PM

The Mississippi Department of Education recently announced the 29 members of the State Superintendent of Education’s inaugural Principal Advisory Council.

Council members, who will serve through the 2021-22 school year, include Kosciusko Lower Elementary Principal Michelle Nowell.

Click Here to Read More

The Mississippi state Capitol
Most Mississippi nursing homes will receive COVID-19 vaccines by Friday
By Steve Wilson, READ MORE > 552 Reads
On Tue, 01/12/2021 - 03:27 PM

Monday, the Senate Public Health Committee held a hearing to investigate the status of distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to the state’s nursing homes.

Click Here to Read More

Meetings in Two Largest Senate Committee Rooms to be Webcasted in the 2021 Session
READ MORE > 908 Reads
On Wed, 12/23/2020 - 12:13 PM

The Mississippi Senate will add Room 409, the second largest committee room, to its webcasted spaces during the 2021 Legislative Session.

Click Here to Read More

Superintendent Billy Ellzey and Board Vice Chairman Randy Fuller.
Fuller bids farewell to city school board
READ MORE > 1,704 Reads
On Mon, 12/21/2020 - 10:14 AM

Appointed Kosciusko School Board member Randy Fuller bid the board farewell during its monthly meeting Monday night. Fuller served on the board for nearly seven years and was currently board vice chairman.

Click Here to Read More

Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie honors veterans
READ MORE > 964 Reads
On Mon, 12/21/2020 - 10:12 AM

On Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Day, retired Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie, 90, distributed Christmas wreaths on all 27 veterans’ graves in the Shiloh Methodist Protestant Cemetery in Sallis.

Click Here to Read More

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »
Subscribe to News

Lifestyles

RELIGION COLUMN: Are you a trustworthy person?

Trust is described in Webster’s dictionary as …a firm belief or confidence in the honesty,… READ MORE

The Church Bulletin 123120
The Church Bulletin 122420
Helping Hands and Lions Club contribute during season of giving
Memories of special family Christmases
Hot glue gun incident won’t be soon forgotten

Social

RELIGION COLUMN: Are you a trustworthy person?

Trust is described in Webster’s dictionary as …a firm belief or confidence in the honesty,… READ MORE

The Church Bulletin 123120
The Church Bulletin 122420
Helping Hands and Lions Club contribute during season of giving
Memories of special family Christmases
Hot glue gun incident won’t be soon forgotten

Sign Up for Notifications of Local Breaking News

Start E-mail NotificationsStop E-mail NotificationsStart Mobile NotificationsStop Mobile Notifications

Obituaries

Helen Black Smith

Helen Black Smith, 97, of Kosciusko, passed away January 25, 2021, at Baptist-Attala.

Leroy Cain
Daisy Belle Nash Jackson
Doug ‘Mole’ Hutchison
Doyce Parish
Harold Lee Martin

Most Recent

Whippets' soccer season ends in opening round of playoffs

Kosciusko soccer came to an end for the season in losses by the boys and girls teams Tuesday… READ MORE

Hyde-Smith: CPB issues $21.2 million contract for border security helicopters build in Mississippi
‘Unpredictable and limited’: Dobbs urges patience with COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Gov. Tate Reeves’ issues second State of the State Address - Full 2021 Address
Helen Black Smith
Weekly Newsletter - From the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus

Most Read News Article

  • Week
  • Month
  • Year
  • All Time

Person ‘wanted for questioning’ in murder case

The Newton County Sheriff's Department is assisting the Scott County Sheriff's Department in… READ MORE

Detour implemented from Milepost 115 to 135 of Natchez Trace on January 25, 2021
Marshall Ramsey: Session
Mayor Cockroft recovering from COVID
Congressman Guest Announces New Committee Assignment
MSDH partnering with Mississippi Public Librarys to offer free radon home test kits

Where does entitlement begin?

My wife and I enjoy traveling and when we do, we eat at many type restaurants. On one particular… READ MORE

Mississippi’s Moment
Martha Golden Loftin Ables
Library flooded again
Person ‘wanted for questioning’ in murder case
HOSEMANN: Our 2021 Goal: Investing in Mississippi’s Greatest Asset, Our Citizens

Welcome to the Brave New World; The devastating effects of Section 230 on America

Kudos to Mississippi U. S. Senator Roger Wicker for sponsoring a bill to amend Section 230 of the… READ MORE

Breaking their silence - Part Two - Earlier victim shares her story for the first time
Late football great Robert "Gentle Ben" Williams honored by State Senate
Kosciusko High class quarantined due to COVID-19
Big Tech eroding freedoms
Most state agencies requesting slight increases in appropriations for next fiscal year

Welcome to the Brave New World; The devastating effects of Section 230 on America

Kudos to Mississippi U. S. Senator Roger Wicker for sponsoring a bill to amend Section 230 of the… READ MORE

George Sharp
Breaking their silence - Part Two - Earlier victim shares her story for the first time
Late football great Robert "Gentle Ben" Williams honored by State Senate
Kosciusko High class quarantined due to COVID-19
Big Tech eroding freedoms

Opinion

Our View: Don’t make a year of grace a waste

The chief of Mississippi’s public schools wants to give them a “year of grace” and not hold them… READ MORE

The Old Sports Dude The path to a career has many road signs along the way
This is a recipe that’s even better then next day
The Church Bulletin 012121
Our View: Unacceptable in our democracy
Cold weather brings want of comfort foods

Sports

Whippets' soccer season ends in opening round of playoffs

Kosciusko soccer came to an end for the season in losses by the boys and girls teams Tuesday… READ MORE

Lady Warriors' home opener postponed
McAdams girls’ basketball team in quarantine, games postponed
McAdams boys take two 5-1A victories
Kosy soccer teams grab region championships, head to playoffs
FCA basketball teams suffer through rough week

Weddings & Engagements

Welch and Arrington to wed

Welch and Arrington to wed Welch and Arrington to wed

Lancaster-Sanders marry at romantic waterfall setting
Caroline Kelsoe and Stacy Jones to wed
Jodi Crowson to wed Kaleb Gibson
Jordan Pratt to wed Andrew Trehern
Mary Nelson to wed Gregory Culpepper

Editorials

Our View: Don’t make a year of grace a waste

The chief of Mississippi’s public schools wants to give them a “year of grace” and not hold them… READ MORE

Our View: Unacceptable in our democracy
Our View: Elvis and the polio vaccine
Unacceptable in our democracy
The Church Bulletin 122420
OUR VIEW: State fails to solve voting risk

Copyright 2020 • The Star-Herald • 207 N. Madison St. • Kosciusko, MS 39090 • (662) 289-2251

Emmerich Newspapers proudly serve the following Mississippi communities:

Click on the city name to visit its website.

ACKERMAN • CARROLLTON • CHARLESTON • CLARKSDALE • COLUMBIA • EUPORA • FOREST • GREENVILLE • GREENWOOD • GRENADA • HATTIESBURG • JACKSON • KOSCIUSKO • INDIANOLA • LOUISVILLE • MAGEE • MENDENHALL • McCOMB • NEWTON • PETAL • QUITMAN • SENATOBIA • WINONA • YAZOO CITY

As well as: DUMAS, Ark. • TALLULAH, La • FRANKLINTON, La.

For more information on how to extend your advertising message to these communities, click here.