The first rule of unsuccessful politics is to try and see all sides. Worse still, perhaps, is to call out both sides’ excesses. Americans like teams. They hate referees. Our own team never commits ...

“We won’t be signing off until the world ends,” Ted Turner said in 1980, just before the launch of his latest media venture. “We’ll be on, and we will cover the end of the world, live, and that will ...

First Security Bank celebrated the opening of its latest branch with a ribbon cutting ceremony sponsored by Panola Partnership on Wednesday, April 29. Will Magee will serve as manager of Covenant ...

Materials like aluminum and fiberglass offer lower construction costs and more economical maintenance than wood, so they are now primarily used in boat construction. But there are still those who ...

Mayor Hal Ferrell won a second term as Mayor of Batesville in a tight race Tuesday. The results are unofficial and there are a small number of affidavit ballots that need to be tallied, but not enough ...

Andrew Wright has received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy. He was nominated by United States Congressman Bennie G. Thompson and U.S. Senator Cindy-Hyde-Smith. A native of Batesville ...

Cadarrius Pride, known in the rap music industry as Superstar Pride, was charged with murder last Wednesday, July 19, following the shooting death of his barber at the victim’s residence off Hwy. 35N ...

Abbey Climer, 23, always knew she wanted to enter the medical field. So when she started college at the University of Mississippi in the fall of 2016, it was easy to choose the pre-med route. “My ...

Batesville attorney Charlie Gaines Baker is recovering from injuries sustained in a one-vehicle accident on Bell Road on Halloween night, a crash that resulted in the lawyer being cited for suspicion ...

This list was taken from the log at the Panola County Jail. A name listed does not indicate that a person is guilty of the crime with which they are charged, only that the person has been taken to, ...

The Mississippi Department of Human Services announced Monday that clients who experience a power outage lasting longer than six hours due to this weekend’s storms may be eligible to request ...

Directors of The Grace Place, a ministry located on Petit Street in Batesville, were encouraged by local participation and donations in last Saturday’s Race for Grace 5K. Organizers of the Race for ...