It started innocently enough. Northsider Assma Ali posted on Facebook that she had been sworn in as municipal judge in Benoit, Mississippi, a tiny rural Delta town, population 365. (Benoit is French ...

The South Panola Career and Technical Education Department has named Walker Thompson as the Student of the Month for August. Helping recognize Thompson’s accomplishment were his Horticulture ...

It was sad news of Dolly Parton’s passing. Dolly Parton’s Appalachian background from hardscrabble Appalachia fit well with Mississippians. She was someone I wanted to meet. There was a kinship of ...

Call it the late U.S. Sen. John C. Stennis’s and U.S. Rep. Sonny Montgomery’s last great gifts to the people of central Mississippi. In Forest and Scott Counties, it’s been a gift that keeps on giving ...

A young neighbor just asked me if I remembered dating. I have been married for years, but I recall the excitement of first dates. I had many of them, because few ladies went out with me a second time.

Panola County had no fatal wrecks on state highways during the 2026 Labor Day holiday travel period, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Statewide, troopers investigated 136 crashes that ...

Whataburger investors who are building a new franchise in Batesville held a groundbreaking ceremony last week at its location in the Covenant Crossing shopping center. City officials joined family and ...

The long dormant Eureka Theatre on the Batesville Square may soon be a locale for arts and entertainment again. Panola Playhouse directors on Tuesday made an offer for the historical landmark with ...

Beginning Dec. 1, Batesville Clinic, located at 107 Eureka Street, Suite B, will officially join the University of Mississippi Medical Center as UMMC Medical Clinic – Batesville. The clinic will pause ...

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 ...

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, ...

In a major advancement for aviation education and workforce development in Mississippi, the South Panola High School Air Force JROTC and Grenada High School Naval JROTC programs jointly hosted the ...