Charleston’s 12th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade and memorial program will be held Monday.
The events, which coincide with the national observance of the civil rights leader’s birth, are sponsored each year by a local committee.
After 27 people filed to seek local elected office within the first five days of the two-month-long qualifying period a week ago, only two more added their names to the roster of political hopefuls this week and one person withdrew her name from consideration.
Former Tallahatchie County sheriff William L. Brewer Jr. will have to wait a while longer to learn his fate in a federal court case.
The Charleston Police Department's present uniform patch, worn on the left shoulder of officers' shirts (the U.S. flag is on the right), is pictured at left. A new patch, designed by Charleston schoolteacher Kaylan Herron, is pictured at right.
Charleston Police Chief Justin Gammage said it was only fitting that Charleston schoolteacher Kaylan Herron should receive the very first newly designed shoulder patch that his officers will be wearing on their uniforms.
After all, she designed it.
JACKSON — Flu activity is increasing in Mississippi and nationwide, according to Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials.
On behalf of the David Harshman Education Foundation, West Tallahatchie Habitat for Humanity (WTHFH) recently presented the children of two of its homeowners with a $1,000 scholarship each to help defray the cost of their college education.
The 2019 political season opened with a flurry of activity in Tallahatchie County as 27 candidates for local political office — 14 of them incumbents — filed qualifying papers and paid fees during the first five days of the qualifying period.
Charleston High School’s most sought-after athlete in years recently signed a National Letter of Intent to attend The University of Mississippi on a full football scholarship.
The year 2018 produced a wide array of headline-grabbing news in Tallahatchie County.
Following are some of the top stories of the year, as recorded in the pages of The Sun-Sentinel.
January
