A tractor kicks up a little dust during recent spring planting preparations on a farm field just east of Webb. While the ground in some areas of Tallahatchie County remains too wet for agricultural operations due to recent flooding, the work progresses in others.
Charleston police officers Jaleesa Miller and Carlos Thompson are among the latest local lawmen to earn state certification by graduating from the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers’ Training Academy in Pearl.
OXFORD – The former sheriff of Tallahatchie County was sentenced to six years in federal prison on Thursday for agreeing to allow robbery of a drug dealer and drug distribution in Tallahatchie County in exchange for bribes.
OXFORD — Former Tallahatchie County Sheriff William L. Brewer Jr. was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court here to serve six years in a federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Charleston Lions Club President Billy Ray Champion (left) is pictured with Amanda Harrison, Lions Clubs International Foundation coordinator for Mississippi Lions District 30-M. Harrison, who visited the local club on April 9, is on a tour of clubs throughout District 30-M.
William Richard (Bill) Sanders Jr. was honored with a March 22 retirement reception in the courtroom of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston.
People attending Saturday’s Rally for a Cure at the Old Gym in Charleston peruse donated items and consider marking bid sheets in the silent auction area.
SUMNER — Tallahatchie County Alliance Inc. will sponsor the first-ever Emmett Till Memorial Blues and Heritage Festival on Saturday.
Barring a last-minute change, former Tallahatchie County sheriff William L. Brewer Jr. is to discover his legal fate during a sentencing hearing Thursday afternoon in federal court.
Several homes, outbuildings and some farm equipment suffered major damage Sunday (April 7) when a severe thunderstorm roared through Tallahatchie County, possibly spawning a tornado.
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