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Charleston awarded $256,096 for water system improvements

Charleston Mayor Sedrick Smith said he is "definitely excited" about Thursday's news that the city has been awarded a $256,096 grant for water system improvements.

Bridge work progressing

A car crosses the U.S. Highway 49 bridge over Hopson Bayou in Tutwiler Sept. 9 as workers continue their labors on a detour bridge (left) that soon will ferry traffic across the waterway.

UM researchers working on nasal spray to block COVID-19

OXFORD, Miss.

Absentee voting for general election can begin Sept. 21

Those who are eligible to vote by absentee ballot in the Nov. 3 general election can do so starting Monday, Sept. 21, Tallahatchie County Circuit Clerk Daphane Neal said this week.

Gateway's 10th anniversary festival on hold until next year

Celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Gateway to the Delta Festival will have to wait.

Governor relaxes restrictions on businesses, social gatherings

By Special to The Sun-Sentinel, READ MORE > 2693 Reads
On Mon, 09/14/2020 - 02:04 PM

JACKSON — Today, Gov. Tate Reeves announced that he is extending the soci

Emmett Till investigation shut down again

By Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, READ MORE > 4044 Reads
On Fri, 09/11/2020 - 05:00 PM

The U.S. Department of Justice has shut down its investigation into the Emmett Till slaying, closing the door on possible charges.
Documentary filmmaker Keith Beauchamp, who has worked closely with the FBI on the case, said the department has “not publicly stated the case is closed, but it’s closed.”

Local inmate's escape short-lived thanks to officers working together

By Special to The Sun-Sentinel, READ MORE > 12450 Reads
On Tue, 09/08/2020 - 06:44 PM

JACKSON – County, state and federal officers worked together during the holiday weekend to capture state inmate Richard Willis after he escaped the Union County Jail in New Albany late Friday night.

MDE releases compulsory school attendance law reminder

By Special to The Sun-Sentinel, READ MORE > 4428 Reads
On Thu, 09/03/2020 - 05:24 PM

JACKSON — As the new school year begins, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement would like to remind parents about the law governing school attendance and about the deadline for notifying school districts of home school decisions.

School districts submit plans to provide computer devices to all students

By Special to The Sun-Sentinel, READ MORE > 5184 Reads
On Thu, 09/03/2020 - 12:44 PM

JACKSON — Every school district in Mississippi has submitted plans to the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) to provide all public-school students with the technology to learn at school and at home. The effort is a part of an MDE program called Mississippi Connects.

Tallahatchian serves his country aboard Navy missile destroyer

By Special to The Sun-Sentinel, READ MORE > 4981 Reads
On Thu, 09/03/2020 - 12:12 PM

IN THE PHOTO: Quartermaster 1st Class Michael Bradford, from Charleston, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), makes an announcement over the ship’s general announcing system prior to a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AK

Splish-splashing away

By Clay McFerrin, READ MORE > 2547 Reads
On Thu, 09/03/2020 - 12:06 PM

Despite a predicted 2-4 inches of rain from the remnants of what once was Category 4 Hurricane Laura, much of Tallahatchie County remained relatively dry late last week.

Highway Patrol preparing for Labor Day travel period

By Special to The Sun-Sentinel, READ MORE > 2570 Reads
On Thu, 09/03/2020 - 11:59 AM

The Mississippi Highway Patrol is gearing up to keep the state’s roadways safe for the Labor Day holiday.

MHP will begin what it calls the Labor Day travel enforcement period on Friday, Sept. 4, at 12:01 a.m., and conclude it on Monday, Sept. 7, at midnight.

School board incumbent draws challenger

By Clay McFerrin, READ MORE > 2647 Reads
On Thu, 09/03/2020 - 11:51 AM

A West Tallahatchie school board member is being challenged in her bid for re-election.

Cora B. Hooper, the incumbent in Education District 5, a seat on the West Tallahatchie School District Board of Trustees, qualified Tuesday to seek another term. By then, she already had an opponent.

Voters will decide whether to embrace 'In God We Trust' flag as new Mississippi state banner

By Geoff Pender/Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 2650 Reads
On Thu, 09/03/2020 - 11:14 AM

Mississippi voters in November will adopt or reject a new state flag with a magnolia blossom instead of a Confederate battle emblem, now officially named the “In God We Trust Flag.”

Law enforcement warns public of deadly Fentanyl laced drugs

OXFORD – Local, state and federal law enforcement officials and prosecutors from Mississippi are warning the public about a number of recent drug overdoses and deaths in North Mississippi that have been linked to several street drugs that contain the highly potent and deadly drug fentanyl.

The joint warning came Friday afternoon from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN), U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi, the Oxford Police Department and the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department.

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