
County unemployment rate increases
By CLAY MCFERRIN,- Tallahatchie County unemployment jumped to 7.8 percent in May, but that rate still was the lowest recorded for the month in eight years.
A Charleston-area woman died Tuesday night after apparently being struck by an automobile.
Allegations of election-year shenanigans are fairly commonplace on the local scene, but Tallahatchie County Democratic Executive Committee (DEC) Chairman Gyrone Kenniel said he wants to see no crookedness during next month’s Democratic primary.
Quitting smoking is a daunting proposition, but a new program at Charleston Clinic offers smokers specialized tools to enhance their chances — all at little or no cost to them.
Ben Kennedy has been named interim superintendent of the East Tallahatchie School District (ETSD).
A 24-year veteran of the Charleston school system, Kennedy, 49, began his new duties on Wednesday, July 1.
SUMNER — The final indictment to be made public from the June 9 term of the Tallahatchie County grand jury in the Second Judicial District was that of a man facing multiple drug charges, according to records on file in the circuit clerk's office here.
PEARL – As temperatures soar into the upper 90s and the heat index surpasses 100 degrees, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency reminds residents to take precautions to protect themselves from the hot weather.
Absentee ballots for Tallahatchie County’s Aug. 4 primary are now available at the circuit clerk’s offices in Charleston and Sumner.
Any qualified and registered voter who will be absent from their county of residence on election day may vote by absentee ballot.
A state inmate from the Sumner Work Center uses a pressure-washer to blast away years of built-up grime from the exterior of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston Monday afternoon. (Photo by Clay McFerrin)
NEW ORLEANS — The Sun-Sentinel has won 25 awards for news coverage, including seven first-place plaques, in the Mississippi Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest Editorial Division.