Local Content | The Sun-Sentinel

premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Bark beetles threaten ice-damaged timber
By Susan Collins-Smith MSU Extension Service
Fri,03/27/26-10:49AM , 221 Reads
RAYMOND — Mississippi State University Extension Service forestry specialists are encouraging timberland owners to keep a watchful eye on their property for signs of bark beetles and disease after January’s ice storm.
Click Here to Read More

registered content - login required to view
Click to register / login

Local student Asia Scott finalist for ‘Mentee of the Year’ award
By Special to The Sun-Sentinel
Fri,03/27/26-10:47AM , 2,583 Reads
Asia Scott, a senior at Charleston High School, has been recognized as a finalist for the prestigious Mentor Memphis Grizzlies 2026 Mentee of the Year award, an honor that celebrates outstanding participants in mentoring programs in Mississippi and Tennessee.
Click Here to Read More

registered content - login required to view
Click to register / login

Bless Your Heart
By Connie Bunch
Fri,03/27/26-10:43AM , 324 Reads
A new experience for me!
The cheer competition, Deep South Eras Cheer, was in New Orleans in a huge venue: spotlights, colored lights, big music, projection screens and excited announcers!
Click Here to Read More

free content

Mark Little
Fri,03/27/26-10:18AM , 967 Reads
CHARLESTON — Mark D. Little, age 73, passed away on Monday, March 23, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in North Mississippi.
Funeral services were held 12 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Womble Funeral Home in Charleston with interment following at Adams Arbor Cemetery near Paynes.
Click Here to Read More

Subscribe to Local Content

The E-Edition

June 11, 2026

Local poll

Submit Your Poll

Local Polls

Statewide poll

Submit Your Poll

Statewide Polls

Today's Weather

Charleston, 38921, MS

Realtime Radar

Current Temp

81°F

Partly Cloudy

Chance of Rain: 30%
Max Temp: 94°F
Min Temp: 77°F
Feels Like: 76°F
Dew Point: 79°F
Humidity: 73%
Sunrise: 5:48 AM
Sunset: 8:12 PM

Wind Speed: 5 mph
Wind Direction: S
Wind Gust: 12 mph
Sky Cover: 45%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 79°F
Moon Rise: 3:58 AM
Moon Set: 7:05 PM

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. Heat index values as high as 105. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Hourly Forecast

7-Day Forecast

Based on data from National Weather Service and OpenWeather.