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Mississippi Soldier Wounded In Africa Receives Purple Heart
From the Mississippi Army National Guard:
STUTTGART, Germany – In a rare public recognition of U.S. special operations forces in Africa, Master
Sgt. Steven Corley of Brandon, an intelligence noncommissioned officer with 2nd Battalion, 20th Special... Read More.
Street Racing A Problem In Attala County
The Attala County Sheriff's Office is actively investigating street racing on county roads. Some of these are organized events advertised privately through social media. If you are aware of a planned event, please call... Read More.
Ethel baseball player signs with local community college
Ethel baseball's Cyrus Rone will continue his baseball career at the collegiate level.
The talented Tiger signed Friday with East Central Community College.
Earlier this week, Rone was named to the 1A-2A Mississippi Association of Coaches... Read More.
Attala Fugitive Arrested In Flowood
From the Attala County Sheriff's Department: During a routine traffic stop, the Flowood Police Department discovered an active Aggravated Assault warrant on Joseph Wayne Shepard in Attala County. Shepard is now jailed at... Read More.
Video: Whippet softball clinches district title in extra inning walk off
The Kosicusko Lady Whippets won the Region 4-4A Championship Thursday night with a 7-6 walk-off win over West Lauderdale.
Tied at 4 after the 7th inning, West Lauderdale scored two runs in the top of... Read More.
Happening today: National Library Week – Movie Night
The Attala County Library is celebrating National Library Week.
The library will hold programs, with special guests, throughout the week.
Friday's program will be a movie night at the library. The movie shown will be "Clifford... Read More.
Tigers win district championship
The Ethel Lady Tigers are the champions of Region 5-1A.
The team captured the title with a 14-3 win over Sebastopol Thursday night.
Ethel is currently 9-0 in district play with just one game left against... Read More.
Ethel’s Rone named to All-Star team
A member of the Ethel Tigers has been named to a state All-Star team.
Senior Cyrus Rone has been named to the 1A-2A Mississippi Association of Coaches All-Star team.
Rone has helped lead the 2022 Tigers... Read More.
City of Kosciusko increasing pay for volunteer firemen
Pay is going up for volunteer firemen in Kosciusko.
During Tuesday's meeting, the board of aldermen voted to increase pay for different call outs.
The current pay for volunteers is $20 for every call they work.
Under... Read More.
Whippet baseball players named to All-Star team
Two Kosciusko Whippet baseball players have been named to a state All-Star team.
Seniors Parker Ryals and Ethan Wood are named to the 3A-4A Mississippi Association of Coaches All-Star team.
Ryals and Wood have been two... Read More.
