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The 2020 Big Black River Festival has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The festival has been held in West for the past 40 years on the second Saturday of September. Organizers said more... Read More.

July 19: The Kosciusko Fire Department responded to a woods fire at 2:33 pm. The fire was located on approximately to 8 to 10 acres of land near Woodard Lane and 5th Avenue. The... Read More.

P-EBT payments are on the way. The Mississippi Dept. Of Human Services announced that they are in the process of mailing the P-EBT payments. "Be on the lookout for a plain white envelope with... Read More.

MDES is asking for help from the public. MDES announced a request for people to report any information regarding fraudulent activity in conjunction with unemployment claims or falsifying information. For more details see https://mdes.ms.gov/information-center/fraud-and-integrity/ To... Read More.

Mississippi is seeing a record single-day increase for new coronavirus cases reported by the state Health Department. Numbers on Thursday jumped by more than 1,200 from the day before. It was the fourth time Mississippi... Read More.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says he might set restrictions on bars to slow the spread of COVID-19. But he's vague about when that might happen and whether they would be statewide. Reeves says Dr. Deborah Birx... Read More.

Gov. Tate Reeves has appointed Kosciusko native and third-term Republican state Sen. Sally Doty of Brookhaven to be the new director of the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff. The staff analyzes proposals and provides advice to... Read More.