Christmas Eve/Christmas Day prove busy for local authorities

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day proved somewhat busy for local authorities, starting with a disturbance near Cannonade Apartments at 12:18 a.m.  KPD responded with no further incident reported.  Approximately 15 minutes later a fight was reported at the Kangaroo Crossing on Hwy 12.  KPD...


Retiring bishop visits local church

The Right Reverend Brian Seage, Bishop of Mississippi, is retiring and is making his final visits to Episcopal churches around the state.On Sunday, November 19, he visited St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Kosciusko where he led the morning worship service. Following the service, the...


Local basketball players make preseason watch list

Several basketball players in the local area have made a2023-2024 Preseason Players to Watch list from Capital Sports MS.In total, five players from Attala County were named to the list.For Kosciusko, senior Andrew Mancell, juniors Ryan Tillman and Jeremi Wilkes, and sophomore Cory Guyton...


New Initiatives Would Mean More Money for Local Hospitals

A new plan to reimburse Mississippi hospitals for treating Medicaid patients would pump hundreds of thousands of extra dollars into local medical facilities-- and would mean millions more for some hospitals.  Figures that Governor Reeves' office has released show that Baptist Medical Center-Attala would...

Prayer Meeting to be held for local Make-a-Wish child

A prayer meeting will be held at Bishop Park in Sebastopol for local Make-A-Wish child, Matthew O'Neal.Matthew was born with Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and has had multiple open heart surgeries.Everyone is invited to attend and this prayer meeting for Matthew on Tuesday,...
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