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Now Accepting Applications for 2023 Mississippi Songwriter of the Year

Monday, March 20 by Ashlee Davis

Calling all Mississippi Songwriters and music lovers!Applications for the 2023 Mississippi Songwriter of the Year are now available. Applications will be open through April 30th.Submit your ORIGINAL song for the chance to be one of fifteen select finalists to perform in this year’s... Read More.

Choctaws announce expansion at southeast Mississippi casino

Monday, March 13 by Staff Report

SANDERSVILLE, Miss. (AP) The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is expanding a casino in southeast Mississippi.The band will expand its Bok Homa Casino, which opened 12 years ago just northeast of Laurel.Tribal officials say the expansion will include a 60-seat restaurant and a larger... Read More.

Kosciusko native to be inducted into Mississippi Community College Sports Hall of Fame

Friday, March 10 by Breck Riley

A Kosciusko native will be inducted to the Mississippi Community College Sports Hall of Fame.Former Kosciusko Whippet Jacob Peeler will be inducted with the HOF Class of 2023 Tuesday, April 25 during a ceremony in Pearl.Peeler is being inducted as Holmes Community College's representative.A... Read More.

Mississippi Senate pushes for fully funding public schools

Tuesday, March 7 by Staff Report

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Senate leaders are pushing to rewrite the state’s education budget formula.The Mississippi Adequate Education Program has only fully funded public schools twice since it was put into law in 1997.Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and Senate Education Committee Chairman... Read More.

Kosciusko’s Landrum Field to be featured in book highlighting Mississippi High School football stadiums

Monday, March 6 by Breck Riley

Kosciusko's Landrum Field will be featured in an upcoming book that will highlight Mississippi high school football stadiums.The book is called "Magnolia Gridiron Cathedrals" and is being written by... Read More.

Photo: Boswell Media General Manager Melissa Boswell Towsend visits Washington D.C. with Mississippi Association of Broadcasters

Wednesday, March 1 by Staff Report

Board members of the Mississippi Association of Broadcasters are in Washington, DC this week for the National Leadership Conference.

Mississippi Approaching a Million COVID Cases

Wednesday, February 22 by Randy Bell

Mississippi is on pace to top a million cases of COVID-19 next month. The State Health Department says, with last week's numbers still being tabulated, 984,614 total cases have been confirmed since the pandemic began. And we've been averaging more than 3,000 cases a... Read More.

Kosciusko dancer makes Mississippi Lions All-State Band history

Thursday, February 16 by Breck Riley

A Kosciusko dancer has made Mississippi Lions All-State Band history. Grayson Blaylock will be the first male dancer in the 70-year history of the band. Blaylock, a trumpet player in the Kosciusko Big Red Band and a dancer with The... Read More.

Mississippi House pushes blueberry and opal as state symbols

Tuesday, February 7 by Staff Report

The Mississippi House has voted to recognize two new symbols — the blueberry as the state fruit and the opal as the state gemstone.Both bills passed Monday, and they will move to the Senate for more work.Republican Rep. Jill Ford of Madison said a... Read More.

Whippet baseball player signs with East Mississippi

Friday, February 3 by Breck Riley

A Kosciusko Whippets baseball player signed to play college baseball Friday. Jacob Nunn signed to play for East Mississippi Community College during a ceremony at Kosciusko High School. Joining Wallace at the signing were members of Whippets baseball coaches Cole... Read More.

MS Main Street announces community branding project to grow awareness of Kosciusko and other Mississippi Hills communities

Thursday, January 19 by Staff Report

The Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area (MHNHA) and the Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) have partnered on a “Grow, Revise & Share” community branding grant project to benefit the Main Street communities in the Hills region of Mississippi.The grant project is supported by the... Read More.

Mississippi Senate leaders unveil health care proposals

Thursday, January 19 by Staff Report

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi senators are proposing an $80 million grant program for financially struggling hospitals and other programs to help the state attract and retain nurses and physicians.Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann unveiled the plans Wednesday.One proposal would forgive up to $18,000 in... Read More.