Batesville News

Christmas came early for this Honduran child who was among hundreds of recipients of shoeboxes filled with gifts and delivered last month by a mission team headed by Dr.

Friday, November 06, 2009 Jennifer Hall , librarian at Batesville Public Library, made a surprise presentation to Irene Rhodes at Mondaya s Friends of the Library meeting.

Sales were down again in September according to sales tax figures from the Mississippi State Tax Commission.

Cassie Hooten is on a mission, one that thousands of other youth around the world are also trying to complete.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 Daisy Castellanos was winner of the Batesville Public Library's trivia contest conducted in connection with Halloween activities last week.

Mary Sanford-Robinson needs saving. From herself. You see, she received a $4,950 check in the mail from the Ontario, Canada, payment department of the USA Mega Ball Millions company.

I am the father of AJ Johnson, who was the subject of the a oeMuddled plea bargain gets new judgea a article in the Friday, October 23 edition.

Church News 10-30-09 Thursdays New Greater Light Baptist Church has mid week services every Thursday at 7 p.m. Rev.

Saturday, October 31, 2009 Freezer pleaser is Fundraiser for Junior Auxiliary Junior Auxiliary of Batesville will raffle a G.E. 5.0 cu.

On a crisp, sunny Monday morning, several hundred people gathered in Batesville, Miss., for the renaming of the Batesville Job Corps Center to the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center.

The cities of Kosciusko and Lexington are two of the 27 communities around the state that will go walkin' down their Main Streets on Saturday, as they join together for the second annual "Let's Go Walkin' Down Main Street Mississippi" statewide event.

Panola County Arrest Log 10-27-09 The following information was taken from the log book at the David M. Bryan Justice Complex.

Long-planned improvements to Highway 6 from Batesville to Clarksdale are expected to be a topic tomorrow at a meeting of the Delta Council Highway and Transportation Committee.

Creation of a Batesville historic district could increase property values and allow owners of commercial property owners a 20 percent tax credit for restoration costs, urban planner Bob Barber told Batesville's mayor and aldermen Friday.

Several DUIs were on the trial docket Wednesday in Batesville Municipal Court. Bobby W. Davis, 78 Kiihnl, Sardis, entered a not guilty plea to Judge Bill McKenzie for DUI-second. A trial was set for December 2. Willie Martin, 107 CR 343, Taylor, entered a guilty plea to DUI-first and careless driving.

For a commercial landscaper, October represents a transitional month. Grass cutting is slowing down and by month's end leaf raking is picking up.

Mt. Zion M.B. Church will have its first community health fair from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the church on 316 Lincoln Street in Sardis.

A Sardis man told Judge Bill McKenzie he was guilty of stealing diapers from Freda s during Batesville Municipal Court Wednesday.

Tennessee is in prime position to raid Mississippi for the state's best football recruits.

Junior Auxiliary of Batesville will raffle a G.E. 5.0 cu. ft. freezer filled with 20 delicious homemade casseroles - " just in time for the holiday season.