Batesville News

This Fourth of July weekend, The Clarion-Ledger asked religious leaders around the state what freedom of religion means to them.

Tom Ellis, working inside his ornamental iron business Wednesday evening, said he heard a loud a oebooma next door at Outdoor Life Taxidermy.

A Batesville man who fled authorities by jumping off a rooftop in Dogwood Hills then across Interstate 55 to escape police on June 12 appeared in front of Judge Bill McKenzie in Batesville Municipal Court Wednesday.

A significant challenge facing Batesvillea TMs incoming slate of public officials will be storm water runoff.

A $2.4 million state grant will be used by a General Electric Co. subsidiary and the University of Southern Mississippi for research on composite materials for an engine to power the Boeing 787 and 747-8 aircraft.

The City of Batesville is continuing its paving initiative during the summer months as is evidenced by the recent resurfacing of Broadway and Boothe Street.

In North Mississippi there's a lot of great music coming out of little recording studio located about halfway between Oxford and Batesville, Mississippi in Panola County called Coles Point Studio.

The Boys and Girls Cluba s summer camp choir rehearses this week in preparation for a patriotic concert on the Downtown Square at noon on July 3. The Panolian photo by Rita Howell Boys and Girls Club keeps campers busy The 50 kids participating in the Boys and Girls Cluba s summer day camp program in Batesville have been clearing the ground for ...

Columbus Municipal School District Superintendent Del Phillips is interested in becoming Mississippi's chief education policymaker.

An alleged thief who fled Batesville police, and who twice escaped arrest on foot, has turned himself in.

The following information was taken from the log book at the David M. Bryan Justice Complex.

Newly-elected municipal officials will be sworn in the first week of July. Como The Town of Como will kick-off the swearing in ceremonies Thursday, July 2 at Town Hall.

Batesville aldermen voted Tuesday afternoon to fund two markers for historical buildings in the city.

A Batesville business owner was present at Tuesday's meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to again ask for help with a flooding problem - " for the third time in as many years.

Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association reported approximately 8,210 customers were without power following an intense storm system Friday afternoon.

The owner of the Nelson Mills Railroad has announced that the recent decision by CN Railroad to sell its Canton-to-Jackson Grenada line to a company that specializes in operating short line railroads IN NO WAY involves the ownership or operation of his rail line.

About 130 troops from the Batesville, Sardis, and Senatobia National Guard units are among the 3,400 Mississippi soldiers currently deploying to Iraq.

A probable cause hearing was held in Batesville Municipal Court Wednesday for a defendant who alledgedly committed armed robbery at Shell Gas Garden.

Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association workers remained on the job at midday Saturday attempting to restore power lost during intense Friday afternoon thunderstorms that swept through north Mississippi.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Northwest Mississippi received a check Tuesday from the Panola County Community Foundation .