Bentonia News

Forget elaborate vacation plans, a relaxing day at the Ross Barnett Reservoir was on the agenda for hundreds of metro area families.

A part-time Bentonia police officer has been arrested on felony drug charges. Forty-nine-year-old Carl Fleming was arrested at his place of business on Martin Luther King Drive in Bentonia early Monday evening.

Jubilee!JAM heads to town, bringing with it a bevy of top notch national performers such as Joan Jett, David Banner and Carolina Liar.

There's been a lot of stuff happening in the world of the blues over the past month or so, and your humble scribe can't cover it all in his blues blog.

Shanda Townsend of Northeast Jackson still beams about the silver spoon she won more than two decades ago for homemade gumbo.

Bentonia bluesman Jack Owens will be honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail, which was developed under the leadership of Governor Haley Barbour.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Eddy of Madison announce the engagement of their daughter, Michelle Ann Eddy, to Justin Lee Creech, son of Mr.

Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie K. Cook of Pocahontas announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Michelle, to Robert Charles Lann II, son of Mr.

The second fatal collision occurred on Highway 3 in Satartia in Yazoo County around 1:40 Saturday morning.

Juror No. 8, the wife of a Bentonia minister, said she feels Jackson Mayor Frank Melton is innocent of alleged civil rights violations and felt his involvement in the destruction of a duplex in August 2006 was ...

Linda Pickens plays with Mia, her 5-year-old schnauzer, as she lies on one of Pickens handmade dog beds.

An already soggy Mississippi took another drenching Tuesday. Today's weather is expected to be partly cloudy but with clearing skies and temperatures in the 50s.

The National Weather Service is continuing its flood warning for the Big Black River that runs from the Mississippi River south of Vicksburg to south of Bentonia.