Booneville News

BY LENA MITCHELL Daily Journal Corinth Bureau CORINTH - Alcorn County School officials are trying to correct deficiencies noted in the most recent audit of the district's finances.

The Webster Progress-Times A man facing felony charges in two other counties is in jail following a police pursuit that led to Webster County, where officials say he stole a county-owned tractor.

The Booneville School Board approved a recommendation by superintendent John K. Parrish to terminate curriculum coordinator Amy Richardson Wednesday night.

With four seats up for grabs in the November general election, the state's non-partisan judicial elections are drawing increasing attention from old adversaries - the business/medical community and trial ...

The Choctaw Plaindealer The Choctaw County Board of Supervisors met Sept. 15 to accept Reseal bids and discuss county business.

Enrollment in Mississippi's 15 community and junior colleges is up 8.2 percent. Eric Clark, executive director of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, said preliminary, unaudited numbers show more ...

By Patsy R. Brumfield Daily Journal BOONEVILLE - Even though Joey Langston of Booneville and Timothy Balducci of New Albany were disbarred from practicing law and are admitted felons, they are expected in a New ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed an energy bill late Tuesday that would allow offshore drilling and provides for intensified development of alternative energy sources, a generally positive step, but ...

By Patsy R. Brumfield Daily Journal "It's busy" is the echoed phrase from the region's circuit clerks, who double as their county's voter registrar.

STATE'S OBSERVANCE Gov. Haley Barbour has ordered that all state flags to be flown at half staff today - Patriot Day - in honor of the Sept.

Photo Above: Travis Childers , Greg Davis . By Emily Le Coz Daily Journal TUPELO - A months-long lull in the campaign for 1st District U.S. House of Representatives is over, and congressional candidates said ...

Following a rejection of a termination recommendation by the Booneville School Board, high school principal Steve Halter said he was ready to return to work.

Steve Halter, the Booneville High School principal featured on Tru TV's "The Principal's Office", is going back to his own office after being suspended for several weeks.

BY LENA MITCHELL Daily Journal Corinth Bureau BOONEVILLE - Nine candidates had filed to run for Prentiss County chancery clerk as of Wednesday.

There was no guessing how the majority of a crowd of about 50 felt. Most of those who had stayed until about 1 a.m. Wednesday -- roughly half the number that had packed the Booneville Elementary School ...

An age discrimination lawsuit filed by two former officers against the city of Booneville and its police chief has been dismissed by a federal judge.

BY LENA MITCHELL Daily Journal Corinth Bureau BOONEVILLE - Voters living in the Prentiss County School District will have a chance on election day to let school board members know how they feel about county ...

Both suspended Booneville High School principal Steve Halter and curriculum coordinator Amy Richardson confirmed last week they have requested a hearing over their suspensions and recommendation for ...

BY GINNY MILLER Daily Journal BOONEVILLE - Nearly 60 years after receiving her diploma, Lila Holley Bailey has graduated from high school a second time.

By Lena Mitchell Daily Journal Corinth Bureau BOONEVILLE - Lane V. Willis, accused of murder in a 2005 slaying, faces 20 years in prison after pleading guilty this week to a lesser charge of manslaughter.