Como News

Batesville sales tax collections for March exceeded all previous years according to information recently released by the Miss.

Independence Presbyterian Church, located on Highway 35 South in the Independence community in southwestern Panola County, will celebrate its 125th anniversary with events planned for Saturday and Sunday.

Como aldermen voted unanimously during their Tuesday, May 8 meeting, to approve an inter-local agreement that will allow the Panola County Sheriff's Department to handle communications and dispatch for the Como Police Department.

Northwest Mississippi Community College students Benjamin Lambert of Como and Robert Barnes of Coldwater were two of only 18 students state-wide who were recently accepted to the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program , a program that identifies academically driven, rural college students who aspire to return to their roots to practice ... (more)

Panola Playhouse continues the celebration of its 50th anniversary season with the production of the musical "Grease," set for weekend performances May 18-27. "Grease" is a musical about teens in love in the '50s. It's California, 1959 and greaser Danny Zuko and Australian Sandy Olsson are in love.

Panola County supervisors voiced approval Monday for the sheriff's department to provide dispatch services for the Town of Como and to seek a second such contract with Crenshaw.

The theft and torching of a stolen automobile has been entered into the Crime Stoppers Program according to the Panola County Sheriff's Department.

District Attorney John Champion said Wednesday in circuit court he will seek the death penalty against Antonio Cortez Glover, accused of masterminding the kidnapping and killing of Tommy "Burnside" Moore in 2011.

Como library is one of the eight recipients to receive the John Cotton Dana Award for outstanding achievement in library public relations.

State representatives in the Mississippi legislature have approved new boundary lines for House members after much debate.