Ethel News

Attala County Sheriff William Lee said the community's response to an armed robbery suspect rendering led to the arrest of three people Wednesday, Dec.

Months after the Mississippi Department of Education released the results of the state-wide testing, Kosciusko City School District and Attala County School District now have received their new labels.

Editor's Note: The following is the second in a series of stories about Stokes McMillian's upcoming book, "One Night of Madness." The book chronicles the lives of several Newport and area families leading up to the murder of a black family at the hands Leon Turner and his accomplishes in 1950.

A "cardiac event" claimed the life of Kosciusko Police Officer Joe Fulton, 45, early Sunday morning while on duty.

Officer Joseph Fulton was killed early Sunday morning. Koscuisko Police Chief Ronnie J. Adams would not make any comments Sunday, but according to a source on the scene, Officer Fulton crashed his patrol car on Stonewall Road outside of Ethel.

A water leak discovered on Sunday night made for an interesting day at Greenlee Elementary School on Monday.

Attala County School District Superintendent Larry Stevens said he has been reviewing the schools testing results for quite sometime.

There is one thing for certain amongst Attala County School administrators - There is always room for improvement on the Mississippi Department of Education state-wide testing.

The great state of Mississippi, like many other states, derived its name from Native American origin: from the Ojibwa word Misi sipi, believed to mean great river.

The re-birth of Kosciusko High School slow-pitch softball began with a bang on Saturday as they shut-out both opponents in a season-opening round-robin at Hugh Ellard Park.

The question was an obvious one. Why would a person resign as the head football coach at perennial high school power Weir - the proud home of seven Class 1A State Championships - to take the job as head fast-pitch softball coach and assistant football coach at neighboring Ethel? Jim Wood's answer was simple and straight forward.

Jim Wood has been hired as the new fast-pitch softball coach at Ethel High School.

June 25, 1959 Miss Mary Love of Jackson has been named Associate Director of the Mississippi Library Commission.

Though they tease each other as only the most dedicated life-long partners can, Bill and Catherine Grubbs agree their 70-year marriage was the result of one real-good recipe.