Medon News

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The Medon Park & Recreation Department will host its free Family Bingo Night on Saturday, November 21, from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM at the Medon City Hall & Community Center, located at 25 College Street in Medon.

Dozens of friends and family members of Jackson locksmith Troy Mitchell kept vigil at the hospital Thrusday, a day after he was shot in the face while working on a car.

The ghosts are walking in downtown Jackson from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, when Jackson Business and Professional Women present their annual scholarship fundraiser, "Downtown Ghosts A-Walkin' Tour." "We have new scenes and ghostly fun," said Mary Jo Middlebrooks, president of the organization.

Investigators said the victim Troy Mitchell, 44 of Medon remains in critical condition after he was shot in the face while working in the parking lot of Guardian Courts apartments.

Alfred Stack faces two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of his sister, Billie Jean Shearon, 61, and her boyfriend, Kenneth Lynn Galagher.

MEDON - Clouds of smoke spread across a grassy field as the sound of cannon fire echoed through the air and shook the ground.

BOLIVAR - Tears streamed down the face of Shannon Stafford after she learned that her uncle's preliminary hearing had been continued Tuesday so he could have a psychological evaluation.

Greater Unity Missionary Baptist Church, 91 Bemis Lane, Jackson, will be having a church bazzar at 9 a.m. today.

Macedonia Misionary Baptist Church, 106 Glass St., Jackson, will be celebrating its annual Family and Friends Day at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Come cool off at the Medon Action Committee's Ice Cream Social & Cake Walk on August 22 at the Medon City Hall & Community Center.

Clover Creek Baptist Church, located at 2112 Highway 18 in Medon, will host 'Boomerang Express: It All Comes Back To Jesus' Vacation Bible School for children ages 5 years through Grade 6 July 13 through 17, 6:00 to 8:30 PM nightly.