Pontotoc News

Last week, Mississippi State University and the CREATE Foundation announced that public high school students in Lee, Pontotoc and Union counties will be able to take a web application development course from MSU.

Testimony began Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of killing a Tippah County law enforcement officer on Dec.

Jeff and Teresa McNeece of Fulton, Mississippi, announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Katherine, to Joshua Ellis Gammill, son of Robert and Pam Gammill of Pontotoc, Mississippi.

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dunlap of Pontotoc, announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Brooke Dunlap, to David "Skeeter" Peel, son of Mr.

Two fired female employees sued Pontotoc County this week, claiming age discrimination.

Residents in Pontotoc and Ecru will go to the polls to cast votes for mayor and boards of aldermen in Tuesday's municipal primary election.

Violinist Christopher Thompson instructs a student Wednesday afternoon. Thompson recently released a CD offering violin rendentions ranging from Christian folk to high Classical hymns.

The search for a Taylor man missing since Monday was suspended near dark on Thursday after searchers combed the Yocona River and nearby land for a second day.

Clarcy Loreane Wilson, 83, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.

Murphy Engineering of Guntown and Jenkins Engineering of Tupelo were honored with the top award at the 2013 Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony for the American Council of Engineering Companies of Mississippi.

MSU's Matthew Berk named Goldwater Scholar STARKVILLE - Mississippi State University junior Matthew S. Berk is among this year's selections for a 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate award for students in the science, mathematics and engineering fields.

The Tupelo School District filled a pair of elementary school vacancies on Thursday by hiring a pair of administrators from the Pontotoc City School District.

Federal authorities begin to search the second car of James Everett Dutschke in front of his taekwondo studio in Tupelo on Wednesday in connection with the recent ricin attacks.

Authorities arrested more than 20 indictees, mostly in Union County, on drug charges Monday.

Lori Campbell of Excel by 5, from left, stands with Julianna Garner and Carol Coker as the students present the Union County organization with a donation of $285 on Sunday afternoon during the Northeast Mississippi Youth Foundation meeting.