Sardis News

A weekend trip less than an hour down the road will take you to Sardis, Mississippi.

First Security Bank of Batesville and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks will be sponsoring the Sardis Lake Youth Fishing Rodeo June 2 at the Cypress Point Recreation Area on the Lower Lake of Sardis.

May 25-28 Panola Playhouse will present the musical "Grease." Go to Website www.panolaplayhouse.com for details and to reserve tickets.

The month of June will mark two years since Odessa Johnson's embezzlement case was sent to a DeSoto County circuit court judge after two other judges recused themselves.

Bond was set today at $1.25 million for the Sardis man who is charged in the Mississippi fatal highway shootings case.

Tunica, Miss. - The man charged Friday with murder in one of two North Mississippi roadside slayings, and expected to be charged in the other, fell into the hands of police after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman who was fleeing a domestic violence situation with someone else.

Sardis aldermen agreed to "deal with it when it comes if it comes," regarding Mayor Rusty Dye's position following a discussion during a special meeting Wednesday afternoon.

This newspaper office fielded calls all day long last Friday after our printing press broke down, delaying publication of that day's edition.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol's Bureau of Investigation, along with the Tunica Police Department and the Tunica County Sheriff's office, has charged a man in connection with the north Mississippi highway murders.

Panola County supervisors have approved road department projects in Crenshaw and Sardis to gain materials for riprap, but the county board balked at cooperating with the City of Sardis on a third project.

Adonijah Tabor, 226 Chapeltown, Courtland, was bound over to the grand jury for felony fleeing, resisting arrest, reckless driving, driving while license suspended, no seat belt, no proof of insurance and improper passing.

The town of Crenshaw and a Sardis church are requesting county labor in exchange for riprap, and a Sardis alderwoman also asked for dirt for city-owned property.

The following information was taken from the log book at the David M. Bryan Justice Complex.

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.