Chickasaw County News

It may be the most important vote the Chickasaw County School District takes every year.

What turned out to be a false alarm turned into a good training exercise for local law enforcement and the administration of Houlka School.

The graduation season in the readership area got underway May 11 as Hebron Christian School held commencement ceremonies.

Inspired by the genealogy phenomenon, Norman, Okla., native Betty Winkle and her husband Jerry followed her ancestral trail to Chickasaw County.

Rev. Randy Rinehart, center, rings a bell at last week's National Day of Prayer on the Courthouse lawn last week.

One of Bobbi Gregory's last fun memories of Houston brought her a little closer to heaven.

The Chickasaw County Sheriff's Dept. is currently reviewing video tape from a local convenience store after a tip that fugitive Adam Mayes could be in the area.

Testing has always been a part of the education process, but the practice of grading entire schools and districts has given new meaning to the words high-stakes testing.

A four-day symposium at Mississippi State University will draw researchers, biologists and land managers concerned with enhancing, restoring and managing the prairies of the Southeastern United States.

A Mississippi father has been sentenced for failing to support his child in Chickasaw County, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today.

A screenplay written by Chickasaw County native, Gerry Glenn Jones, has been picked up by the T.J. Cates Production Company, who will also be in charge of directing the film.

A new program is available through the Chickasaw County 4H and the MSU Extension office.

Ella Frances Martin is facinated by watching Scottie Kilgore have her blood sugar tested while Emma Grace Kilgore examines her own fingers afer seeing Scottie's get pricked.

An altercation on a Houston school property two weeks ago has resulted in both men being arrested by Houston Police and booked at the Chickasaw County Jail on simple assault charges Arrested and charged with simple assault were Houston football coach, Frank Donny Rogers, 56, of Houston, and David Clint Earnest, 36, of Woodland.

The storm that mowed down a 31-mile path of destruction in Chickasaw County will never be forgotten by local residents.

Houston Mayor, Stacey Parker, and Alderman-at-large, Barry Springer, addressed the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors, asking for their support and financial assistance for an ongoing problem with juvenile offenders.

Opha Walker stands in the front door of her newly rebuilt home in the Egypt community.