Clay County News

Davida Hill-Beckum Daily Times Leader The H1N1 virus may be causing havoc in surrounding school districts, but this far West Point Public Schools hadve only been "slightly" impacted by the swine flu.

Efforts to fix a fallen bridge on one of West Point's busiest roads have met rejection after rejection.

In December, James Ousby's 32-year tenure with a local plastic company ended when his job was eliminated.

Good news on the jobless rate in Mississippi. The unemployment rate has dropped nearly a percentage point.

Mississippi's unemployment rate dropped by nearly a percentage point in September.

Clay County Circuit Court convened Oct. 5 with Judge Lee Howard presiding. Action taken by the court included: Fredrick Doss' suspended sentence on a conviction for sale of marijuana was revoked.

By Davida Hill-Beckum Daily Times Leader Clay County Election Commissioners have been summoned to meet with the board of supervisors to discuss sign-in procedures this morning.

Golden Triangle Crime Stoppers assisted in the arrest of eight individuals and helped recover $4,000 worth of stolen property in the last month.

A Forest man's shooting death in Clay County has been ruled 'consistent with a homicide' following provisional autopsy results.

By Davida Hill-Beckum Daily Times Leader Match stick art has been described in many ways.

It could be late next year before Robert Rupert goes to trial in two cold case killings that police believe were drug related.

Davida Hill-Beckum Daily Times Leader One February afternoon in 1909, 60 liberal- minded people - the majority of whom were white, met to discuss racial justice.

By Davida Hill-Beckum Daily Times Leader Citizens will have to suffer with the detour on Main Street a little longer.

A photo competition began Oct. 1 in West Point, inviting area amateur photographers to get 'in focus.' 'West Point: In Focus' is a new photo competition sponsored by the West Point/Clay County Arts Council.

The Clay County Board of Supervisors tabled plans to allow a web-based collection agency to begin pursuing more than $1 million in unpaid justice court fees during its Thursday meeting.

Davida Hill-Beckum Daily Times Leader Board of Supervisors closed their monthly meeting to enter executive session twice on Monday, citing code 25-41-7 4j and b. The first session lasted one hour and was attended by local business man Mike Henson and Charles Collins, city selectman for Ward 5. Board President Shelton Deanes said the meeting was to ...

The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors Monday threw its official support behind a potential aerospace megasite project adjacent to Golden Triangle Regional Airport.

West Point and Columbus students will commemorate Walk to School Day Oct. 7 by walking or riding their bikes to school, or taking time out for a walk during the day.

Navistar, a manufacturer of blast-resistant military vehicles, has laid off 80 workers at its West Point plant.

A county already stricken with one of the highest unemployment rates in the state, got another dose of bad news Friday: Navistar cut about 80 employees from its staff.