Panola County News

By Rita Howell A Memorial Day program will be hosted Monday at 11 a.m. at the Panola VFW Post 4968 on Highway 51 South, next to the Panola County Health Department.

By John Howell Severe storms that swept through Panola County Tuesday night interrupted electrical service, knocked down trees and flooded Batesville streets and county roads.

Panola County Emergency Management Director Daniel Cole reported shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday that trees were on three houses and several streets in Batesville were flooded.

Company spokesman Dave Miller says the wireless capability is available now in the southeastern portion of Greenville from Highway 1 to S. Raceway Road as well as in parts of downtown Yazoo City.

Liberty Hill Water Alert Lifted Media Advisory Water Alert Lifted Liberty Hill Water Association lifted the precautionary "boil water alert" for customers who get their drinking water from their water system in Panola County.

Municipal voters will head to the polls today for elections for mayor and aldermen.

By John Howell Sr. Law enforcement officials are pleading for information about a Friday night murder on Boyd Street in Batesville.

By David Howell and Billy Davis Politicking will come to a head next Tuesday when voters go to the polls for races in most of Panola County's municipalities.

A Batesville nurse is facing charges she took controlled painkillers away from patients at a nursing home where she worked.

The National Weather Service reported on Sunday that a brief EF-2 tornado with max winds of 112 mph touched down just before 10 p.m. Saturday, just southeast of the town of Pope in Panola County.

One of the first African-American park rangers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District retired this month after 42 years of service.

Democratic Rep. Lataisha M. Jackson of Como was sworn in Friday when lawmakers met in special session.