Washington County News

The Sunflower County Farm Service Agency says Mississippi Delta farmers and ranchers are suffering their biggest losses in two decades -- and may be eligible for federal loans.

INDIANOLA, Miss. - The Sunflower County Farm Service Agency says Mississippi Delta farmers and ranchers are suffering their biggest losses in two decades-and may be eligible for federal loans.

Mary Loyd of Hinds County and Sheretta Johnson and Jacqueline Smith, both of Washington County, have pleaded guilty to food stamp fraud and must pay combined restitution of more than $33,000, the state Department of Human Services announced today.

This article has been read 27 times. When Washington County opens hearings Monday, it will be the first time in the finance director's memory that the process will begin without a printed and bound preliminary budget.

A Mid-South rice crop that once looked pretty in the field is getting uglier by the minute, according to rice specialists in the region.

The tornado fatality that occurred in Washington County on Friday, October 9th was the first death from a tornado in Mississippi in 4 years or since 2005.

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI a ' The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has given an update on the deaths, injuries and damage caused by storms that rolled through the state Oct.

Flooding has receded on on I-55 past Northside Drive. the Mississippi Department of Transportation says.

A strong to severe line of storms moved into Western Mississippi, just before noon and swept east across the state with damaging winds and possible tornadoes, with Northern Mississippi, receiving the brunt of the severe weather.

One person was killed in Washington County as a result of Friday's severe weather, officials said.

THE ACCUSED MURDERER IN THE METCALFE BABY DEATH WAS ARRAIGNED THURSDAY. ACCUSED MURDERER GARY LEWIS WAS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY WHERE THE JUDGE SET HIS BOND AT $500,000. LEWIS IS ALLEGED TO HAVE KILLED TWO-YEAR-OLD KYLAN WATSON AT THE PARKVIEW APARTMENT COMPLEX IN METCALFE.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested by Metcalfe police and charged in the death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son.

Police officers will be at Greenville-Weston High School when classes resume next week because of two fights at the school this week.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reports the latest number of confirmed cases of Novel H1N1 flu at 898 in Mississippi with seven deaths, the most recent of which was a Jones County adult female reported Monday.

SOME OUT OF TOWN VISITORS ARE IN GREENVILLE THIS WEEK AND HAVE TRAVELED THOUSANDS OF MILES TO COME TO THE DELTA.

A Hancock County became the state's fourth death related to swine flu, health officials confirmed Tuesday.

THE MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED FRIDAY THE THIRD SWINE FLU DEATH, WHICH IS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

State health officials are reporting a third swine flu death in Mississippi. The latest swine flu death was in Washington County - the first outside the Gulf Coast.

Mississippi health officials confirmed Friday that a Washington County resident has died from swine flu, bringing the state's total number of deaths to three.

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