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Jim Tom Copeland now head coach on two fields at Strayhorn
Batesville native Jim Tom Copeland will have a full schedule of athletic duties at Strayhorn High School when ...
Blast from Past – 60 years ago in Pope
This photo published 10 years ago in Blast from the Past. Digging through some archives for information we ...
Square Market Opens This Week
The popular farmers market held each Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Downtown Square in ...
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Mobile COVID-19 Testing available today in Panola County
A mobile COVID-19 testing site will be available to those in Panola County this Friday, May 8, from noon to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the ...
by Anna Guizerix, Friday, May 8, 2020 10:39 am
Batesville News
Mid-South Food Bank locating in Batesville
Mid-South Food Bank has leased 35,000 square feet of warehouse space in Batesville to be used as a satellite location for distributing food to its ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Thursday, May 7, 2020 12:45 pm
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Panola County ranks 29th in Census response
It’s now time to respond to the 2020 Census. In Panola County, the reported response so far is 48.8 percent. County officials are urging the ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Thursday, May 7, 2020 12:28 pm
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Bain is STAR student from NDS
Bronwyne Taylor Bain has been named a STAR Student for the 2019- 2020 school year by the Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) M.B. Swayze Foundation, sponsor ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Thursday, May 7, 2020 12:03 pm
Batesville News
Batesville enjoying gradual reopening
Batesville businesses are enjoying the next step of reopenings made possible through Gov. Tate Reeves’ easing of restrictions on Monday of this week. Dining rooms ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Thursday, May 7, 2020 11:30 am
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County passes order for mobile homes
Effective this week, the Panola County Board of Supervisors has taken another step in its attempt to clean up debris that litters private property throughout ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Thursday, May 7, 2020 10:53 am
County Reports
Expiring licenses deadline extended until Aug. 3
News Release The Mississippi Department of Public Safety announces expiration date extensions in accordance with Executive Order 1474 issued on April 20, to cope with ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, April 29, 2020 10:14 am
County Reports
Concourse work beginning; City waives permit fees
Fees for permits associated with the rehabilitation of the Factory Stores outlet mall into The Concourse were waived by order of the Batesville Mayor and ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:01 pm
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Existing biosecurity measures allow poultry industry operations
By Bonnie Coblentz MSU Extension Service STARKVILLE – The strict biosecurity measures already practiced in Mississippi’s $2.7 billion poultry industry allow this “essential critical infrastructure ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 10:26 am
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Panola Medical takes in first coronavirus patient; hospital ready for surge
A third Panola County person has presumably tested positive for coronavirus and is hospitalized at Panola Medical Center, Batesville officials learned this morning. The information ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, March 25, 2020 10:59 am
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County says Stay at Home, city leaders say not necessary at this time
Monday morning at the Batesville Courthouse, the supervisors adopted a Stay at Home resolution. Pictured are (from left) Sheriff Shane Phelps, and Supervisors John Thomas, ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Monday, March 23, 2020 3:58 pm
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Jail Log 3/11/20
This list was taken from the log at the Panola County Jail. A name listed does not indicate that a person is guilty of the ...
by Johnathan Williams, Wednesday, March 11, 2020 3:00 pm
County Reports
McCarty wins special election for alderman
Richard McCarty won a special election held in Sardis on Thursday to fill the seat of the late Tommy Rayburn, who passed away in office. ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Friday, March 6, 2020 12:18 pm
County Reports
Panola County Jail Log 3/4/20
This list was taken from the log at the Panola County Jail. A name listed does not indicate that a person is guilty of the ...
by Johnathan Williams, Thursday, March 5, 2020 11:21 am
County Reports
Whitetails Unlimited had successful first year
The MS Delta Chapter of Whitetails Unlimited had a successful inaugural year in 2019 and has already begun to make plans for another banner season ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 11:33 am
County Reports
County agrees on two major road projects
Panola County supervisors learned Monday they will have about $2.8 million in state money for road repairs over the next term, and tentatively agreed to ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 9:56 am
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Spaghetti dinner Tuesday for Troop 478 Scouts
Staff Report Batesville Boy Scout Troop 478 will have its annual Summer Camp Fundraiser at the Batesville Lions Club, 524 Tiger Drive, next Tuesday, March ...
by Johnathan Williams, Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:28 pm
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Sheriffs support use of radar
. Phelps, East hope for passage A proposed bill in the Mississippi House of Representatives would allow sheriff’s departments statewide to use radar ...
by Davis Coen, Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:20 pm
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UMMC preparing state for Coronavirus contact
By Ruth Cummins Chances are good that at some point, you have had some sort of coronavirus. Chances are extremely slim, however, that any ...
by Johnathan Williams, Tuesday, February 25, 2020 3:54 pm
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Miss. first for Feb. tornadoes
By Steve Norris Weather News A cold front will bring a chance of scattered showers Wednesday night and Thursday, and cooler air will settle in ...
by Johnathan Williams, Tuesday, February 18, 2020 5:01 pm
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New phone app available for state emergencies
News Release MS Ready, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH)’s emergency preparedness mobile app, keeps you up-to-date with public health and safety information throughout ...
by Johnathan Williams, Tuesday, February 18, 2020 4:49 pm
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Black History Month Event Being Held Sunday
Rev. Smith will lead program Staff Report The Panola County NAACP will sponsor its annual African American History Celebration to recognize the great unsung African ...
by Johnathan Williams, Tuesday, February 18, 2020 4:47 pm
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Judge Murphy appointed to state judicial commission
News Release Chief Justice Mike Randolph has appointed Circuit Judge Smith Murphey. V of Batesville as an alternate member of the Commission on Judicial Performance. ...
by Johnathan Williams, Tuesday, February 18, 2020 4:36 pm
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Whitten, Townsend part of SPHS HoF class
Staff Report It would now be considered a primitive race as there were no digital timing devices and other amenities that surround races of today, ...
by Johnathan Williams, Tuesday, February 18, 2020 4:31 pm
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Jan. wind gusts were highest in nation
Jan. wind gusts were highest in nation By Steve Norris Weather News It is going to be an up-and-down weather pattern across Panola County for ...