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Chief McCloud announces retirement after 27 years with BPD
Police Chief Jimmy McCloud addresses the Batesville Mayor and Board of Aldermen at a special meeting Friday. ...
Chief McCloud announces retirement after 27 years
In a special called meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen held Friday morning at City Hall, ...
Main Street planning busy fall for city
Mamie Avery is director of Batesville’s Main Street Program Family fun events and making the Downtown Square a ...
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Hurricane Sally slows, gathering a deluge for the Gulf Coast
Hurricane Sally, a plodding storm with winds of 85 mph (137 kph), crept toward the northern Gulf Coast early Tuesday as forecasters warned of potentially ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Wednesday, September 16, 2020 6:45 am
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Pizza Hut closing marks end of era in Batesville
The Batesville Pizza Hut was built in 1978 and was one of the few restaurants on Hwy. 6 between Clarksdale and Tupelo when constructed. The ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, September 16, 2020 6:15 am
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B’ville attorney tapped as justice court judge
Michael Darby has been appointed by the Panola County Board of Supervisors as the Justice Court Judge of the Second Judicial District of Panola County, ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Wednesday, September 16, 2020 6:06 am
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Local woman charged after escapee captured in Pope
Richard Willis was found hiding in a shed near Pope on Sept. 7 and taken back into custody. He had escaped three days earlier from ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, September 16, 2020 6:03 am
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North Panola to play Tupelo Friday Night
North Panola will play Tupelo on Friday in Tupelo in a schedule change. Tupelo had been scheduled to play Grenada from that game was canceled ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Tuesday, September 15, 2020 2:21 pm
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TVEPA receives $4 million for fiber installation through MS Electric Cooperatives Broadband COVID-19 Act
BATESVILLE — The Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association Board of Directors is proud to announce TVEPA has received a $4 million grant to expand its ...
by Rebecca Alexander, Friday, July 31, 2020 3:02 pm
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Local experts speak on national coin shortage
By Ana Lauren Martinez | ana.martinez@oxfordeagle.com The national coin supply is experiencing a shortage of coins as a result of the pandemic, and according to ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Monday, July 20, 2020 11:16 am
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792 new cases, 10 new deaths of COVID-19 in Mississippi
Report through July 18th, 792 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 10 deaths. The total of coronavirus cases since March 11 is now 42,638, ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Sunday, July 19, 2020 12:54 pm
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Annual yard sale set for July 31
Sardis Lake Baptist Church will host its annual indoor yard sale July 31 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. All are encouraged to wear masks. ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Wednesday, July 15, 2020 3:55 pm
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Franklin interim chief in Sardis
Former Panola County chief deputy Chris Franklin recently accepted the role of interim police chief for the Town of Sardis. Franklin had been the Sardis ...
by Davis Coen, Wednesday, July 15, 2020 3:48 pm
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TVEPA receives $16 million ReConnect Grant for fiber installation
First in Mississippi to receive federal funding to expand fiber broadband technology The Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association and its subsidiary, TVIfiber, are the first ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Tuesday, July 14, 2020 6:15 pm
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Former state representative calls for civil disobedience on masks
Former State Representative and Gubernatorial candidate Robert Foster issued the following statement on Facebook. I’ve prayed and thought a lot about this. This is going ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Saturday, July 11, 2020 7:54 am
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MHP reports stats from holiday period
The Mississippi Highway Patrol concluded its 2020 Fourth of July enforcement period which began Friday, July 3, at 12:01 a.m. and ended Sunday, July 5, ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Monday, July 6, 2020 8:20 pm
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Library sponsoring book giveaway
Batesville Library staff members are preparing for the First Regional Library system book giveaway scheduled for the month of July. Children were unable to participate ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 10:55 pm
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Today in History 7/02/20
1776 – The Second Continental Congress, assembled in Philadelphia, formally adopts Richard Henry Lee’s resolution for independence from Great Britain. The vote is unanimous, with ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 10:43 pm
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With a pen stroke, Mississippi drops Confederate-themed flag
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signs the bill retiring the last state flag in the United States with the Confederate battle emblem, at the Governor’s ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Tuesday, June 30, 2020 8:33 pm
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Mississippi Legislature Votes to Take Down Current Flag
History was made in Mississippi this weekend. The state Legislature passed House Bill 1796, which removes the current state flag that features the Confederate emblem ...
by Rebecca Alexander, Sunday, June 28, 2020 6:47 pm
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Mississippi Legislature Votes on the State Flag
June 27, 2020, is a day that could quite possibly go into the Mississippi history books as the day that change began. Link to story ...
by Rebecca Alexander, Saturday, June 27, 2020 5:31 pm
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17 new cases in Panola, state up 1,092 in past day
The State Dept. of Health is reporting 1,092 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi, and 5 deaths. Data was collected from Tuesday at 6 ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Thursday, June 25, 2020 2:18 pm
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Water Valley officially sets new watermelon eating record
By Jake Thompson The City of Water Valley is officially the king of watermelons. Word recently came down from the Guinness World Records office that ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Wednesday, June 24, 2020 4:59 pm
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Supervisors name new county code enforcement officer to address litter, debris
(Links to entire litter/derelict property ordinance, and online complaint form are at end of article.) Hunter Lawrence is on a mission to clean up Panola ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, June 24, 2020 4:32 pm
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Panola cases up another 14; state up record 526
The State Dept. of Health is reporting 526 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi, and 22 deaths. Data was collected from Monday at 6 ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Wednesday, June 24, 2020 2:48 pm
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State Health Officer is ‘fearful of the fall’ and virus spread
By Summer Tadlock WLBT Tuesday, Mississippi saw its highest spike in coronavirus cases with 611 new cases. State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs held ...
by WordPress.com VIP, Wednesday, June 24, 2020 9:59 am
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End of Watch 2019 honors Constable Hawkins
Photos by Glennie Pou The End of Watch 2019 touring memorial was in Batesville Monday, June 22. All law enforcement officers killed in the line ...
by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, June 24, 2020 9:23 am
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Boyce responds to unrest over Confederate statue relocation plan
The University of Mississippi community celebrated the IHL Board of Trustees’ vote to approve the relocation of a Confederate monument on its campus on Thursday, ...