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Walthall County Food Pantry needs cash donations to help with the electric bill for the next few months. They are looking at a bill 3-4 times higher than normal due to the high temperatures and the controlled temperature they must keep the facility set at. If you can help, your donations can be dropped by…

With a possibility of some showers early in the week and high temperatures dropping from the 90s to the 80s at midweek, firefighters are hopeful of at least a little break. But it will take a soaking rain over a long period before the burn ban will be lifted. Fires over the last couple weeks…

Walthall County School District’s Parent & Community Engagement Coordinator, Robin Duncan, accepts donations of school supplies for distribution to needy students throughout the year. “We gladly accept donations of supplies and distribute them discretely to students who are in need,” Duncan said. Drop off supplies, ranging from back packs to pencils, notebooks, composition books–anything for…

The circuit clerk’s office was open until noon last Saturday, the first day of In-person absentee voting for the Democratic primary runoffs. Absentee voting continues this week from 8-5 through Friday and from 8-noon this Saturday, Aug. 26, the final day for in-office absentee voting. Walthall is one of 66 counties with a runoff in…

Walthall Farm Bureau Office invites everyone to their celebration of 100 years of service to Walthall County. The celebration will be Wednesday, Aug. 16, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. There will be hot dogs, a door prize and fellowhip.

The expansion of broadband internet to rural Mississippi is important to improve education, business, economic development and population growth, experts say. A company seeking to bring high speed internet access to rural residents of Walthall County and southwest Mississippi has scheduled a community broadband discussion session, from 6-8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 10, at Southwest Community…

The county land sale is being held exclusively online again this year. The land auction begins Monday, Aug. 28, at 8:30 a.m., and ends at 4:30 p.m., or until all parcels are sold. The sale is an online live auction accessed by going to http://govease.com/auctions. The online auction service brings many features to those participating.…

Campaigning comes down to the wire with less than a week remaining for voters to make upo their minds about which party primary they’ll be voting in, and after that choice, which candidates they will vote for. The Aug. 8 party primary elections require voters to decide in advance which primary they will participate in…

By Pam Brumfield Union Baptist Church will host its fifth annual community-wide “Celebration of America’s Birthday” on Saturday, July 1, from 6 – 9 P. M. This year’s celebration will feature entertainment by “The Victory Bells” from The National World War II Museum in New Orleans. In addition to entertainment, there will be food, fun,…