Area News
Dairy Fest T-shirts are now on sale!
Walthall’s Miss Hospitality, Leah Mallette, and Little Miss Hospitality, Maci Carney, show the 2024 Dairy Festival T-shirt. This year it’s a standard white T-shirt, with a black and white cow, designed by Topisaw Creek Outpost.The shirts are available in a variety of sizes from youth XS to adult XL for $13 each, while sizes adult…
Read MoreOld Town Market announces dates
The Old Town Market has announced the dates each market will be held in 2024. The market is held from 8am – 1pm in the Agri-Heritage Building located in downtown Tylertown, behind Trustmark Bank main branch. Enter from the front or side doors of the long wooden historical building with the pavilions next to the…
Read MoreMemorial Day observance is set by Legion Post 56
American Legion Post 56 will pay tribute to veterans of the armed services, particularly those veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice, those who died in service to the country, on Monday, May 27 at the Legion Hut. The program begins at 10 a.m. and includes the traditional ringing of a bell and lighting of candles…
Read MoreCakes to be judged, auctioned at bake-off
Area bakers need to plan now to enter the Dairy Festival Cake Bake-off at the Saturday, June 1 event. To enter, take your entry to the Walthall General Hospital booth by 9 a.m. Judging takes place at 11 a.m. Entries are to be homemade with at least two dairy ingredients. The entry must be on…
Read MoreBeachbilly’s to give performance at festival
The 2024 Dairy Festival is the same, familiar family festival people have grown used to over the years, but like all the previous years, the 47th annual event features a few changes and tweaks. One change is a live band, the Beachbilly’s, performing in the afternoon from 1:45-3:45 p.m. Instead of having a band performance…
Read MoreTalent show replaces queen pageant at ’24 Dairy Fest
At least one Dairy Festival event has re-made itself this year, revamping its format, for one that organizers believe will lead to more participation and draw more interest from a wider group of people. After years of sponsoring the Dairy Festival Queen pageant, Trustmark Bank has reformatted it as a Dairy Festival Talent Show. That…
Read MoreFarmers Market opening May 7, sees new sellers
Tylertown’s Farmers Market returns for another season this year with opening day set for Tuesday, May 7, at the Agri-Heritage Building behind Trustmark Bank. Market manager Carolyn Horn says the market times are from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. every Tuesday. “We’re hoping to get more vendors to the market this year. Some of our vendors are…
Read MoreDairy Festival marks 47th this year
In Walthall County one thing is as certain as sunrise and sunset. There will be a Dairy Festival the first Saturday in June at Holmes Water Park. To make sure the festival goes off without a hitch and continues its 47-year tradition of family fun, planning is already underway for the event. Most of the…
Read MoreRegister May 3 for Pre-K, kindergarten classes
Walthall County Schools will be registering pre-K and kindergarten students at Dexter, Salem and Tylertown Primary school campuses from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, May 3. Parents or legal guardians must accompany the child and be present in order to fill out proper documents to register the child. Legal guardians are also required to have legal…
Read MoreRotary Club scholarship application deadline Friday
The Tylertown Rotary Club announces to all interested high school seniors and their parents that the 2024 Stephen W. Pigott II Memorial Scholarship sponsored by the Tylertown Rotary Club Application period is underway and will continue through April 19. This year the Club is proud to announce that one $1000 scholarship will be awarded to…
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