Area News
Missing person, homicide may be connected
Authorities investigating a possible homicide in Pike County have identified the victim as Derecus Antonio Conerly who was reported missing by his family since June 26. The badly burned body was found near a burned-out vehicle on Jeanette Lane outside Summit Monday. Pike County coroner Wally Jones said the Mississippi Crime Lab was able to…
Read MoreThe Boucherie is back and better: Sept. 11-12 at Southwest Events Center
A lot of water’s rolled under the bridge since plans were first announced for the South Mississippi Boucherie. But now, finally, with pandemics hopefully past, a date has been set. Sept. 10-11, the barbeque festival is set to kick off at Tylertown’s Southwest Events Center. “Everything’s on go,” Stephen Pigott, spokesman for the Boucherie said.…
Read MoreElection to be set after July 6
The board of aldermen will meet July 6 for their first meeting of the new four-year term. At that time the board will declare a vacancy for the Ward 4 position after the elected candidate was disqualified. Once the board declares a vacancy, a special election will be set for the post. Candidates will run…
Read MoreIngall’s Shipbuilding employment opportunities; at Southwest Tuesday
Ingalls Shipbuilding is on the road, and will be a Southwest Mississippi Community College from 9am – 12pm on Tuesday, June 22. They are currently looking for individuals skilled in the folloing trades: • electrical • pipefitting • pipewelding • shipfitting • welding Head to Southwest and speak with a representative from Ingalls about career…
Read MoreBake-off, butter churning, family fun highlight 44th annual Dairy Fest
The bake-off is a big part of the Dairy Festival. Whoever is judged with the best cake gets bragging rights for a year. The bake is sponsored by Walthall General Hospital. Any kind of cake can be entered. The only requirement is that it contain at least two dairy products. Entries will need to be…
Read MoreFlags mark veterans graves on Memorial Day
Traditionally, for several years, cemetery flags for veterans are made available by American Legion Post 56. The flags are put out at several cemeteries in the county by Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Legion members the Saturday prior to Memorial Day. Daryl Hote donated the funds for the purchase of the flags by the Legion…
Read MoreDairy Fest food vendors
Walthall Dairy Festival food vendors include: • Tylertown First Baptist Church – hotdogs, chili dogs, snowballs, fish, chicken strips, fries, pizza sticks, pickles, candy and drinks; • Calvary Baptist Church – hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries, funnel cakes, fried oreos, drinks; • Walthall Youth Athletic Assn. – Chicken wings (assorted sauces), walking tacos, pulled pork, Texas and…
Read MoreSpring Fling registration underway, drawing at festival
Registration is underway at participating merchants for the Walthall Chamber of Commerce Spring Fling. A La-Z-Boy recliner grand prize, courtesy of Robert Jones at Jones Furniture, will be given away, along with individual store prizes, Saturday, June 5, 5:30 p.m. on stage at the Walthall County Dairy Festival. Chamber retail trade chairman, Katie Craft, points…
Read MorePigotts remain jailed, charged in connection with Baglio death
Trace Pigott remains charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of Elvis tribute artist, Jason Baglio. Baglio had been shot several times when found at his Denham Springs home. Pigott, 28, is accused of shooting Baglio, his stepfather, in the early morning hours May 8, then fleeing to New Orleans. Pigott’s mother, Michelle…
Read MoreColonial restarts after shut-down
Operators of a 5500-mile fuel pipeline delivering gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to the East Coast was recovering from a cyber-attack last week. Colonial Pipeline was in the process of restarting its operations last Wednesday after a ransomware attack by a n overseas criminal group caused the company to suspend operations for six days. The…
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