Area News
First vaccines begin arriving this week
The state’s initial shipment of COVID-19 vaccines was scheduled to arrive this week. Those who will receive the first doses of the vaccine are those being exposed on an almost daily basis–front line health workers. Some 25,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine were set to arrive as early as Sunday. The two-dose vaccine is enough for…
Read MoreCounty COVID cases rise by 61; deaths by two in week
As of Dec. 13, at 6 p.m. Walthall County reported 877 total cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in mid-March and a total of 32 deaths in the county. That’s an increase of 51 cases and two deaths since the previous week’s report on Dec. 6. Statewide the total number of cases since mid-March…
Read MoreTown’s beer, liquor regs first of 2021
Tylertown’s first legal sales of alcohol in almost 87 years will begin during the first week of 2021 after the town board of aldermen completed hashing out new regulations governing the sale of beer, light wine and liquor. The board passed on the two sets of regulations–an ordinance dealing with the sale of beer and…
Read MoreDowntown highway project running ahead of schedule; Jan. ’21 completion forecast
For several weeks now, work has been underway on a Mississippi Department of Transportation project to mill and overlay Hwy. 198 through the middle of Tylertown. Along with the overlay project is an upgrade of the traffic signals at the downtown intersection of Hwy. 198 and Hwy. 27. Several devices are mounted at the intersection,…
Read MoreAll families have been adopted for Christmas
The annual Adopt-a-Family listing of needy children at Christmas has about 77 applicants who were screened and approved by the Adopt-a-Family committee. All of these families have been adopted by local businesses and invidual families in the community as follows: 1. Adopted anonymously. 2. Adopted by the Rand Family. 3. Adopted by Laird’s Tire. 4.…
Read MoreChamber banquet cancelled
For the first time in the organization’s history, the Walthall Chamber of Commerce banquet has been cancelled. Outgoing Chamber president, Fred Lambert, said in light of what appears to be another spike in the COVID-19 outbreak, the organization’s leaders felt it would be better to cancel the banquet, which had been set for Jan. 23,…
Read MoreMissing man found
A county man who went missing for several hours last week has been located. The Walthall County Sheriff’s Office and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation issued an alert for Charles Slocum, 70, of the Oak Grove community. Neighbors had reported Slocum as last seen walking, headed toward Pike County. The 70 year old Slocum suffers…
Read MoreSilver Alert for Slocum
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for 70 year old Charles Wayne Slocum of Tylertown , MS , in Walthall County . He is described as a black male , six feet tall, weighing 180 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen Wednesday , December 9, 2020…
Read MoreAll deer killed Jan. 2-3 must be subnitted to temporary Walthall freezer
It’s been almost three years since Mississippi had its first confirmed case of Chronic Wasting Disease in white-tailed deer. Because the disease can be detrimental to the state’s white-tailed deer population, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife has issued practices aimed at protecting the state’s deer population. During the 2020-2021 deer hunting season, dates have been…
Read MoreFirst vaccines should be available before year’s end
Three potential vaccine candidates will be available if approved by the FDA. If approved, the vaccine could be available to the public before the end of the year. State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said there is a two-phase plan to bring the vaccine to Mississippians. Phase 1A would secure roughly 90,000 vaccines to be…
Read More