Area News
State begins to re-open businesses
At press time Monday, Mississippi’s statewide lockdown was to end at 8 a.m. Gov. Tate Reeves made the announcement Friday in a statewide address, explaining his path to re-opening Mississippi. A different order, a “safer at home” order, replaces the previous stay at home order. The new order from the governor allows widespread reopening of…
Read MoreFarmers Market opens May 5; social distancing rules in place
Tylertown’s Farmers Market is opening Tuesday, May 5, at 7 a.m., at the Agri-Heritage Center. Market manager, Carolyn Horn, says she expects the market’s regular vendors back this year and notes some new vendors have made inquiries about the market. While restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic change almost daily while state officials are keeping an…
Read MoreCoronavirus testing is Monday at Events Center
EDITOR’S NOTE: This event was cancelled in anticipation of severe weather predicted for Wednesday night and Thursday. It is now scheduled for Monday, April 27. The University of Mississippi Medical Center and Mississippi Department of Health will open a mobile coronavirus testing site at Southwest Events Center Monday in a continuing effort to stem virus transmission.…
Read MoreDairy Fest cancelled
Citing concern for public health in the wake of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic the Walthall Dairy Festival board of directors voted last week to cancel the 2020 festival, which had been scheduled for June 6. The directors voted unanimously to cancel the annual festival for the first time in its over 40 year history. “While…
Read MoreNew Market Max location scheduled to open this week
At press time Tylertown’s new Market Max was set to open this week. The store is the newest in the group of Market Max stores based in Mississippi and Louisiana offering the latest conveniences available. It is located on Plaza Drive at the corner of Hwy. 98 and Hwy. 583, at the old Super 98…
Read MoreSunflower closing
Sunflower Food Store, a fixture among downtown businesses for decades, is closing in May, according to store personnel. At press time, attempts by The Times to contact Sunflower’s owners were unsuccessful. The loss of the grocery will mean the first time the towndown area has been without a food store, dating back to the town’s…
Read MoreHelp being provided for victims early-on
Two local churches were involved in recovery efforts by Monday morning with others expected to follow. Local emergency operations director Royce McKee said Red Cross and Salvation Army relief is available to countians, and he asks that anyone engaging in such efforts to coordinate with him at 601-876-8823. He said New Home Church is acting…
Read MoreBrown plans to retire April 30
Fifth district supervisor, Clennel Brown, told the board of supervisors at their Monday meeting that he plans to resign the post effective April 30. Brown said he has prepared a letter which will be delivered to supervisors. He has suffered health problems which became more pronounced last year. Brown was first elected in 2011, taking…
Read MoreSupervisors working to improve roads as soon as possible
Supervisors say they have been constantly working to maintain roads, attempting to patch them, at least temporarily, until some of the roads can qualify for state money, or at least until money from the state’s relatively new lottery filters from the state to county treasuries, allowing them funding to rework and replace a network of…
Read MoreTornado devastation
Concern for COVID-19 took a back seat Easter Sunday as neighbors, first responders, firemen, supervisor crews, utility workers and others pitched in to help residents of northeastern Walthall County recover from a tornado that touched down during the late afternoon, damaging an unknown number of homes and outbuildings and a great deal of timber as…
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