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By REGINA BUTLER Progress Staff Writer Pontotoc County was well represented in the state marching contest in Tupelo this past Saturday with all three bands ranking first and second in overall performance.

Pioneer Health Services expects to have its headquarters in one location within the next nine to 10 months when it opens a $5 million, 30,000-square-foot office in Magee.

A home on Brewer Road was damaged Tuesday afternoon during a police chase. Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson said a man suspected of stealing a car from an Aberdeen car lot was spotted on Brewer Road.

Find >> Arts & Entertainment >> Southern Gothic Novel: A Review... Embed: Font A gentle mist rises from the dew-strewn pond; the brittle magnolia leaves cast a stark shadow, drawn long by the rising moon, in ...

Most of us remember where we were and what we were doing the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

Smokers and nonsmokers agree - cleaner air provides a more enjoyable city. "We just absolutely love it," said Hamilton resident Penny Lane, owner of Aberdeen's Penny Lane coffee shop.

By Patsy R. Brumfield Daily Journal STARKVILLE - Lucy Morgan's lawsuit against the Starkville School District was settled Tuesday in U.S. District Court, although details were not made public.

THE DAILY WORLD Weedy McCauley, surrounded by A. J. West School students, Nine years ago, Weedy McCauley helped found the after-school program at A.J. West Elementary School.

This gorgeous 11-piece Louis Phillippe salon suite with peach-colored flowered upholstery is one of hundreds of lots that will change hands.

My friend Mac McAllister at Pioneer Community Hospital in Aberdeen sent me a copy of a cookbook he and other staff members have recently compiled called "Cooking the Pioneer Way." The table of contents includes ...

BY JEFF CLARK Monroe Journal ABERDEEN - After losing their home to Hurricane Katrina, Sam and Anita Rosado decided it was finally time to leave the Mississippi Gulf Coast and head north - north to their new ...

BY CARLIE KOLLATH Daily Journal BLUE SPRINGS - Work has started near the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi site for an unnamed automotive-related company.

BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal STARKVILLE - A jury trial is set for Sept. 22 for former Starkville High School teacher Lucy Morgan's lawsuit against the school district and SHS Principal Kathi Wilson.

The image inside the exhibition hall, despite its absolute appropriateness, still imparted an initial micro-jolt, a barely-noticable-but-nonetheless-acknowledged twinge.

Shoshana Brackett/SDN Above, Sgt. Michael Lewellen, left, and Officer Brett Moyer, both of the Tupelo Police Department Bomb Squad, help Nolan Webb, 16, center, suit up to experience being inside the protective ...

The Associated Press STARKVILLE - A trial date has been set for a state game warden accused of driving under the influence and leaving the scene of a fatal accident last winter.

Rep. Travis Childers released his Fiscal Year 2009 funding requests for North Mississippi public projects in an effort to bring fiscal accountability and transparency to Washington on July 27.

BY DANZA JOHNSON Daily Journal ABERDEEN - An autopsy report confirmed a Monroe County man died as a result of a heat stroke Sunday.

BY DANZA JOHNSON Daily Journal ABERDEEN - An autopsy report confirmed a Monroe County man died as a result of a heat stroke Sunday.

VICKSBURG - It's rather late in the summer to be suggesting a reading list, but that's OK because three worthy Mississippi-centered books are on the market that are, quick, easy and, though one is fiction, ...