Booneville News

Two incumbent Lee County mayors won bids for new terms at the helm of their city governments, while another incumbent in Booneville lost his race for re-election in Tuesday's runoffs.

Teachers interested in learning more about conservation education can register for the 50th annual Teachers Conservation Workshop, to be held twice this summer.

BOONEVILLE - Plumrose USA has laid off 100 workers at its meat slicing plant in Booneville, Miss.

BOONEVILLE and FULTON - Northeast Mississippi Community College and Itawamba Community College are raising their tuition fees for the fall semester.

A Corinth man has been arrested after being accused of stabbing a Booneville resident.

For Jay VanWinkle, golf is a way to push back against Alzheimer's Disease which took his wife Beth in 2010.

The May 7 primary election will narrow the field of five candidates who believe they are the best choice for Booneville's leadership as mayor.

"Some people feel farm land prices are too high right now; others say prices will keep steadily going up, but at a slower rate than the past few years," Abbott Myers, chairman of Mississippi Land Bank, said at the organization's annual meeting.

Barbara Jean Henley James, 61, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at her home. She was born Dec.

"Some people feel farm land prices are too high right now; others say prices will keep steadily going up, but at a slower rate than the past few years," Abbott Myers, chairman of Mississippi Land Bank, said at the organization's annual meeting.

Prentiss County officials are awaiting approval of a more than $1.5 million federal loan to renovate an existing county building as a county court and office building.