Collinsville News

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Miss. a ' Crews are about three-fourths finished with drainage and grading work on the first phase of a $26.8 million bridge and pave project on Mississippi Highway 19, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

BRIAN LIVINGSTON / THE MERIDIAN STAR A Friday morning Fourth of July Parade by children and parents of the Collinsville Education Center was the first parade celebrating Independence Day and maybe the cutest.

Hospice owners in Mississippi are complaining that a federal cap on Medicare payments is forcing them to choose between limiting patient care or going out of business.

A one-vehicle accident occurred Thursday night just before 8 p.m in the 11,000 block of Newton County-Martin Road, near Wildcat Road.

Nathan and Bonnie McGee of Denham Springs, LA, announce the engagement of their daughter, Candace Ruth Robbins, to Brandon Joseph Pitts, son of Bert and Phyllis Pitts of Oak Grove.

A day after news broke that West Lauderdale head football coach Stan McCain would be leaving Collinsville for Kosciusko, Southeast Lauderdale head coach Ty Trahan says he is leaving the Tigers to head to Southern Miss as a graduate assistant.

Church members in Magee will soon have a new place of worship. Two months ago a devastating F-3 tornado tore through Magee, ripping up the countryside, and destroying Corinth Baptist Church.

ECCC graduation speaker emphasizes 'value, character' special to The Star Speaking to his fellow East Central Community College graduates, Matt Naylor of Collinsville said the challenge for the Class of 2009 "is to strive not to become men and women of success, but men and women of value and character." Naylor, a President's List scholar and West ...

Students Saydrianne La'Shawn Harris, Timothy Montrell Johnson and Gabrielle Morgan, each received the H.M. Ivy Scholarship, which comes with a $1,500 award for their junior year of study at senior institutions.

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Mike and Yvonne Mayatt of Collinsville announce the engagement of their daughter, Lisa Nichole, to Benjamin Ross, son of Eric and Dian Ross of Diamondhead.

Each year, the East Mississippi Business Development Corporation puts on an expo to showcase area business and industry, provide member networking opportunities and promote community participation.

Philip Neal has been playing and writing songs since he was 15. Originally from Texas, Neal moved to Meridian when we was 13 after his father retired from the U.S. Air Force.

By Brian Livingston blivingston@themeridianstar.com Officials with the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department said today a man apparently drowned last night at Okatibbe Lake when his truck accidentally rolled into the water at the Gin Creek boat ramp.

Sometime after 10 o'clock that cold winter night, Linda West heard sirens screaming about a mile-and-a-half from her northeast Jackson home.

The American Society of Certified Engineering Technicians honored several Mississippi Department of Transportation employees for their contributions to the field of engineering during the 2009 Engineering ...

My son was traveling through the Collinsville area and stopped at the dumpsters to throw out a Walmart bag containing trash.

A large gathering at the Mississippi State University-Meridian Monday night included many people who before the night began never dreamed they would be recognized with honors for community service and ...

A fire in Kemper County Tuesday morning destroyed a mobile home, and left at least one person homeless.