Holly Springs News

Ida B. Wells was born during the Civil War on July 16, 1862, the daughter of slaves in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

The caring attitudes of Mississippi Teacher Corps teachers at Holly Springs are lighting up the faces and fueling the dreams of 84 summer school students in seventh through 12th grades from throughout Marshall ...

Kenny Brown learned at the knee of Joe Callicott and became R.L. Burnside's right hand as a teenager.

By BRIAN HAWKINS Starkville Daily News Police Department detectives are actively searching for a man they've identified as the prime suspect in the weekend armed robbery of a Starkville man in his home.

Today at noon the music of the late 'hill country' bluesmen Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside will be celebrated at a Mississippi Blues Trail marker unveiling in downtown Holly Springs.

A new Mississippi Blues Trail marker will be unveiled Thursday in Holly Springs honoring Hill Country bluesmen Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside.

For some students, the decision to go to college comes for their parents encouraging higher education.

DeSoto YAHOO! Police arrest 2nd teen in killing Suspects face murder charges in death of Byhalia boy, 17 By William C. Bayne , Memphis Commercial Appeal Friday, June 27, 2008 Byhalia police have charged a ...

Marshall Co. 06/25/08 Two Teens Accused in Death of 17 Year Old Two teenagers are in police custody in connection with the death of a Marshall County teen.

Rosemary Blakeslee, a Gulfport public schoolteacher, has been appointed by Gov. Haley Barbour to the board of directors for Mississippi Public Broadcasting.

Unless Congress acts, the federal government is about to go back on its word to county governments and the public schools of Mississippi.

With gas prices steadily increasing and affecting the prices of goods in a number of industries, the disposable income of the average American family is getting smaller and smaller.

TV news director John Johnson has been named to the Meridian Community College board of trustees.

The Associated Press A 5-year-old Louisiana boy was one of two traffic-related fatalities reported on Mississippi highways during the holiday weekend.

DeSoto County Master Gardener Warren Johansen talks about plant propagation during a Gardening Lunch & Lecture at the B.J. Chain Library in Olive Branch.

Members of the Pilot Club of West Point joined more than 100 Pilot members from Mississippi at the MS District, Pilot International 20th Annual Convention held at the Summit Hotel and Summit Center in Tupelo on ... via Daily Times Leader

“There will be moments for which you cannot prepare, but moments for which you must be ready”

University of Mississippi OXFORD - Dramatic change often comes swiftly - in as little as 10 seconds - and how people react to such situations determines their success and legacy, Fox News Channel anchor Shepard ... via Djournal.com

“Discuss the real issues. Discuss the unemployment rate and discuss health care. What are they going to do about that?”

By Patsy Brumfield, Errol Castens & Emily Le Coz Daily Journal North Mississippi voters generally like at least one of the two candidates vying for U.S. House of Representatives' 1st District seat. via Djournal.com

“All of us here in Holly Springs we try to pull together, stick together, do for one another you know? That's good.”

Posted by: Dennis Turner Community Rallies Behind "Miracle Baby" And Her Family Baby found in rubble of house explosion Some family members still in Georgia burn center Sheriff hosting fundraiser for family ... via WREG-TV Memphis

“I didn't know if the project would be completed or not”

He was surprised when he opened it and there was a book entitled, "Hamburger America, One Man's Cross-Country Odyssey to Find the Best Burgers in the Nation" by George Motz. via Djournal.com