New Augusta News

It was standing room only, an overflow crowd Tuesday night at New Augusta town hall as peopled showed up to voice their disapproval of the board's decision to get rid of the police chief.

New Augusta's former police chief Curtis Gates is looking for answers as to why he was fired without warning after serving as police chief for the last five years.

Creel Creek is the Pine Belt's new haunted attraction that creator Curtis Lowery guarantees will fuel the nightmares of fright-lovers of all ages.

The New Augusta School Reunion will be Oct. 10 in the auditorium of the New Augusta Elementary School .

NEW AUGUSTA - Memorial services will be at a later date for Thelma Walker Hetzler Davis, 84, of New Augusta, who died Sept.

A man was airlifted to Forrest General Hospital Tuesday after the log truck he was driving collided with a train around 3:05 p.m. in New Augusta.

A train collided today with a log truck in Perry County, closing a section of Highway 29.

Clean-up is underway at the site of a fire that damaged some crude oil storage tanks in Perry County overnight.

State health officials today lifted a boil-water alert for customers who get their drinking water from the town of New Augusta water supply in Perry County.

State health officials today issue a precautionary boil-water alert for customers who get their drinking water from the town of New Augusta water supply in Perry County.

Mr. and Mrs. Shep Crawford of Woodville announce the engagement of their daughter, Gwendolyn Annette Crawford, to David Mitchell Merrill, son of Mr.

Freddie and Debbie Triplett of Purvis announce the engagement of their daughter, Amber Nicole Triplett of Purvis, to Brian Nicholas Walters of Janice, son of Gary & Vickie Walters of Janice.

Golf Digest published a study in 2000 stating the odds of the average player making a hole in one are 12,000-to-1. The magazine hired the retired chairman of the math department at Boston University, Francis Scheid, Ph.D., to conduct the study and come up with the odds using the best information available.

Robin Mills, the attendance officer for Perry County schools, recently was honored at a banquet at Perry Central High School for her 25 years of service to public education in Mississippi.

Purvis defeated Perry Central 9-7 in New Augusta Saturday to sweep the best-of-three Class 3A South State semifinal series.