Okolona News

Judge Ernest Cunningham fined Robertson $600 after hearing testimony Monday in Chickasaw County surrounding her Dec.

Johnny "Godfather" Powe, 56, died Monday, April 29, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center.

Supervisors in about 35 rural counties across the state can now request the Mississippi Department of Public Safety to place a driver's license examiner or a kiosk where people can renew their license in their county seat.

The Bank of Okolona, with its grand old clock, has been an anchor at the corner of Silver and Main Street in downtown Okolona for decades.

Okolona pays its mayor and city marshal the best, but aldermen are paid less than cities of similar size.

The three-story Masonic Building in downtown Okolona houses the Department of Human services on the ground floor, Chickasaw County Courthouse offices on the second floor and a Masonic Hall on the third floor.

The city of Okolona will hold a public hearing May 14 to sort out complaints that its new ordinance for repossessing vehicles runs afoul of laws already in place.

Darlinda Barr Franks, 58, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in St. Louis, Mo. She was born Feb.