Okolona News

CHICKASAW COUNTY a ' The Chickasaw County Health Department will hold a special seasonal flu clinic on Friday mornings from 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. at the Houston Health Department starting November 6. They will be offering seasonal flu vaccines daily on a walk-in basis.

Okolona, Miss.-based United Furniture Industries will create 100 new jobs with a planned expansion to increase production.

Good news and bad news out of the Hobnob Mississippi social event in Jackson Wednesday.

United Furniture Industries will expand the company's Okolona operations and add at least 100 jobs, company officials said Monday.

OKOLONA, Miss. - United Furniture Industries officials say the company will add 100 new jobs at its Okolona manufacturing facility.

An Okolona furniture plant announced Monday that it will expand and add 100 new jobs.

" 365 Chickasaw County third grade students took a walk through a body of good health last week as the MSU Extension Service helped sponsor the educational Body Walk.

Civil War scholar Dr. Brandon H. Beck will be the featured author Sunday as the Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau hosts the second in a series of book talks titled 'No Dead Authors.' The free event at the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center, 300 Main St., begins at 2 p.m. Beck, the author of eight books on various aspects of the War Between the ...

" Chickasaw County farmer Jay Schmidt wants to leave a lasting legacy for his four children, so slumping catfish prices and volatile row crop markets made him step outside his comfort zone to find a solution.

OKOLONA a ' Okolona High School student, Morgan Smith, was selected to attend the 29th session of the Mississippi Governora TMs School at MUW this past summer.

Anna Patrick Stroup and Ryan Clark Thames were united in marriage on May 30, 2009 at the All Saints? Episcopal Chapel in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Heaven help lawmakers in deciding whether to rename Mississippi University for Women.

Heaven help lawmakers in deciding whether to rename Mississippi University for Women.

E.E. a oeMannya Davis acquired his wealth in the textile industry in Okolona and shared it with Chickasaw County, among other charitable pursuits.

Chickasaw County Jail state inmate Randy N. Blansett, MDOC #123693, failed to return to the county jail located in Houston on Sunday, July 19th, after a 72-hour leave to Okolona, Miss.

Chickasaw County Jail state inmate Randy N. Blansett, MDOC #123693, failed to return to the county jail located in Houston on Sunday, July 19th, after a 72-hour leave to Okolona, Miss.

The Democratic-led Mississippi House voted Friday to let the Public Service Commission hire three more staff members to evaluate legal and financial documents from utility companies.

After months of bickering over the budget, Mississippi lawmakers spent less than six hours in special session Friday to approve the final details of the state's $6 billion spending plan.

Mississippi's Public Service Commission has requested an opinion from Attorney General Jim Hood "as to what functions it can legally continue to perform without a budget." Budgets for the Public Service Commission and the Public Utilities Staff were left unfunded at the beginning of the new fiscal year that started today.

John and Della Rogers of Okolona and Houston, MS are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Elaine Rogers, to George Gladney, Jr John and Della Rogers of Okolona and Houston, MS are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Elaine Rogers, to George Gladney, Jr.