Sallis News

June 4, 1959 A new "first for women" in Kosciusko is the police job held by Mrs.

Trailer stolen Bill Rutledge reported his 12-foot trailer was stolen from his Attala County Road 4171 property Saturday.

May 28, 1959 Annual employees of the Mississippi Forestry Service in Attala County are Charles Steen, dispatcher, W.M. Brown, area forester, and Jim Dees, crew leader.

The Attala County Sheriff's Department arrested three men in two Sallis area burglaries late Tuesday.

Kosciusko will have another feather in its cap on Friday afternoon as native son, Charlie Musselwhite's, an internationally known blues harmonica specialist, Mississippi Blues Trail Marker is unveiled on the northside of the historic Downtown Square.

The Attala County Sheriff's Department apprehended a Sallis man on drug charges Wednesday, April 15, on the campus of McAdams High School.

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April 9, 1959 Lonnie Braswell, contractor and former school teacher, placed his name in The Star-Herald's growing candidate column last week as a candidate for the important office of sheriff.

"It's a mighty big project and we serve a mighty big God," Katie Tigner, an ordained minister said to the Attala County Supervisors at the Tuesday board meeting.

Jan. 8, 1959 The "Walking Penny" project of the Ethel Science Club, directed by Mrs.

Dec. 25, 1958 An explosion late Friday afternoon at Bowie's Grocery Cafe in McCool caused by butane gas, resulted in heavy damage to the connecting establishments and severe burns for the owner, E. Bertrand ...

The Attala County Board of Supervisors is looking into what can be done to amend the "beer ordinance" in the county.

Residents in Attala and Holmes County might have been wishing for snow last week but all they got was rain and tornadic activity.

Dec. 11, 1958 A truck-trailer collision with an Illinois Central freight train here at a crossing on North Natchez Street about 12:45 p.m. Saturday caused considerable damage to property but no one was injured.