Senatobia News

About 130 troops from the Batesville, Sardis, and Senatobia National Guard units are among the 3,400 Mississippi soldiers currently deploying to Iraq.

A probable cause hearing was held in Batesville Municipal Court Wednesday for a defendant who alledgedly committed armed robbery at Shell Gas Garden.

The Baltimore Orioles have set two tryouts during the month of June. The first tryout is set for Monday at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia.

A group of Eureka residents have pooled their money and hired attorney John Lamar of Senatobia to fight a gravel mining operation in their community.

Authorities said Bessie Lou Phillips was so mad her brother was sentenced to life in prison for scamming an elderly woman she followed the victim and rammed her car.

At a meeting last week about the pending sale of the eastern rail line connecting Memphis and Canton, Representative Warner McBride commented that he had not seen in a long time such a diverse group working together on a project in this part of the state.

The man, 44, told police two men forced their way into his home when he answered a knock at the door about 11 a.m. Wednesday.

Jeremy Massie limited Hillcrest to just four hits in a 1-0 victory in Game 2 of the Academy AAA, Division II championship series today at Hillcrest.

Ider native Aaron Jolley recently saw the ghost of Elvis in a round-about way. Jolley is a student at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Miss.

Pillow overcame an early two-run deficit for a 4-2 win over Jackson Prep on Wednesday night, forcing a third game in their Mississippi Private School Association AAA, Division I championship series.

When it came to buying her first home with her husband, Stacy Brogan was finally convinced by something that wasn't there.

U.S. Rep. Travis Childers will be the keynote speaker at the 93rd graduation exercises at Northwest Mississippi Community College on May 15.

Ten contemporary Mississippi artists were recently selected for an upcoming show at the Mississippi Museum of Art.

ST. MARTIN Wednesday was a day of celebration at St. Martin High that gave students a break from the textbooks.

Crye-Leike Realtors, 6397 Goodman Road in Olive Branch, will host a first-time home buyers seminar at 7 tonight.

All 18 finalists, selected by a panel of judges, will be featured in a special section included in the May 3 edition of the DeSoto Appeal.

Garden of Grace Church, 2220 Cresthill Drive in Southaven, is hosting a Community Easter event, Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 393-6349. CrossPointe Christian Fellowship, 6400 Blocker Street in Olive Branch, is inviting all children to its Easter celebration Saturday from 3-5 p.m. This event is free and open to the community.

Presbyterian Christian School has brought a familiar figure back to the Pine Belt as its new athletic director, naming former Jones Junior College basketball coach Marc Dukes to fill the vacancy.

"We sent an ambulance, but the man refused to be transported, saying he had mostly been shook up," he said.

But Tuesday afternoon, friends and colleagues came to a reception at Southaven City Hall, where she was honored for her 20 years of service to the First Regional Library System.