Summit News

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Robert McHenry is on deck at his new assignment at Summit Academy.

Bond was set at $2 million each for a pair of bank robbery suspects in Kemper County.

A health summit kicks off Wednesday in Jackson to educate residents about chronic illnesses.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnny M. Guiles of Petal announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Laura Catherine, to Matthew Stephen Lofton, son of Mr. via Hattiesburg American

“We're here to pay tribute to one of our very own”

SUMMIT - Family, friends and fellow Marines remembered Lance Cpl. Casey Lynne Casanova on Saturday as a vivacious woman who paid the ultimate price for her country. via Hattiesburg American

A Magnolia, Mississippi dentist has been shot to death. Amite County authorities arrested his live-in female companion and charged her with the crime. via WLBT-TV Jackson

The Great American Cleanup, sponsored by Keep Pike County Beautiful, will lead off activities for the Pike County Azalea Festival, which runs March 24 through April 5. The cleanup will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, ... via Enterprise-Journal

“The hardest hit area was East McComb going into the downtown area”

Lisa Didon was in the laundry room of her home Tuesday afternoon as strong winds moved through about 2 p.m., and trees crashed onto the house. via Enterprise-Journal

“This conference says we want to promote unity, and in promoting unity we promote change.”

Across a green background, the letters are spelled out big and bold. "Standing" is in white. via STLtoday

“I just think the wastewater treatment facility is something we need to include, even though it's a quote-unquote McComb project, it's a county project”

Leading up to trip to Washington to ask Mississippi's congressional delegation to help fund needed big-ticket projects, local officials revived the Pike County Council on Governments on Monday to assess the ... via Enterprise-Journal

“This certainly is a difficult thing, a senseless and pointless act that's changed a lot for a lot of people”

The second in a pair of convenience-store robbers was sentenced to life in prison Monday after pleading guilty to murdering a customer. via Enterprise-Journal

The Stennis Institute of Government and Stennis-Montgomery Association are sponsoring a series of debates for candidates running Congress in Mississippi's Third District in the special election in March of ... via Jackson Free Press

For the fourth time this month, an armed and masked man has robbed a Pike County liquor store and made off with money. via Enterprise-Journal

Summit police are investigating the reported Monday night robbery of the Robb Street Package and Liquor Store. via Enterprise-Journal

“We drop them off, the bus picks them up, and they're left to raise themselves. ... We can't find fault in schools for not training our children. Studies show our children learn more from 3 to 6 than they do from 6 to 12. ”

Ministers and area leaders met Sunday night to discuss a variety of issues that pertained not just to African-Americans, but to the community at large. via Enterprise-Journal

“Nobody ever really got rich rapping. You have rich rappers, but they didn't get rich rappin'.”

This year's Hip-Hop Youth Summit, Saturday at St. Philip's College, sets a civic goal as lofty as the professional heights its rap and hip-hop guests have achieved: Every attendee must register to vote. via MySanAntonio.com

“I'm not sure we've actually done anything”

By Emily Le Coz Daily Journal TUPELO - It's been two years since Mayor Ed Neelly first beat the drum to improve Tupelo's residential offerings by holding a public Housing Summit at City Hall. via Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

“I'm still in charge. I hope to be back in the office just about full time in a week or two weeks”

JACKSON - Dunn Lampton, the U.S. attorney for the southern district of Mississippi, said today that he will be back on the job full-time after the first of the year. via Hattiesburg American

“They'll have to come off your roll and on to ours”

South Pike school officials are taking steps to see that over-age students in classrooms are placed in more appropriate learning environments. via Enterprise-Journal