Tchula News

Wednesday morning the U.S. Marshall's task force helped arrest a man in Tchula in connection with the recent shooting death of a Jackson teenager.

A man wanted in connection with a Jackson slaying was arrested Wednesday in Tchula, police said.

Some progress is being made toward building a new Tchula Lake Bridge. Crews have started removing utility lines from the bridge, which is the last step before the county can advertise for bids to build a new bridge.

The Holmes County Herald has been authorized to release the following announcement by Debra Ann Garland Mabry, candidate for Mayor of Goodman.

Second year students in the Building Trades class at the Holmes County Vocational-Technical Center, along with their instructor, Rob Sanford, received 100 Percent Chapter Membership Certificates from the student organization SkillsUSA for perfect membership.

Some Tchula residents have lost patience in the wait for a new Tchula Lake Bridge.

Three Mississippians took James Beard Foundation Awards Monday night at the event that's considered the food Oscars.

John D. Wynne has been named as a STAR Student for the 2008-2009 school year by the Mississippi Economic Council's M.B. Swayze Educational Foundation, sponsor of the STAR program.

University of Southern Mississippi student David Turner of West recently received the Outstanding Elementary Education Student Teacher Award from the College of Education and Psychology.

Holmes County Hospital and Clinics Pathology Laboratory has been accredited by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists , based on the results of a recent on-site inspection.

AN ALLEGED SEXUAL PREDATOR IS BACK IN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. HOLMES COUNTY SHERIFF WILLIE MARCH TELLS ABC SIX NEWS TONIGHT WAYNE SANDERS ARRIVED BACK IN THE MAGNOLIA STATE LAST WEEK.

If young minds are indeed shaped forever by the age of four or five, it makes sense to instill as many traditional values in them as soon as possible.

Yvonne Brown has become one of Mississippi's most recognizable black Republicans the past eight years as mayor of the tiny Delta town of Tchula.

Tchula Mayor Von Brown says the police chief and 4 of the town's six police officers have been suspended pending a review by an outside law enforcement agency.

The Attorney General's office is investigating a small town police department in Holmes County.

The Holmes County Herald has been authorized to release the following political announcement.

Predictions of massive crowds, traffic congestion and cold weather didn't seem to affect Mississippians who've made it this far for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama on Monday.

Black-eyed peas, turnip greens, collards and cabbage may not be the sexiest candidates in the produce bin, but they're certainly the go-to girls for a good start on the new year.

Holmes County authorities are searching for an alleged peeping tom. Wayne Sanders is wanted for climbing through open windows of several homes in Tchula at night.

Lexington Police Department reported that several arrests were made during the past week for shoplifting. Captain Charles Sharkey reported that in the first incident on December 3, Larry Darnell Lee of Louisville was arrested for shoplifting at Family Dollar Store in Lexington. When Lexington policemen found Lee the next day, Sharkey said he had 17 items in his car that were stolen from Family Dollar. Sharkey also reported that Philadelphia had outstanding warrants for Lee for shoplifting and Indianola had a warrant for Lee for allegedly stealing a car.