Vaiden News

"A little bit of everything" is what they offer at one of Kosciusko's newest businesses around, Anticipations.

A Holmes County-based community health center wants to expand to Leflore County, the only county in the Second U.S. Congressional District that doesn't have one.

VAIDEN, MISSISSIPPI. Visitors from large cities often laugh at residents of tiny rural towns. via Associated Content

The Kosciusko Police Department requested assistance of the Attala County Sheriff's Department Friday night after a truck driven by Robert Watkins, 26, of Ethel, left the city limits. via Star-Herald

Doug and Mary Carter of Flora announce the birth of a daughter, Cecile Ashlyn Carter, on Feb. via Madison County Herald

“I wish I could speak about it, but I don't want to run afoul of the judge's order”

Curtis Giovanni Flowers won't face the death penalty if convicted again in his fourth capital murder trial, under way in Montgomery Circuit Court. via The Clarion-Ledger

For the Progress-Times Two authors with Webster County ties will take center stage at the BLY Fine Arts Center on Saturday from 1-4 to discuss their latest works. via The Webster Progress-Times

“He died of a gunshot wound to the head”

Oxford Coroner: Ole Miss sprinter died from one gun shot wound in the head Mississippi sprinter Rodney Lydale Lockhart died from one gun shot to the front of his head, Lafayette County Coroner Lonnie Weaver ... via WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

“Parents (of a child) are given a choice of either 'yes' or 'no' when it comes to corporal punishment”

A hearing date has been set in the case involving the mother of a 12-year-old who filed assault charges against Carroll Academy Assistant Principal Steve Flemming for paddling her child. via Greenwood Commonwealth

“There is not a serial killer on the loose or anything like that”

The Oxford Police Department is continuing its investigation of the homicide of Ole Miss track star Rodney Lockhart, OPD Chief Mike Martin said Monday. via The Daily Mississippian

“We'll try to get back to normal, but I hate to use 'normal”

As the investigation into the slaying of Rodney Lockhart continues, the University of Mississippi track team is struggling to deal with the reality of losing one of its own. via The Clarion-Ledger

Associated Press - September 29, 2007 9:54 PM ET OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi officials say sprinter Rodney Lydale Lockhart was found shot to death today at his apartment near the Ole Miss campus. via WLOX-TV Biloxi