Verona News

U.S. Rep. Travis Childers plans to lead a crop disaster tour to highlight the scope of losses north Mississippi farmers have suffered due to late-season rains.

VERONA, Miss. - The hours are long and the pay is low, but a new program in Verona allows people with outstanding warrants to work off their fines.

PONTOTOC, Miss. - Josh West has one mission, and it's nothing complicated. "We want more and better jobs," said West, the regional economic director for Union and Pontotoc counties.

Many Mississippi deer hunters will take bucks with prettier antlers, but few, if any, will be able to trump the beautiful body of the 8-point taken Monday by Gary Roberson in Yalobusha County.

The program will be hosted by Stan Allen and Shundria Mabry. Verona, MS - - On Saturday, September 12th 2009, a oeMelaa s Miraclea The Ashalond Daniel Foundation will sponsor a oeA Blessed Night of Fellowshipa Benefit Program at the Link Centre beginning at 6:00 pm.

I'm a big fan of the handmade movement. Don't get me wrong: send me to any plaza, outlet store or mall, and I'll come out loaded with mass-produced dresses, pants, shoes and jewelry.

The last of four soybean grading clinics will be held Aug. 18 at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center, 5421 Hwy., 145 South, Verona, Miss.

The murder trial of a Verona man accused of killing a 15-month-old child began Tuesday in Lee County.

TUPELO - A 30-year-old man has been convicted of shaking his girlfriend's baby to death.

About 75 employees who worked at a Verona factory can apply for government-sponsored retraining and possibly a two-year salary supplement, the U.S. Department of Labor announced in a release.

The murder trial of a Verona man accused of killing a 15-month-old child began Tuesday in Lee County.

The state Department of Agriculture and Commerce will host three workshops on cool-season fruit and vegetable production.