Attala County News

Mississippi farmers who saw vital planting time washed away by persistent spring showers are now in desperate need of rain as heat and abnormally dry conditions threaten to reduce grain crop yields significantly.

Jim Wood has been hired as the new fast-pitch softball coach at Ethel High School.

July 2, 1959 Work on the grounds for the new million dollar Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital on Highway 12 began about six weeks ago, following the formal ground breaking ceremonies in which members of he Board of Supervisors, selected members of the hospital committee, and city officials participating.

June 25, 1959 Miss Mary Love of Jackson has been named Associate Director of the Mississippi Library Commission.

Two years ago, if you asked me where I would be in the great state of Mississippi - I would have said Pontotoc.

While responding to a disturbance call on Saturday, the Attala County Sherrif's Department found a wanted man.

A 44-year-old man with a 16-year-old habit, Jeff Woods said he hasn't smoked a cigarette since around April 20.

Vera "Patsy" Fowler, 65, a photo analyst with Mississippi School Pictures, died Tuesday, June, 9, 2009, at Attala County Nursing Center.

Jeffrey B. Lacey of Kosciusko has been elected to a 3-year term on the Mississippi Bankers Association Board of Directors.

Two automobile wrecks and one on a motorcycle were reported by the Attala County Sheriff's Department.

The Oprah Winfrey Boys & Girls Club and the Jordan Gallery of Kosciusko announce the first annual calendar competition.

May 28, 1959 Annual employees of the Mississippi Forestry Service in Attala County are Charles Steen, dispatcher, W.M. Brown, area forester, and Jim Dees, crew leader.

James Howard Meredith, wrote Court of Appeals Judge John Minor Wisdom, was 'a man on a mission and a nervous stomach.' That June, 1962 comment - one of many court rulings knocking down Mississippi's massive resistance to block Meredith's admission to Ole Miss - appears in Charles Eagles' forthcoming Price of Defiance, of the forces that erupted in ...

Trailer stolen Bill Rutledge reported his 12-foot trailer was stolen from his Attala County Road 4171 property Saturday.

After being added to the Attala County School Board's agenda Monday night, school board member Mack Willie Clark got his opportunity to say his piece about needed structural improvements at McAdams High School.

The Attala County School Board approved to purchase the Read 180 and Achieve3000 programs for the district after hearing from Achieve3000 District Coordinator and seventh and eighth grade English teacher Velvet Adcock during the Monday night meeting in the Attala County Courthouse.

During the Monday morning meeting of the Attala County Board of Supervisors, Kosciusko-Attala Development Corporation CEO Steve Zea said those chosen to be a part of the summer youth employment opportunity program will be notified of their placement by June 15.

A Holmes County man wanted in a Lexington shooting turned himself into authorities early this morning, officials said.

Editor's note: This is the third in a series of stories on cancer leading up to Relay for Life on June 6. James Winters is still thanking his wife for insisting that he go to the doctor for a checkup.

With a little help from the Kosciusko K-9 unit and a search warrant, the Attala County Sheriff's Department found crack cocaine at an Attala County residence.