Carroll County News

A Carroll County Schools official said the district could barely meet payroll last week and will have to go before the school board again to ask for money to pay its bills.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a state wrongful death lawsuit filed against Carroll County in 2006 by the estate of a woman who died in the back of a sheriff's deputy's squad car.

The National Weather Service in Jackson says there is a flash flood warning until 1:15 p.m. for parts of north central Mississippi and the Delta.

From 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday, a benefit for bluesman Ben Wiley Payton will be held at Schimmel's Fine Dining in Jackson.

On Saturday, Aug. 15, Asian soybean rust was confirmed in multiple Mississippi counties.

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.

When Robby Hines left his mother's care to a neighbor holding power of attorney after his mother had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, he believed her house and assets would be safe and secure.

Politics never entered Mel Hawthorne's mind growing up in Vaiden, nor did the possibility of entering the history books.

Jesse Robinson's Birthday Bash takes place at 5 p.m. at F. Jones Corner, a new club on Farish Street.

A $100.000 BOND WAS SET MONDAY FOR A MAN CHARGED IN CARROLL COUNTY'S FIRST MURDER OF 2009.

Three horses tied up and left in the middle of the Forrest County woods by their owner.

A judge Monday set bond at $100,000 for a man charged in Carroll County's first slaying of 2009.

At a meeting last week about the pending sale of the eastern rail line connecting Memphis and Canton, Representative Warner McBride commented that he had not seen in a long time such a diverse group working together on a project in this part of the state.