Chickasaw County News

The Chickasaw County Historical Society is planning an early spring farm equipment exhibition to coincide with spring planting and the 2010 Spring Flywheel Festival.

Several residents of Okolona took advantage of the beautiful weather last Saturday to install a raised bed to grow winter vegetables as part of a nutrition component to the outreach program.

The annual Red Ribbon week was observed last week with Chickasaw County schools joining in full force.

Organizers of the annual Relay for Life event in Chickasaw County have met several times to plan for the 2010 event and have decided to get a jump start on next year.

" When the seasons change, residents of Houston hear bells ringing as Gene Johnson resets the clock in the Courthouse.

The annual Salvation Army Kettle Campaign will kick off soon with a goal of helping those less fortunate, not only during the holiday season but throughout the year.

" The COPES program was the 2009 recipient of a $1,500 grant from the PACE foundation.

One of two suspects in a rural Dongola murder case managed to make a brief escape from a Mississippi jail on Tuesday, but officers reportedly caught him trying to avoid a police roadblock -- the same way they caught him the first time.

JACKSON a ' Federal authorities have charged a convicted felon with manslaughter in the death of a Dutch bicyclist in northern Mississippi, and they say he was driving under the influence of morphine when he hit her.

A detour is in effect for part of the Natchez Trace Roadway in northern Chickasaw County.

CHICKASAW COUNTY a ' The Chickasaw County Health Department will hold a special seasonal flu clinic on Friday mornings from 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. at the Houston Health Department starting November 6. They will be offering seasonal flu vaccines daily on a walk-in basis.

United Furniture Industries will expand the company's Okolona operations and add at least 100 jobs, company officials said Monday.

An Okolona furniture plant announced Monday that it will expand and add 100 new jobs.

SPARTA, Miss. - Authorities say a Woodland man has died after a pickup truck struck the all-terrain vehicle he was driving.

" 365 Chickasaw County third grade students took a walk through a body of good health last week as the MSU Extension Service helped sponsor the educational Body Walk.

Part two in a series addressing state test results in Chickasaw County HOULKA - " Although the results of the 2009 spring state testing showed some improvements in scores at Houlka Attendance Center, Superintendent Kathy Y. Austin records success in a slightly different manner.

" Chickasaw County farmer Jay Schmidt wants to leave a lasting legacy for his four children, so slumping catfish prices and volatile row crop markets made him step outside his comfort zone to find a solution.

Intermittent rain did not deter citizens from seeing a first rate presentation sponsored by the Chickasaw County Historical and Genealogical Society last Thursday night at the Joe Brigance Civic Center.

By all accounts, 36-year-old Levi Holloway Naron was a prosperous, well-respected planter in Chickasaw County, Miss.

Chickasaw County Historical and Genealogical Society invites the public to attend their next meeting, Aug.