Holmes County News

The Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency in Jackson has forward information about the rain damage to Mississippi crops to Washington to be used in helping determine whether the President will declare Mississippi as a crop disaster area.

Mississippi prison officials are proposing to cut their fiscal 2010 budget by about $8.3 million in the wake of a state budget shortfall, Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps said Tuesday.

The established abbreviation 'Neg.' means negative according to the American Heritage Dictionary.

Durant Police are trying to determine whether Monday's deadly shooting outside a Family Dollar is related to a homicide in August.

A Durant man is dead after someone shot and killed him early Monday evening. Police say the shooting happened around 5:45 p.m. at the Family Dollar store in Durant in Holmes County.

Durant Police are interviewing people in connection with the shooting death of a 29-year-old Goodman man tonight.

All seven candidates on Tuesday's ballot for sheriff bring to the table a significant amount of law enforcement experience, but voters need to be aware of more than just crime credentials, state and local officials say.

A Jim Hill High School senior had a loaded gun at school because he was being bullied, his mother said.

The director of Natchez Pilgrimage Tours says good weather and little extras that let tourists do more than look around have boosted ticket sales for the Fall Pilgrimage.

Holmes County District Attorney James Powell said he will appeal the dismissal of charges against a Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper.

A Holmes County judge has thrown out an extortion indictment against a Mississippi state trooper, who says he hopes he will soon be able to return to work.

A Holmes County judge has thrown out an extortion indictment againsti a Mississippi state trooper, saying the state never got an arrest warrent or held the required evidence hearing.

The suspected gunman in a Holmes County murder is now in custody. Tyrone Gordon was wanted in connection with the death of 21 year old Thomas Hall of Tchula.

The Holmes County Sheriff's Department is searching for a gunman who killed a Tchula man early this morning.

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.

The fog covered the mossy land where Cliff lived. The willows hug heavy on the swampy waters where he fished, and the one-room shack dispelled a long history where they appeared.

Mr. and Mrs. David Watson entertained a large group of friends and employees on Saturday evening at their country home in the Boyette Community with a cookout and all the trimmings, including cake and ice cream.

In Holmes County, where the poverty rate is three times higher than the country's, Patricia Jenkins' children get a free weekday lunch for at least nine months of the year.

A Madison County judge agreed Tuesday to separate the trials of two people charged in the 2008 killings of Jackson businessman Bobby Perry and family friend Andreca Manning.

Jackson attorney John Reeves has been hired to represent the 14-year old Yazoo County girl who pulled a gun on a bus load of students.