From press reports Load up the wagons and bring your family and friends! This year’s Pioneer Day will be bustin’ loose with music, crafts, dancing, cooking and more. It’s a free and educational, family fun day, Saturday, May 12th at French Camp, MS. Festivities start at 9:00 in the morning and carry on ‘till...
By Amanda McBride The Choctaw Plaindealer Choctaw County’s annual JuneFest is slated for Saturday, June 9 in downtown Ackerman. This year’s festival will feature fan favorites along with some changes. The biggest change this year is having all the JuneFest activities in one day, June 9 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. This will be the...
By Staff and Press Reports The Ackerman School Reunion will be held Saturday, April 28 at the Ty Cobb. All former classmates, teachers, coaches, administrators and friends are incited to gather for the 14th annual school reunion. The meeting begins in the Ty Cobb Complex at noon with registration and a silent auction until...
By Daniel Brunty The Choctaw Plaindealer The Choctaw County Chamber of Commerce held their bi-monthly Brown Bag Lunch program at noon on Apr. 18 at the Choctaw County Community Center. The guest speaker for the day was Pioneer Community Hospital of Choctaw Administrator Lauren Williams. Williams wanted to address the members of the audience...
Story and photos by Lucretia Moss The Lady Indians played their last game of the season on Monday, April 16 against rival team Eupora. The season did not end on a good note for the Indians as the Eupora Eagles defeated the Lady Indians 16-5. Emily Robison and Makenzie Toombs each had time in...
Mr. William Phillip Fancher April 17, 2012 Funeral services for Mr. William Phillip Fancher, 84, were held at McCool Baptist Church in McCool on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 11 a.m. Rev. Johnny Watkins, Dr. Ronnie Saver, and Rev. Curly D. Brown (graveside) officiated. Burial at McCool Cemetery. Mr. Fancher was a veteran of...
NARFE to MEET The National Active & Retired Federal Employees Association will meet on Thursday, April 26 at the Hilton Garden Inn on Highway 12 East in Starkville. The guest speaker will be Lynn Phillips-Gaines, a local financial planner. She will be speaking on the “Bridges Out of Poverty” program which she was instrumental...
From press reports Stephanie Rena Hardin of Ackerman, MS 39735 is among 119 students recently initiated into the University of Mississippi’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. Hardin, a graduate of Ackerman High School, is a senior in the Ole Miss School of Education. Her other honors include listing on the chancellor’s and dean’s honor...
Weir High School Choir attended District IV Choir competition at Ackerman High School on February 24. Competing for Weir were the Madrigals, Men’s Choir, Quartet and SATB Choir. All groups scored excellents and superiors. Mrs. Tarver, Director, is so very proud of them. Weir Attendance Center will be having a Spring Concert on Monday,...
From press reports Mitchell Dental Clinic is out to change lives by offering free smiles to anyone who needs dental work as they host the latest event for Dentistry From The Heart on Friday, May 4. The media is invited to join Dr. David Mitchell and his team of dentists and volunteers to help...
