By Amanda McBride The Choctaw Plaindealer Make plans to head to French Camp this Saturday for the 2013 FM 108 Day at the WFCA radio station. Join FM 108, French Camp Academy and more from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. to help them reach their goal of raising $108,000 in 2013. Become a FM 108 member...
By Amanda McBride The Choctaw Plaindealer The holidays are right around the corner! Before we know it, they will be here. The Choctaw County Chamber of Commerce with the help of local merchants has been planning a few holiday events. The events listed are for the entire Choctaw County community plus more to enjoy...
By Amanda McBride The Choctaw Plaindealer Choctaw County has made history again. Not only is the USNS Choctaw County, the second of the U.S. Navy’s new joint high speed vessels named after our county, but the women of the Ackerman High School Class of 1966 are all sponsors of the ship. Secretary of the...
By Amanda McBride The Choctaw Plaindealer The Town of Ackerman has set a total budget of $2,056,324 for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 with a tax levy of 50 mils. The Board of Aldermen approved the budget and tax levy in their Sept. 11 special meeting. In this budget, town employees received a three percent salary...
By Amanda McBride The Choctaw Plaindealer Fifth Circuit Court Judge Clarence E. Morgan III recently filed his opinion in a lawsuit filed by Choctaw Gas Generation, LLC against Choctaw County. Choctaw Gas Generation filed the lawsuit concerning the amount of fee- in-lieu of ad valorem taxes they were required to pay to Choctaw County...
By Brady Clay, president of The Choctaw FFA Chapter Recently in the Ag-Power Machinery Operations class at Choctaw County Career and Technology Center, the first-year students finished their tests on oxy-acetylene cutting. These students are now learning how to stick, or ARC weld, while the second-year students are beginning to learn how to TIG...
Mrs. Minnie Bell Blake September 20, 2012 Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Bell Blake,74, were held at 2 p.m., September 22, 2012 at Center Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Joel Hudson and Rev. Eddie Dodd officiated. Burial followed in Center Grove Cemetery. A resident of Ackerman, Mrs. Blake was a factory worker and a member...
Chester Community Center Annual Meeting Sept. 27 The people of Chester Community Center will have its annual meeting Thursday, September 27 at 7 p.m. at the Community Center. NARFE to Meet Sept. 27 The National Active & Retired Federal Employees Association will meet Thursday, September 27 at the Hilton Garden Inn on Highway 12...
By C.J. Johnson After the bloodbath at the Battle of Antietam, the outnumbered Confederates pulled out for Virginia in the evening of September 18, 1862. The Union forces far outnumbered the number of Rebel troops, but Union General McClellan chose not to pursue Lee, missing an opportunity to punish Lee’s army. While not a...
Ruthie Robison The Choctaw Plaindealer After suffering back-to-back losses, the Ackerman Indians are back to their winning ways. The Indians hosted their first game in two weeks against a Class 4A opponent, the Caledonia Confederates. The Indians had a rough start in the first quarter falling behind the Confederates 14-0 within two minutes of...
