By Press Reports Alison Marie Cooper, Choctaw County’s Distinguished Young Woman, will be traveling to Meridian July 15 to compete in the state program for the title of Mississippi’s Distinguished Young Woman. The Distinguished Young Woman Program is the new title for the Junior Miss Program. There will be a “Trunk Show” for Miss...
By Amanda McBride The Choctaw Plaindealer The Choctaw County Board of Supervisors dealt with several tax issues in their July 2 board meeting. Ginger Eaves attended the board meeting to ask for a refund on land taxes that she has paid for 20 years. She said she has been paying land taxes on 10...
By Daniel Brunty The Choctaw Plaindealer With the restructuring of the Choctaw County School District on hold for the time being, it not only affected the academics of the schools, it also affected the sports of the schools as well. The plans of restructuring had left the state of the Weir Attendance Center football...
Sarah Mozelle Singleton Wednesday, July 4, 2012 Funeral services for Sarah Mozelle Singleton, 99, were held at noon on Friday, July 6, 2012 at Coleman Funeral Home in Ackerman. Rev. Curtis Guess and Rev. Shane Singleton officiated. Burial followed at Weir Cemetery in Weir. A native of Attala, Ms. Singleton was a member of...
Summer Reading Program July 12 Children are invited to the Summer Reading Program at the Choctaw County Library every Tuesday in July from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. On Tuesday, July 12 children will learn about “Things That Go Bump In The Night.” Everyone is invited to bring their favorite bed time stuffed animal (limit one...
Pastor Ed Saunders and the members of South Union United Methodist Church invite all to the 140th Campmeeting at South Union Campground beginning Friday evening, July 20 through Wednesday, July 25. Campmeeting takes many back to a simpler time; just good old- fashioned worship of God under the open arbor with hymns like, “When...
Submitted by C.J. Johnson The 15th Mississippi, which included three companies raised in Choctaw County, was in Vicksburg during the June and July 1862 naval bombardment. in June and July 1862, along with the forces of General Earl Van Dorn. According to Dunbar Rowland’s book, Military History of Mississippi 1803 – 1898, “The Fifteenth...
Electric cooperatives around the state, like 4-County Electric Power Association, are urging members to beware of an ongoing telephone scam. Officials said there are variations of the scam, but all claim to have money from the federal government that will be used to pay electric cooperative members’ electric bills. There have been isolated reports...
By Amanda McBride The Choctaw Plaindealer Finding information to open your own business just got a little easier. The Choctaw County Chamber of Commerce recently releases their Business Start Up page on their website. “The idea is to streamline the process of starting a business in Choctaw County. All the information you need, can...
