By Amanda McBride Downtown Ackerman will be lined with vendors, crowds, vintage cars, and much more on Saturday, June 9 for the 5th Annual JuneFest.JuneFest is sponsored by the Choctaw County Chamber of Commerce and other sponsors. Get an early start for JuneFest with the 5K Run/Walk with registration beginning at 6:30 a.m. at...
By Press Reports The Choctaw County Republican Party held an organizational meeting on May 29, 2012 at the Choctaw County Courthouse. Representative Joey Hood, Senator Gary Jackson and Executive Chairman Shannon Crow addressed the people in attendance. Representative Joey Hood and Senator Gary Jackson are the only elected Republican officials from Choctaw County. Chairman...
From press reports The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded Choctaw County a solid waste assistance grant of $10,413 that will be used by the county for employment assistance for a local solid waste enforcement officer. “The Solid Waste Assistance Grants support a variety of useful solid waste management activities for cities...
By Amanda McBride The Choctaw Plaindealer The Choctaw County School Board approved to restructure the school district in a 3-2 vote. The motion to accept Proposal 1, contingent upon approval from the Department of Justice, was made by Mike Thomas with a second from Bertha Miller. School Board members voting to for the motion...
By Amanda McBride The Choctaw Plaindealer The Choctaw County Board of Supervisors discussed possibly changing the planned procedure room into a surgery room at the new hospital in their May 31 board meeting. The final approved plans of the new hospital include a procedure room instead of a surgery room. Pioneer Health Systems officials...
Submited By C.J. Johnson On the morning of June 6, 1862, Memphis, Tennessee – a naval port and manufacturing yard, an important industrial center, and the fifth largest city in the Confederacy – succumbed to Union forces by way of a naval battle, witnessed by the citizens of town and country. The city had...
From Staff, Press Reports Two attorneys will be on Choctaw County’s November general election ballot running for an open seat on the state Supreme Court. They have qualified for the District 3, Post 3 seat now held by retiring Justice George Carlson of Batesville, who has served on the court since 2001. The seat...
Wynell V. Banks Sunday, June 3, 2012 Graveside services for Mrs. Wynell V. Banks, 86, will he held at 3 p.m., Thursday, June 7, 2012 at Hopewell Baptist Cemetery near McCool. Larry Vanlandingham officiating. A resident of Jackson, Mrs. Banks was a member of Broadway Baptist Church in Sweetwater, Texas. She died, Sunday, June...
By Press Reports Rainwater Observatory in French Camp Mississippi will be offering a free program for this season called “REFLECTIONS OF THE UNIVERSE”. This presentation will be given on Friday, June 8, 2012, starting at 7 p.m. by Edwin Faughn, managing director of Rainwater Observatory. Over the past twenty-five years artist and lecturer Edwin...
