This past Saturday was unseasonably cold, but it did not prevent a large crowd from gathering on the Courthouse lawn to honor Winston County’s veterans. Veterans Day is traditionally commemorated on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, coinciding with the signing of the treaty that ended World War I.
CUMBERLAND — On Oct. 27, East Webster High School’s Marching Wolverines earned first place and captured their first state title at the 2A MHSAA State Championship in Pearl.
On Monday morning, November 5 a groundbreaking ceremony for a sensory garden was held at the Choctaw Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Ackerman. Construction on the garden, which is being funded through donation and grants, is to begin within the next few weeks and weather permitting will be completed sometime in January.
The Mississippi Development Authority’s Aspire Mississippi program is based on the belief that local leaders working together take action to improve their community. This creates an environment that reduces risk and attracts private capital investment, which creates new job opportunities that give Mississippians a promising career path.
There are many aspects of the 2018 midterms in Mississippi that will be examined and discussed.
One fact, I do know is that all the winners in the election campaigns placed ads in newspapers. For example, Kiley Kirk, running for the Chancery Judge Place 2 Post, placed ads and won this position.
The Cross of Christ Thanksgiving Service will be Monday, Nov 19, from 7:15-7:45 a.m.
At their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, November 5, the Choctaw County Board of Supervisors opened proposals from four different ambulance companies: Pafford Medical, LifeCare, CareMed and Medstat.
The companies gave proposals on three different options with Pafford giving a fourth option. The proposals are as follows:
It has been 50 years since the official entry of the United States into the Vietnam War. It came at a time of great societal upheaval and unrest, and was therefore a very ‘unpopular’ war. Returning veterans were not treated with the respect and decorum afforded veterans of World War I, World War II and the Korean War.
On election day, Tuesday, November 6, Choctaw County, as well as the rest of the state, saw a larger than average number of voters make their way to the polls.
Many counties in the state registered over 50 percent voter turnout.
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