Sales tax revenue numbers that reflect August sales are in from the Mississippi Department of Revenue for local municipalities.
MDR collects 81.5 percent of the 7 percent sales tax from municipalities and distributes the remaining 18.5 percent back to the municipalities over a three-month cycle.
Eupora aldermen have approved pay raises for various city officials and all remaining city workers.
The Webster County School District has maintained its B accountability rating and both its elementary schools increased their letter grades from the previous academic year.
Choctaw and Webster counties along with Kemper and Winston were awarded a $730,559 Appalachian Regional Commission POWER grant Thursday.
The annual Enterprise Area Job Fair is slated for later this month in Choctaw County.
The Enterprise area of Choctaw and Webster counties will host the job fair in conjunction with the Governor’s Job Fair Network of Mississippi. It will be from 9 a.m.-noon Oct. 25 at the Choctaw County Community Center in Ackerman at 829 College St.
It’s Jack’ O Lantern Jam time! Bring your kids and enjoy this FREE family friendly night of fun with the scarecrow trail, pumpkin contest, games, trunk-or-treat, and inflatable slides. Jack’ O Lantern Jam is Saturday, October 20 at 5pm on the Choctaw County Courthouse lawn.
By Mike Robertson
Choctaw Plaindealer
If you own one of the 160,000 ponds in Mississippi, chances are you have invested tremendous amounts of cash and time in this resource. Building a pond can cost tens of thousands of dollars, and fish stocking, liming, fertilization and weed control are not cheap either.
One of Gospel music’s most popular quartets, The Dixie Melody Boys, will be featured at WFCA Radio Studio, located at 40 Mecklin Avenue in French Camp, MS, on Saturday, October 20. The Quartet will share their unique, four-part harmony at 2:00pm during the station’s listener appreciation day.
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