The Webster County School Board elected board officers for 2019 at a previous meeting
Bobby McMullen (District 1) was re-elected board president and Milton Davis (District 5) was elected vice president/secretary on Jan 14, both by acclamation. Davis succeeds former board member Scott Hollenhead in the latter position.
The Webster County School District has announced the Teachers and Administrator of the Year.
Awards were presented to the honorees during the Feb. 11 school board meeting at the Career and Technology Center. Educators receiving the honors were:
A Eupora man has received a 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in Webster County Circuit Court to statutory rape.
Sales tax revenue numbers that reflect December 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.
NEWS FROM YEARS PAST
SEPTEMBER 5, 1918
When Richard Perry Ford, Jr. of McCool left the Attala County Circuit courtroom Tuesday after his arraignment on felony negligent manslaughter charges in the July 2018 hit-and-run death of 20-year-old Bethany M. White of Louisville, he and his family were quickly followed by the victim’s father and other family members.
The Little Hearts Luncheon held February 15 at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center in Louisville was a success.
Th luncheon brought in scores of persons to feast on fabulous foods prepared and donated by many local churches.
The Louisville Municipal School District recognized the parents of the year for each school and the district.
Awards were presented to the honorees during the Feb. 12 school board meeting.
Receiving the honors were:
From Fair Elementary was Erica Cole.
From Louisville Elementary was Toni Rivers
The Louisville High School Beta Club is partnering with the New Stage Theatre, a professional theatre located in Jackson, Mississippi, to present a production of If Not Us, Then Who? Freedom Rides to Freedom Summer as part of its Arts-in-Education statewide touring program
WHITFIELD– Supporters of Mississippi State Hospital and Hudspeth Regional Center recently hosted an appreciation luncheon for the state’s legislators at Galloway United Methodist Church in Jackson.
The Webster County School Board elected board officers for 2019 at a previous meeting
Valentine’s Day was celebrated a day early at Webster County Public Library on Feb. 13.