Hammonds honored for SkillsUSA National Championship
Special to the Herald SkillsUSA 2019 Gold Medalists and Jones College sophomores Preston Hammonds of Leakesville, C.J. Hood of Ellisville and Lakelin Smith of Lucedale received Championship Rings during the career and technical organization’s last meeting of the year recently. The three CAD-engineering technology students won first place at State competition in April 2018, and…
Read MoreHistorically speaking … Leakesville set to host Chickasawhay Historic Fest and reenactment of Civil War’s Battle of McLeod’s Mill
By ANNETTE HARVISON Herald Staff The 5th Annual Battle of McLeod’s Mill Civil War Reenactment will take place this weekend with much of the action taking place in downtown Leakesville alongside festivities planned for the first-ever Chickasawhay Historic Fest. The Main Street Leakesville Organization (MSLO) Promotions and Preservation committees have come together to combine these two…
Read MoreLocal man charged locally and in Alabama over ATV theft
From Staff Reports A Greene County man is facing charges locally and in Alabama for the alleged theft of his brother’s side-by-side ATV. Joe Leonard ‘Joey’ Jarvis III, 41, was arrested by Greene County deputies Monday in George County and charged with burglary of a dwelling. Jarvis is being charged with breaking into the residence…
Read MoreG.C. Circuit court wraps up Nov. term with sentencings
From Staff Reports The November term of Greene County Circuit Court ended recently with multiple judgements handed down by judges. Jessica Renee Emery, 29, of Moss Point, had probation revoked and was ordered to serve the remainder of a 10-year sentence for an Apr. 2012 conviction of burglary of a dwelling. Ronald Michael Harrell, 39,…
Read MoreMan charged with DUI after truck slams into local church
From Staff Reports An early morning accident on Thanksgiving day left a Leakesville man in jail and crumpled the brick wall of a local church. The crash, which happened just before 2 a.m. Thanksgiving morning, could have been much worse, but thankfully the driver was not seriously injured and the sanctuary that sustained the damage…
Read MoreChainsaw artists transforms tree stump into Bald Eagle sculpture
By ANNETTE HARVISON Herald Staff Art begins as a vision. One person takes an inanimate object and brings life to it. Some artists use paint and a canvas, some use a lump of clay to mold and shape intrinsic works of art and some people like to create lifelike works of art by carving wood. For…
Read MoreGCHS basketball teams roll into holiday after back-to-back wins
From Staff Reports The Greene County High School basketball teams rolled into the Thanksgiving break on back-to-back wins after sweeping Perry Central and Lamar Christian School last Friday and Saturday. The Lady Cats improved to 7-0 on the season after defeating Perry Central by 50 points on Friday and holding on to edge Lamar Christian…
Read MoreSupervisors eyeing new 911 facility… county leaders also moving ahead with State Line Head Start
Details remain to be worked out on both projects, but BOS ready to move forward BY RUSSELL TURNER Herald Editor The Greene County Board of Supervisors on Monday voted to move forward on plans to construct a new 911 Command Center and a new Head Start facility in State Line. The Head Start project has been…
Read MoreWildcats’ season ends with loss to Cougars
Last second field goal boots GCHS from playoffs By RUSSELL TURNER Herald Editor The Greene County Wildcats’ incredible run from winless through the first three weeks of the season to regional champs with an eye on a shot at a state title ended in heartbreaking fashion Friday night in Monticello. Leading by a touchdown through three…
Read MoreLeakesville expansion set to take effect Mon.
By ANNETTE HARVISON Herald Staff Monday, Nov. 25, a number of current county residents will wake up as residents of the Town of Leakesville. Although the official date of the annexation is Sunday, Nov. 24, nothing will happen until business resumes Monday. As reported previously, residents will not incur any significant changes until after Jan.…
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