Area News
New contract aimed at lessening beaver problem
Supervisors hoping move will save time and road district resources By ANNETTE HARVISON Herald Correspondent The Greene County Board of Supervisors is getting dam serious about beaver control in the county. Supervisors recently entered into a 1-year service agreement with a USDA Wildlife Services Program in hopes of alleviating, or at least controlling, damage to…
Read MoreInmate recaptured after allegedly attempting a carjacking and being shot by motorist
LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate accused of breaking out of jail by tying up a guard and stealing his pickup truck has been recaptured. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said 37-year-old Eugene Robinson was taken into custody after spending three days on the run. George County Sheriff Keith Havard said Robinson was…
Read MoreCivil Rights Monument unveiled
New memorial pays tribute to those involved in the push for equal rights for all By RUSSELL TURNER Herald Editor “If you are waiting on someone else to tell your story, it will never be told.” That’s the message guest speaker Rod Woullard of Forrest County told a group of well over 100 people gathered Monday…
Read MoreEver-changing grade system for public schools in flux again
By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s system for assigning A-to-F letter grades to public schools keeps changing, and it looks like the state may have to reset the scale again in 2018. The U.S. Department of Education rejected parts of Mississippi’s system in December. Mississippi is among several states that have…
Read MoreJudge OK’s Leakesville annexation settlement
By RUSSELL TURNER Herald Editor A special judge approved an agreement last week clearing the way for the Town of Leakesville to expand its municipal boundaries through annexation. Judge James D. Bell, of Ridgeland, issued an order Jan. 10 approving the town’s compromise agreement with a citizens’ group and setting the stage for the town to…
Read MoreGov. Bryant issues State of the State address, Democrats give their response
Governor: Mississippi reality different from critics’ view By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Critics are painting a negative picture of Mississippi but the state is enjoying low unemployment and is improving its public education system, Republican Gov. Phil Bryant said Tuesday night in a State of the State speech that offered a…
Read MoreTeen brothers charged with rape of 2-year-old girl
From Staff Reports A 19-year-old Greene County man and his 15-year-old brother have been charged with sexually molesting a 2-year-old girl. Joseph Herman Beckwith Jr., 19, and Jeremiah Randall Beckwith, 15, both of Leakesville, are charged with sexually assaulting the toddler sometime during the summer of 2016 when she was between 2-3 years old. Greene…
Read MoreMississippi governor’s budget has free community college
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is recommending that the state spend $7 million in the coming year to provide free community college for an unspecified number of students. The Republican says it would help people learn skills that could lead to jobs that pay good wages. Bryant…
Read MoreMan sought after 5-year-old boy allegedly left alone in woods overnight
Richard Dearman From Staff Reports A Greene County man is being sought on child neglect charges after he allegedly dropped his child off in the woods near the Wayne-Greene County line and left him there. According to Wayne County News Publisher Paul Keane, the…
Read MoreU.S. Army honors county native after 32 years of service
McLain’s Barbara Lynn Owens retires as Brig. General From Staff and Contributed Reports McLain native Barbara Lynn Owens’ 32-year military career came to a close last Friday with a retirement ceremony in her honor at Fort Knox, Ky. Brig. Gen. Owens graduated from McLain High School in 1981 and started her military service…
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