• Tristian Blake Cotton, 24, of 75 Indian Rd, Louisville; contempt of court

Renovation work on the Burnside auditorium is expected to be completed by the end of month.

A Neshoba County jury reached a verdict on Friday in a capital murder trial from Jones County.

A ribbon-cutting was held earlier this month to commerate the completion of the Taylor Sudden Service Inc. building in the Philadelphia-Neshoba  County Industrial Park.

The Ellis Kids Camp did so well last week the Philadelphia-Neshoba County Arts Council is already planning to host the camp again next summer, according to Arts Council President Kinsey Goldman.

A special fund has been set up at Philadelphia City Hall with all proceeds  going to improvements at the Booker T. Washington gym.

East Central Community College will be starting a new nursing program on the Neshoba General campus in the next couple of years.

Heavy rains caused extensive flooding at the Neshoba County Fairgrounds last week but countywide no major damage was reported, officials said.

A Neshoba County corrections officer has been transferred to another facility after he was terminated and arrested Friday for having sex with inmates, the authorities said.

They say time flies when you are having fun.

A Neshoba County corrections officer was terminated and arrested Friday for having sexual contact with inmates, the authorities said.

Dolly Parton will be in Philadelphia for a show on Aug. 26 as the featured performer in a fund-raiser for Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music and her Imagination Library program which provides free books to children across the country. 

The murder trial of two people accused in a Jones County case began in Neshoba County on Monday after a change of venue was granted.

Renovation work on the Burnside Auditorium is expected to be completed by the end of the month.

A break-in at the Neshoba County Unit Facility building in which a number of power tools were taken is under investigation, the authorities said.

A Macon man is in custody here after he was arrested in Florida on a Neshoba County warrant for alleged statutory rape of a minor under the age of 16 years old, the authorities said.

School officials opened the new $2.5 million baseball/softball field house at Neshoba Central Monday with a ribbon cutting.

• Dwight Bell, 44, of 202 Lewis Rd; failure to appear, possession of controlled substance

The city of Philadelphia on Monday began the process of purchasing the old Sunflower building on Main Street at Poplar Avenue that once housed the Community Development Partnership and later the District Attorney.

Love Out Loud is what many consider a “mission trip inside Neshoba County,” said David Addy, one of the organizers who hopes the event will present an opportunity for the community to show their love and support for people in need.