Philadelphia police have arrested and charged six people in connection with the shooting death of Tommie Warren, who was struck by a stray bullet at his home Monday evening.

A jury deliberated for approximately one hour in Neshoba County Circuit Court on Tuesday afternoon before returning with a guilty verdict in the capital murder trial of James Walter Kelly Jr. in which the victim’s body was weighed down and anchored in a small pond in the Hope community.

No credible evidence of a viable terror threat to Neshoba Central schools was uncovered after a Sunday night social media hoax was investigated by local and state authorities, Neshoba County Sheriff Eric Clark said Wednesday.

A letter of engagement required under accounting standards was never signed by the city of Philadelphia and only a minimal amount of financial information requested from the City Clerk was ever provided over the last two years in order to perform audits, a partner in an accounting firm that has withdrawn told The Neshoba Democrat Wednesday.

Aldermen adopted the city’s $11 million 2022 budget that includes a 1-mill tax increase during a special meeting Wednesday afternoon at City Hall.

A Pearl accounting firm alderman hired Tuesday night has, according to Mayor James A. Young, pledged to get the city of Philadelphia out of a potential bind with the State Auditor over required annual audits that haven’t been filed for almost half a decade.

The Philadelphia Mayor and Board of Aldermen is scheduled to meet at 1 p.m. today at City Hall to vote on a proposed $11 million budget that includes a 1-mill tax increase to fund pay raises for city employees.

A Tribal Council member from Bogue Chitto pleaded guilty to wire fraud on Tuesday in federal court.

James Carson Waltman’s win narrowed to one vote over Leroy Clemons in the alderman-at-large race, election results certified Friday afternoon show

The Highway 19 south closure at Neshoba General has been delayed until 9 a.m. Wednesday for a scheduled two-month bridge replacement, the state Department of Transportation said today.

Highway 19 south at Neshoba General will close on Monday for two months to complete a scheduled bridge replacement,  according to the state Department of Transportation.

A year-long narcotics investigation by local, state and federal authorities netted 27 arrests in Neshoba County Friday morning, Sheriff Eric Clark announced at the Courthouse this afternoon Ten more people are considered fugitives.

A large-scale narcotics arrest operation was completed by federal, state and local authorities Friday morning in Neshoba County.

A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for dealing meth.

A man charged in connection with a hit-and-run that left a 2-year-old child fatally injured on Mississippi 492 near Union on Thursday has bonded out, according to the authorities. 

Three people have been charged with capital murder in the death of a Philadelphia man over the weekend and one of them is still on the loose.

A new mask mandate has been issued for Philadelphia, Mayor James A. Young has announced.

Face coverings are still required on  Tribal lands, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians announced Wednesday.