Aldermen still seeking audit answers
The city of Philadelphia’s debt increased nearly $1 million in Fiscal 2017, according to the last annual audit made available as officials were to have discussed cost-cutting measures Tuesday evening in the wake of a recently exposed backlog of audits.
Philadelphia High Homecoming Queen crowned
T’Kenzley Moore was crowned Philadelphia High School’s Homecoming Queen during halftime ceremonies last Friday night.
Man charged after shots fired into house
A man has been arrested in connection with shots fired that left a residence and multiple vehicles riddled with bullets last week.
The Philadelphia Tornadoes have a big road game set for this Friday night when they visit the Kemper County Wildcats at the East Mississippi Community College football field in Scooba.
BUCHANAN/Are good times over for Joe?
“When sorrows come,” said King Claudius, “they come not single spies but in battalions.” As the king found out. So it seems with President Joe Biden, who must be asking himself the question Merle Haggard asked:
LOWRY/The U.S. supply chain in peril
If there is one universally recognized principle in American political life, it’s that the president of the United States should want Christmas to come off without a hitch.
FLASHBACKS
Holding that oil and gas beneath 16th Section school lands belong to the state, the Supreme Court Monday denied holders of 99-year “surface or agricultural” leases the right to prevent the state from entering the property for exploration of the minerals.
Ward credits parents with love of cooking
Marsha Ward credits her love of cooking to her mother, Mary Fortenberry, and her late father, Herman Fortenberry.
Just Among Friends
A precious baby boy arrived on October 12 much to the joy of his parents, Eddie and Kelly George Young, who had been eagerly awaiting his birth.
Of Local Interest
Neshoba County 4-H will be hosting a Spooky Species Costume Contest at 5:30 p.m. on October 28, 2021 at the Neshoba County Coliseum at 12000 HWY 15 N, Philadelphia, MS 39350
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
BIBLE SELECTION/2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV)
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
LOWRY/War on gifted and talented programs
Gifted students have to check their privilege and get over themselves.