Nalani Thompson, center, was crowned the 2023 Neshoba Central Homecoming Queen on Friday.  

A Philadelphia man was arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamine after he attempted to avoid a roadblock on Highway 482 last week.

A place for special needs adults to spend the day learning and socializing in a safe environment opened here last week and is an answer to prayers, organizers say.

A Carthage man was found drunk and talking to himself inside a church he allegedly broke into near Laurel Hill early Monday morning.

A live Nativity, Mr. and Mrs. Clause, and food trucks are all part of a Hometown Christmas celebration set for December downtown.

The Community Development Partnership will host its annual banquet on Monday, Oct. 2 featuring guest speaker Bill Renick. 

Miss Neshoba County Fair Hattie Hicks has embarked on a mission to help support addiction recovery and share her family’s journey.

Traffic on Highway 19 South will be shifted to newly constructed lanes on Thursday afternoon, MDOT announced Wednesday. The traffic shift will occur at about 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21. …

A multi-vehicle accident downtown on Main Street resulted in minor injuries on Wednesday.

The Philadelphia Tornadoes will be looking for answers this week as they return to the practice field following their 46-28 loss to Bay Springs last Friday in prep football action.

• John Robert Anderson, 36, of 1057 Hugh Mitchell Rd, Conehatta; hold for investigations, driving under the influence-1st offense

The old Security Insurance building downtown across from City Hall was demolished over the weekend along with an adjacent building. 

Riotous gatherings at Reunion Court Apartments where fights have broken out are the target of a police investigation.

Police have a person of interest in a case where shots were fired into a passing vehicle on Valley View Drive.

Neshoba Central High School will celebrate Homecoming this Friday night during the Rockets football game with Canton.

Incumbent Republican Kinsey Smith held on to his lead in a narrow victory over Christopher C. Gardner for the District 3 Supervisor Republican nomination, official results from the Aug. 29 runoff election show. 

A Neshoba County man was arrested with drugs and a handgun along with two other people at a roadblock off Highway 16 west earlier this month.

Philadelphia’s first medical marijuana dispensary is set to open this fall on west Beacon Street.

Major street closures downtown starting Friday have been announced in connection with construction work across from City Hall on Main Street.

At the beginning of Daniel chapter ten, we see that an aged Daniel is still in Babylon. This is somewhat surprising because it is the “third year of Cyrus king of Persia.”