Judge Amy Kilpatrick Taylor’s goal in life was evident from the time she was a little girl because she always wanted to become a lawyer like her father.

The Rotary Club of Philadelphia was honored to recognize three area local high school students as the August 2023 Students of the Month at Monday’s meeting.

A Kosciusko woman has been identified as the victim in a fatal rollover accident Monday on Main Street that involved multiple vehicles.

The more than quarter million dollar renovation at Burnside Auditorium has been completed and county supervisors are now working to finalize the equipping of the building for rental again.

A Philadelphia man was arrested at work for stealing a rifle from a vehicle parked on Byrd Avenue earlier this year, the authorities said.

Speeding has become a major issue in residential areas of town over the last few years but new speed bumps are slowing things down.

A Union man remains in custody following his arrest after leading law enforcement on a 15-mile motorcycle chase on Sunday.

The Dolly Parton shows Saturday at the Ellis Theater will go down in the history books. Everywhere people were having the time of their lives. 

Delana Waddell has won the Circuit Clerk race with 56.17 % of the vote, complete but unofficial results show.

Philadelphia Transit and Choctaw Transit will have three buses running routes around town picking people up and taking them to the Congres of County Music festivities this weekend. See the …

Preparations continued Friday for Dolly Parton’s fundraiser shows Saturday at the Congress of County Music downtown.

Three people, including a juvenile, have been arrested in a series of car burglaries here on Golf Course Road and Airpark Drive in a spree that began in Winston County, Neshoba County Sheriff Eric Clark said.

Tyler James Holland, Philadelphia native and first year medical student, was recently awarded the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship.

The Philadelphia Rotary Club was honored to have Mississippi State University’s Head Women’s Basketball Coach Sam Purcell as the guest speaker during their Aug. 14 meeting. 

Philadelphia native Sidney L. “Sid” Salter has been named Vice President for Strategic Communications at the land-grant research university. 

The Diamond Dreams baseball league is looking forward to the upcoming 2023 season as 62 participants have already signed up and are ready for the first pitch under the lights of Northside Park. 

Philadelphia High School graduate Zariyah Jackson is heading to Mississippi State University this fall with a $3,000 NFL Essay Scholarship thanks to her hard work in the classroom and involvement in extra-curricular activities

The Leake and Neshoba County Soil and Water Conservation Districts along with Natural Resource Conservation Service and Mississippi State Extension offices hosted a Grazing Day back in May.

• Stephen Amos Jr, 33, of 10700 Rd 604; hold for investigations

WoodmenLife of Mississippi honored the Neshoba County Sheriff’s Department with a $2,500 donation recently.