Twenty-three-year-old Kendall Triplett, found murdered late last week in Philadelphia, was being remembered as a friend, confidant, and shining light in the lives of those who knew him.

A Philadelphia man arrested and charged in connection with a fatal shooting Thursday afternoon was out on parole but remains in custody this week.

Aldermen have granted a request from Philadelphia Transit seeking funding. 

A Philadelphia man charged in a fatal shooting Friday morning on Bay Street remains in custody.

Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, featuring the talented Ashley Pezzoti, brought their educational show to Ellis last week.

Human remains discovered on the side of a road in east Neshoba County in April have been identified, according to Neshoba County Sheriff Eric Clark.

 It’s no longer just a rumor. Dolly Parton is coming to the Ellis Theater here this summer.

Cyrus Ben has been re-elected Chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians with 62 percent of the vote.

Two people were fatally injured Wednesday evening in a multi-vehicle wreck on Mississippi 19 south at Bethsaida, the authorities said.

The Highway 19 four-landing project would get $65 million for widening from House to Tucker, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Thursday in a plan to drive further economic development and growth in Mississippi.

A poultry farm in Leake County has been quarantined after poultry from a commercial broiler chicken flock tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza earlier this week, leaving roughly 90,000 chickens affected, state agriculture authorities say.

Greg McKee will retire as president and CEO of The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia on Jan. 31, 2023, the bank announced Tuesday. He will continue as a member of the Board of Directors.

Mary Ann Nicholson will face off against Jermaine Simmons in a runoff election for the Neshoba County School Board District 2 seat in three weeks after besting a field of four in Tuesday’s general election.

Two juveniles were arrested with guns at a Neshoba Central junior high football game on Monday evening, the authorities said. Jacarey Clemons, 16, of 611 Christine Street, was arrested and charged …

Two companies that make equipment to support the lumber industry are investing $8.14 million to open a facility here and will create 60 new jobs, officials announced Friday morning.

The death of an inmate at the Neshoba County Detention Facility  Sunday night is being investigated, the authorities aid.

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Michael Guest won Neshoba County with about 47.4% of the vote in a tight race in Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District Republican primary Tuesday that appears headed for a June 28 runoff.

Dr. Shannon Whitehead, principal of McNeal Elementary School in Canton, has been appointed the new superintendent of the Philadelphia Public School District.

James Waltman has been declared the winner in the June 8 alderman-at-large election that incumbent Leroy Clemons challenged.

Philadelphia aldermen reversed course and in a 3-2 vote Tuesday night opted-in to medical marijuana.