Freezing temperatures last week led to ice on the roads and school closures but there were no reports of serious injuries or damage. 

Despite the icy chill that January brought to the South last week, the Ellis Theater is set to ignite a burning love of warmth and excitement with its next series of shows. 

At least ten individuals were arrested with more arrests expected in Neshoba County as part of a multi-county roundup of drug offenders, authorities say.

A long-running show on the History Channel show is looking for “historically significant or rare items, in addition to unforgettable characters and their collections” as they film in Mississippi in February, producers say.

An Alabama man wanted in a bank robbery there was arrested in Neshoba County over the weekend.

The Central Mississippi Rodeo Club is gearing up for another junior high and high school rodeo event at the Neshoba County Coliseum. 

No one was arrested after a visible law enforcement response to The Citizens Bank downtown due to a teller panic alarm last week.

Choctaw Tribal Chief Cyrus Ben hosted Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland as she toured the homelands of the Mississippi Choctaws last week. 

A Neshoba County man and a Philadelphia woman have been arrested in connection with a bank fraud scheme.

Kristien “Krissy” Long, a fifth-grade math and science teacher at Neshoba Central Elementary, experienced a heartwarming surprise on Wednesday during an assembly celebrating the school’s seven-year A rating success.

Philadelphia, Neshoba County, and Tribal schools will be closed on Wednesday.

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 …