The Mississippi Economic Council and the M.B. Swayze Foundation has announced that Morton High School’s STAR Student is Garren Jackson Barnes.
Barnes is the son of Dan and Marsha Barnes of Ludlow. He is the grandson of Jack and Peggy Barnes of Ludlow and the late Dick and Martha Livingston of Pulaski.
Last week Governor Tate Reeves announced the launch of the Back to Business Mississippi Grant Program website to help small businesses receive financial support quickly to recover from the economic impacts of COVID-19 and at the same time removed the mandatory face masks in public guidelines for Scott, Leake, Newton and Atalla counties.
Scott County’s unemployment rate of 9.2 percent for the month of April — the latest figures released — was considerably less than the state average of 15.4 percent and ranked third in the state behind Smith and Covington Counties.
Drew Kenna, of Bank of Forest has been elected to serve as treasurer of Mississippi Young Bankers, a section of the Mississippi Bankers Association.
This week at your Capitol, the Senate began with a hearing on the budget outlooks for the fiscal year. Unfortunately, the outlook is bleak for the months of March, April, May, and June. As expected, the sharp plummet into the current recession has caused substantial shortfalls in the expected revenues. We heard from State Economist, Dr.
This pandemic quarantine business has taken a toll on man and beast alike it seems. One specific area of disdain is the open highway.
This pandemic quarantine business has taken a toll on man and beast alike it seems. One specific area of disdain is the open highway.
The Anxiety
A tribute to Iris Evans Mabry –
Mother went home to be with her Lord and Savior on May 8, 2020 at the age of 98.
Velma Dell Tadlock, 89, was called to heaven on May 23rd, 2020 at Merit Health Hospital in Flowood, MS.
