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State will provide masks/shields for voters with chronic conditions

After several weeks of flat or lower numbers of positive coronavirus infections, state health officers are now concerned that numbers are trending back up statewide.

ERA Homecoming

Six of the eight East Rankin Academy 2020 Homecoming Court are Scott County residents. ERA will celebrate Homecoming on Friday, October 16.

Forest High Homecoming

Forest High School Senior Asia Lofton, was crowned Homecoming Queen Friday night in the Durward G. Smith Gymnasium on the FHS campus.

SC Homecoming 2020

Scott Central Attendance Center celebrated Homecoming week before last crowning Hannah Grace Horton, left Football Queen, and Homecoming Queen Demetria Hicks-Wash.

MHS Junior selected for state advisory council

Morton High School junior Zully Reyes Garcia has been selected to be a member of Dr. Carey Wright’s State Superintendent Advisory Council.

State will provide masks/shields for voters with chronic conditions
By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 16,433 Reads
On Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:42 AM
After several weeks of flat or lower numbers of positive coronavirus infections, state health officers are now concerned that numbers are trending back up statewide. “All the indicators are starting to turn in an unwanted direction,” Dr. Thomas Dobbs, State Health Officer said in a Zoom press with local media on Monday.
Meth Bust
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On Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:30 AM
On October 1, the Scott County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with Flowood Police Department, made an interdiction traffic stop on a GMC pickup truck at the 84 mile marker west bound on I-20 in Scott County. The traffic stop was initiated due to the GMC driving in a careless manner.
Happy Hoochie Days
By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 784 Reads
On Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:18 AM
Remember the ‘70s television series The Waltons. The one, where in closing, everyone in the large Great Depression-era Virginia family said goodnight to each other as the house faded to dark. Remember them? Remember the words “Goodnight John boy?”
Arrest Report
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On Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:23 AM
The following individuals were taken in to custody and booked in to the docket at the Scott County Jail between October 2 and October 8, 2020. All individuals are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
William Waldrip
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On Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:28 AM
William Waldrip, age 80, died October 4, 2020. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and his Master’s degree from William Carey. A retired teacher, coach, and bus driver, he enjoyed sports and was a big fan of Mississippi State and the New Orleans Saints.
ERA Homecoming
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On Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:36 AM
Six of the eight East Rankin Academy 2020 Homecoming Court are Scott County residents. ERA will celebrate Homecoming on Friday, October 16. The 2020 Homecoming presentation will be during half time of the game that begins at 7:00 p.m. against Leake Academy.
Frances Lee Nelson
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On Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:29 AM
Frances Lee Nelson, 84, of Lake, Mississippi, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at Hilltop Manor Nursing Home in Union, Mississippi. She was born Tuesday, March 24, 1936 in Forest, Mississippi.
The Message
By Pastor Luis Cartagena, READ MORE > 275 Reads
On Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:05 AM
Discernment
High-Speed Internet will soon be available to all public libraries
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On Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:40 AM
The Mississippi Library Commission (MLC) has announced that because Contract 5000 has officially been awarded to CSpire and signed by the Department of Information Technology Services (ITS), fiber internet will be available to every library in the state of Mississippi within an 18-month implementation time frame.
MS House honors 1970 Forest Bearcat Team
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On Tue, 10/20/2020 - 09:53 AM
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 44

State will provide masks/shields for voters with chronic conditions

After several weeks of flat or lower numbers of positive coronavirus infections, state health officers are now concerned that numbers are trending back up statewide. “All the indicators are starting to turn in an unwanted direction,” Dr. Thomas Dobbs, State Health Officer said in a Zoom press with local media on Monday.

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