Home | The Winona Times

TODAY'S TOP STORIES

Preliminary data shows PERS had massive 30 percent investment returns in fiscal 2020

According to preliminary data, the state's defined benefit pension system had its second-best year in investment income, a boost that . . .

Thompson Talks Yazoo Pumps Project

With all of the disagreement in Washington today, there’s one high-dollar project the entire Mississippi delegation seems to be in . . .

Bennie Thompson Sounds Off on State's Vaccination Efforts

Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson has been outspoken for weeks over his disappointment in state officials apparently not taking full advantage . . .

Scott Petroleum sold to Arkansas company

GREENWOOD, Miss. -- A longtime Leflore County fuel distributor has been sold. Scott Petroleum Corp. announced Thursday that it has . . .

Lawmakers hear about work release, educational programs for inmates

A joint hearing by several legislative committees Thursday evaluated issues regarding re-entry programs for ex-convicts. The Judiciary B and Corrections . . .

A photo of the 2019 south Delta flooding, courtesy of the Forgotten Backwater Flood Project.

Steve Kelley for Jul 29, 2021
READ MORE > 345 Reads
Thu, 07/29/2021 - 02:00 AM
Cartoon By:

Click Here to Read More
premium content for subscribers
Teens face charges for automobile burglaries
READ MORE > 335 Reads
Thu, 07/29/2021 - 12:32 PM
Three Grenada juveniles have been charged with nine counts of auto burglary stemming from events which occurred in the early morning hours Monday in Winona.
Click Here to Read More
premium content for subscribers
An alternative to the beloved crape myrtle
By Felder Rushing, 317 Reads
Thu, 07/29/2021 - 11:13 AM
At last, one of my favorite heirloom shrubs is finding its rightful place in the sun, just in the nick of time.
Click Here to Read More
Tom Stiglich for Jul 29, 2021
READ MORE > 296 Reads
Thu, 07/29/2021 - 02:00 AM
Cartoon By: Tom Stiglich

Click Here to Read More
premium content for subscribers
Board approves new budget
By LaKeadra Coffey, 294 Reads
Thu, 07/29/2021 - 12:35 PM
The Carroll County School Board approved its fiscal year 2021-2022 budget Thursday, July 22 in a special-called meeting at the J.Z. George High School. This year, the district did not seek an increase.
The meeting, called to order by Vice-President John Phillips, was one of the shortest meetings held this year.
Click Here to Read More
premium content for subscribers
Board discusses sanitation dept.
By LaKeadra Coffey, 276 Reads
Thu, 07/29/2021 - 12:35 PM
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors held their monthly meeting on Monday, July 26 in Carrollton. The board handled routine businesses and heard from Laberta Ward Green about her garbage bill.
The board also entered an executive session regarding the sanitation department. The board took no action.
Also, the board:
Click Here to Read More
Opinion: Tuna Town only four hours away
By Wyatt Emmerich, 270 Reads
Thu, 07/29/2021 - 11:06 AM
My son Lawrence was home from college and suggested we go fishing off the coast of Louisiana. He asks every visit home and I usually find a good excuse not to go. This time I thought about my age and the years left and decided to give it a try.
Click Here to Read More
In a new book, W. Ralph Eubanks uses Mississippi's landscape — topographical, socioeconomic and spiritual — to explore our literary lineage.

Ralph Eubanks answers the age-old question: Why has Mississippi produced so many great writers?
By ADAM GANUCHEAU - Mississippi Today, 232 Reads
Wed, 07/28/2021 - 01:48 PM
Click Here to Read More
WBC to hold prayer, praise event for students
By LaKeadra Coffey, 226 Reads
Thu, 07/29/2021 - 12:00 PM
With school starting next week, Winona Baptist Church wants to surround local students love and prayer in an effort to let them know the community behind them, pushing them, and praying for them as they grow.
Click Here to Read More
premium content for subscribers
Two facing felony charges in Carroll
By Amanda Sexton Ferguson, 223 Reads
Thu, 07/29/2021 - 12:28 PM
A Vaiden man is facing felony drug charges in Carroll County.
Albert Haymond, 60, of Vaiden was arrested by deputies with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department in the early morning hours on Tuesday, July 27 and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell.
Click Here to Read More