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No seventh trial, charges dismissed against Curtis Flowers

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Thu, 09/10/2020 - 01:04 PM

After six trials and nearly 23 years, the state’s case against Curtis Giovanni Flowers for capital murder in the shooting deaths of four people at a Winona furniture store is over. Friday afternoon, Circuit Judge Joseph Loper, Jr., signed a petition submitted by Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch to dismiss the indictment against Flowers w

Charges against Curtis Flowers dismissed

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Thu, 09/10/2020 - 12:54 PM

Carroll County Chief Deputy Sheriff Adam Eubanks, far right talks with from left Duck Hill Fire Chief Michael Woods, Carroll County Deputy Sheriff Mark Mulconrey, and Trooper Maurice Fleming at the accident scene on I-55 North of the Duck Hill exchange in Carroll County early Thursday morning. (Photo by Ken Strachan)

Two killed in I-55 crash

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Thu, 09/10/2020 - 12:03 PM

Carroll and Montgomery county officials responded to a three-vehicle accident that resulted in two deaths on Interstate 55 early Thursday morning in Carroll County near the Carroll/Grenada county line.

Carroll, Montgomery school years not delayed

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Tue, 08/04/2020 - 05:23 PM

Montgomery and Carroll schools were not included in those mandated by Governor Tate Reeves to delay the start of school at least until August 17 for grades seventh through 12. However, he did order a statewide mask mandate, which includes all students

Dodds issues statewide isolation order

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Tue, 08/04/2020 - 03:11 PM

Today State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs MD, MPH, issued a statewide order for the Isolation of Individuals Diagnosed with COVID-19 effective immediately.

80th Birthday Celebration

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Thu, 07/30/2020 - 09:30 AM

Beep, honk, yell, wave, and cheer!
Julie Halfacre is turning 80 this year!
In 2020 quarantine style,
help us celebrate safely for a little while.

Drive By Party, Sunday, August 2 from 3-5 p.m.

COVID-19 testing set for Thursday at J.Z. George

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Mon, 07/27/2020 - 03:01 PM

Residents of Carroll County can be tested for COVID-19 on Thursday, July 30 at J.Z. George High School in North Carrollton from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Weaving a tale

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Thu, 07/16/2020 - 10:54 AM

Mark Blaylock of Vaiden began writing his first novel after discovering his great-grandmother’s peculiar last name. Anna Pickle’s name not only gave him a chuckle, it gave him inspiration to write his novel – a novel that ultimately won the New Generation Indie Book Award for Best Indie Book of 2020.

Winona native to appear on History Channel program

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Thu, 07/16/2020 - 10:05 AM

Winona native Lidell Simpson will be featured on the History Channel’s “The uneXplained” with William Shatner this coming Saturday, July 18 at 8 p.m. central time. Simpson is leading expert in the field of synesthesia, a neurological trait in which stimuli is cross-processed by more than one of the senses.

Tim Bass to oversee missions for CMBA

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Thu, 07/16/2020 - 10:05 AM

In the middle of a pandemic, Tim Bass moved from Tippah County, near the Mississippi-Tennessee State Line, to an area he was only familiar with while passing through to Jackson. Bass is the new Associational Mission Strategist for the Carroll-Montgomery Baptist Association. Talk about a whirlwind!