Winona Elementary Science teacher Edward Penn works with fifth grade students,(from left) JaMya Mays, Joceline Rodrigues, and Micah Rainey, as they dissected a sheep’s brain to learn which parts of the brain control feelings, creativity, intelligence, and which side of the brain controls which side of the body.
CARROLLTON – A Winona man entered a guilty plea on Monday in the murders of three people and the attempted murder of another at a birthday celebration in Carroll County last March.
Four black voters and a branch of the NAACP filed a lawsuit on Monday against District Attorney Doug Evans, asking a federal judge to order him to stop excluding African Americans from juries.
WINONA – The installation of the new artificial turf at the Winona Recreational Park may be completed earlier than expected.
STARKVILLE – Tuesday night, friends and family of Ana Blakely Davis gathered at Cullis Wade Depot Gallery on the campus of Mississippi State for the opening of her Senior Theseus Exhibition currently on display. The exhibition will go through November 24, and her prints are available for sale.
Former Montgomery County Supervisor Kenny Ware was laid to rest Monday morning in Oakwood Cemetery, following funeral services at Oliver Funeral Home.
CARROLLTON – The board of directors for Evergreen Cemetery is hoping its first Festival of Trees will help kick off the community’s Christmas spirit.
Voters in Beat 5 of Carroll County – which includes only residents of East Vaiden and West Vaiden – will go to the polls on November 26 for a run-off election in the Beat 5 Election Commissioners’ race. Voters will decide between Jackie L. McKinney and Lesa Clark-Fetcher.
The surgeons are in, prepared for brain surgery, and ready to fix Mr. Sheep and Ms. Lamb up. But, it’s okay, don’t be afraid -- these fifth graders really know their stuff! Let the surgery begin, the surgeons are in!
Michael Barnhill, 31, of Winona pleaded guilty to three counts of first degree murder and one count of aggravated assault in Carroll County Circuit Court today. He pleaded guilty for the murders of Marlee Jones Barnhill, Jim Harrell, and Brooks Harrell, as well as the aggravated assault of Amber Garrard.
