WINONA – As of mid-day Tuesday, the Mississippi Department of Health is reporting that there are two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County. However, according to officials at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital, a total of five tests for coronavirus performed at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital have come back positive for the virus.
The Mississippi Department of Health is reporting there are 320 cases of coronavirus currently in Mississippi, while Montgomery County is showing two cases and Carroll County is showing none. There is still only one death reported in the state.
Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District will be serving drive-through Grab and Go meals beginning Wednesday, March 25, 2020.
WINONA – As of press time Wednesday, the Mississippi Department of Health is reporting that there are now four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County. However, according to officials at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital, a total of five tests for coronavirus performed at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital have come back positive for the vir
Imogene Love Woods, 83, of Ocean Springs, formerly of Kilmichael, died Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, at Friendship Cemetery in Kilmichael. Rev. Eddie Carpenter will officiate.
Walter Lee Harris, Sr. 68, of Greenwood, died Sunday, March 15, 2020 at his residence. Services were 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at Williams & Lord Funeral Home with visitation 1 p.m. until service time. Rev. Collin Montgomery officiated.
Vincent Ignatius Saia, Sr., 80, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.
A memorial service will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Winona on ¬¬¬Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 1 p.m.
The Carroll County School District’s feeding program will be held Monday through Friday in the J.Z. George High School parking lot and the old Vaiden High School Gymnasium parking lot at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Residents in Coila and Black Hawk can breathe for a moment now that Highway 17 has reopened temporarily.
Officials in Montgomery County and the City of Winona have put temporary policies in place to keep city and county employees safe and help limit the exposure of the coronavirus in government facilities.
Last week, the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors held a special meeting to discuss ways to limit exposure of the coronavirus.
Winona Mayor Jerry Flowers announced Saturday morning that one case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Montgomery County.
Flowers said he spoke to officials at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital, and they confirmed that a resident of Montgomery County did test positive for coronavirus.
WINONA – As of mid-day Tuesday, the Mississippi Department of Health is reporting that there are two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County. However, according to officials at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital, a total of five tests for coronavirus performed at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital have come back positive for the virus.
Grace Wyatt Alderman, 91, peacefully parted the clouds and entered into Heaven, Friday, February 21, 2020.
A memorial service was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 29 at Greenwood Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2906 Hwy 82 East, and visitation followed.
Following the State of Mississippi’s lead, Montgomery County and the City of Winona have declared a state of emergency in response to the ongoing coronavirus virus pandemic, also known as COVID-19.
Two men have been charged with felony drug charges by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department.
Terrence Ward, 54, of Lexington was arrested on February 27, at an intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 430 in Carroll County. He was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sale.
Three men have been charged with the February 29 armed robbery of the Shell gas station in Vaiden, and additional charges are pending for the armed robberies of the Dollar General store in Black Hawk.
The Mississippi Department of Health is reporting there are 320 cases of coronavirus currently in Mississippi, while Montgomery County is showing two cases and Carroll County is showing none. There is still only one death reported in the state.
In 2019, Matt and Corey Miletello experienced tragedy most could not imagine. They buried three babies who passed away shortly after being born prematurely.
Blaire McKinley Miletello was born on February 26, 2019, and passed away the next day. Blaire was born after just 24 and five days weeks in gestation.
The Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District has canceled classes for the week of March 16 as a protective measure from COVID-19.
Public and private schools in Montgomery and Carroll counties are closed this week due to the coronavirus pandemic. When classes will resume will be assessed on a weekly basis, as recommended by the state department and the Mid-South Association of Independent Schools.
A Winona man’s bond was reduced to $25,000, and he was bound over to the action of a Montgomery County Grand Jury for an aggravated assault. However, he’s currently out on bond and facing a grand jury for another aggravated assault.
James L. "Jake" Harris Sr.,85, died Friday March 15 at his home and Jean Claire Holloway Harris, 84, of Winona died Saturday, March 30 at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Grenada.
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Update (Wednesday, July 10): The two inmates who escaped the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County are now in custody.
Joe Terrell Tenhet, 58, of Memphis, Tenn., passed away Friday, October 4, 2019, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. due to a brain aneurysm suffered on October 1.
A Service of Thanksgiving celebrating Terrell's life was held on Sunday, October 6, at his church, First Congregational Church, Memphis, Tenn.
Robert N. Montana Jr. of Kilmichael passed away at Tyler Holmes Memoral Hospital in Winona on Monday, June 24, 2019.
The last of Tuesday’s ballots have finally been counted.
After all ballots have been counted in Montgomery County, Ronald White unseated Incumbent Janet Roby-Harper by five votes, while two races are going to a run-off on Aug. 27.
White received 283 votes, and Roby-Harper received 277 votes.
From Staff Reports
Two people are dead and another injured in an apparent murder-suicide Friday morning on Montgomery Street in Winona.
William F. "Bill" Pirro, Jr., 66, of Duck Hill, entered into Heaven on Thursday, April 18, at Saint Dominic's Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.
Visitation was held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, at Oliver Funeral Home, with a graveside service following at North Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Kilmichael at 2 p.m.
Col. (Ret.) Frank (“Pete”) McKay Gray Jr., 84, of Winchester, Tennessee, passed away on Wednesday, September 25, 2019.
This weekend, the Montgomery County Arts Council will present a special play inspired by the life of a special man.
The Winona Christian School Stars will travel to Greenville Friday night to take on the St. Joseph Fight Irish in the first round of the MAIS playoffs.
Stars Head Coach Junior Graham said the MAIS playoffs are made up of the top 16 power points teams on a bracket system.
Funeral services for Orvlie Hunt of Weir were held on Saturday, June 15, 2017, at First Unity United Methodist Church in Weir, with Rev. Lyndon Geeter officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery in Weir.
Friendship with Nicole Marhold started by chance.
“It has turned into something really amazing,” the 19-year-old Black Hawk resident said.
Ferguson’s friend, Marhold, is an 18-year-old from im Burgenland, St. Margarethen, Austria, and the two have been pen pals for the past several years.
A Vaiden man will face a Montgomery County Grand Jury for child molestation.
Justin Cooper, 30, of Vaiden is charged with molesting a child for lustful purposes in connection with incidents that occurred in Winona between December 15 and 18.
A Winona man’s bond was reduced to $25,000, and he was bound over to the action of a Montgomery County Grand Jury for an aggravated assault. However, he’s currently out on bond and facing a grand jury for another aggravated assault.
WINONA – In an article published in the April 1989 issue of Mississippi Pharmacist magazine, Edwin G. “Sonny” Potts predicted that his one-year-old granddaughter, Jenny Claire, would one day be a pharmacist like himself and his daughter, Gay Potts Hammond.
On January 30, 2018, the Walmart store in Winona will close permanently.
According to Anne Hatfield, a spokesperson from the Walmart corporate office, the store’s 85 associates were told about the closure Wednesday morning.
James L. "Jake" Harris Sr.,85, died Friday March 15 at his home and Jean Claire Holloway Harris, 84, of Winona died Saturday, March 30 at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Grenada.
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