A Winona native is competing for his second time on the Food Network channel in another cake battle. Jeromie Jones, who’s known as the “Kake King,” will be a contestant on the Food Network Challenge “A Christmas Story Cakes.”
A bail hearing has been set for Curtis Giovanni Flowers in Montgomery County Circuit Court, however, the time and location of the hearing has been changed.
The Town of Duck Hill will have its Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 14. at 1 p.m. The theme this year is “It’s Christmas Time.” The Friends of the Duck Hill Library will have pictures with Santa before the parade begins from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.
Several Ole Miss commits have decommited since coach Matt Luke was fired following an Egg Bowl loss to Mississippi State. An'Darius Coffey is not one of them.
The Winona senior is still firmly committed to Ole Miss and plans to sign during the early signing period that begins next Wednesday.
The Carroll Academy basketball teams split a pair of games last week with wins over Canton and losses to Kirk.
The Lady Rebels hammered Canton 48-15 but fell 45-41 to Kirk. The Rebels, who were playing without four starters who were in the MAIS all-star football game, beat Canton 52-49 but lost 63-49 to Kirk.
Winona senior quarterback An'Darius Coffey has been named Offensive Player of the Year on the MHSAA 3A All-State team. Teammate Robert McMath was named to the second team as a wide receiver.
Senatobia swept the Winona basketball tournament last week, winning the boys and girls championships.
The Winona boys were runners-up with a victory over Eupora and a loss to Senatobia in the title game. The Winona girls lost twice in the tournament, but defeated Ray Brooks Friday night between tournament games Thursday and Saturday.
Superintendent Billy Joe Ferguson attended his last school board meeting for the Carroll County School District as head of the district. Ferguson, who has working in the district for 50 years, became tearful as he talked about the progress he’s seen the district make over the years.
Winona Christian School’s elementary students performed in the annual Christmas Program Monday evening in the school’s gymnasium. Four-year-old kindergarteners get the Christmas Spirit while singing “Happy Birthday, Jesus!” Pictured are (back, from left) Jaxon Leach, Eleanor Edwards, Ava Johnson, (front) Minelle Defenbaugh, Cam Harris, and Ha
Both Winona Christian teams split a pair of games last week, sweeping North Sunflower but losing to Starkville Academy.
The Winona Christian girls won 53-16 to North Sunflower and lost 53-35 to Starkville Academy.
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.
CARROLLTON – A Carrollton man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a 2017 murder.
Dameond Brown, 23, of Carrollton pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Carroll County Circuit Court Monday for the shooting death of Dreifus Holmes, 40, of Carrollton on April 30, 2017.
FRIDAY FOOTBALL!
Winona Christian School Stars will take on the Indianola Academy Colonels at 7 p.m. in Winona.
Carroll Academy Rebels will take on the Greenville St. Joseph High School Fighting Irish at 7 p.m. in Greenville.
Saturday Happenings
Black Hawk School Singing
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.
My husband’s great-grandfather Allen Dodd, along with his brother William Dodd, founded Kosciusko. The honor of naming the settlement was given to William Dodd, who served as the first representative from Attala County in the Mississippi State Legislature.
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.
Administrators with the Carroll County School District are working to put the district back online after every computer in the district had to be cleared of viruses, and, as of late, the district is still experiencing issues.
Former Montgomery County Supervisor Kenny Ware was laid to rest Monday morning in Oakwood Cemetery, following funeral services at Oliver Funeral Home.
It’s been over seven years since Stevelyn Robinson was paralyzed in a school bus crash, and he hasn’t stopped fighting. He continues to progress through regular physical therapy at Methodist Outpatient Therapy in Ridgeland.
After receiving a letter from the Carroll County Board of Supervisors Board Attorney Kevin Horan canceling her lease for the Carrollton Family Clinic, nurse practitioner Kara McKay-White posted the letter on Facebook informing her patients of the change, and that she is seeking a temporary location.
A Montgomery County man is in police custody in connection to a shooting in Carroll County.
According to Carroll County Sheriff Clint Walker, Michael Martin Barnhill, 30, is currently being held at the Carroll County Jail in connection with the deaths of three people in a shooting at a residence on County Road 135 Friday night.
Update (Wednesday, July 10): The two inmates who escaped the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County are now in custody.
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.
Robert N. Montana Jr. of Kilmichael passed away at Tyler Holmes Memoral Hospital in Winona on Monday, June 24, 2019.
A Montgomery County child is in critical condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson after he was attacked by six dogs while riding his bike Friday afternoon on Sawyer Road.
From Staff Reports
Two people are dead and another injured in an apparent murder-suicide Friday morning on Montgomery Street in Winona.
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.
Charles W. Morris, 60, of Coila died Feb. 24 at his home in Coila.
Marlee Marie Jones of Winona passed away on Friday, March 1.
George Milton Slocum, 86, of North Carrollton passed away at his residence in North Carrollton on Saturday, April 27, 2019.
This weekend, the Montgomery County Arts Council will present a special play inspired by the life of a special man.
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.
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.
Circuit Judge George Mitchell accepted plea agreements in Montgomery County Circuit Court Monday at the Montgomery County Coliseum.
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.
Mrs. Mary Jane Wilson Blair, 83, of the Jefferson Community in Carroll County, passed away Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 in Oxford.
NORTH CARROLLTON -- The murder of a young man and a house fire, occurring within hours of each other Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, appear to be connected, Carroll County Sheriff Clint Walker said.
The Carroll County Development Association honored Carroll County’s educators Monday night with a dinner at The County Barn in Carrollton. The 2018 Teachers of the Year and Special Recognition Award winners were honored at the event. (From left) J.Z.
A Montgomery County man is in police custody in connection to a shooting in Carroll County.
According to Carroll County Sheriff Clint Walker, Michael Martin Barnhill, 30, is currently being held at the Carroll County Jail in connection with the deaths of three people in a shooting at a residence on County Road 135 Friday night.
