With the annual Carrollton Pilgrimage, set for October 5 and 6, just a month away, organizers are working tirelessly to make this year’s event the best one yet.
Winona had five runners – four boys and one girl – participate in its first cross country meet of the season, a 4K race at Madison Central. Because five runners are needed to compete as a team, the Tigers did not have a score for either team.
Robert Bailey, president emeritus of the G. V. “Sonny” Montgomery Foundation, presented Marcus Lawson, director of the North Mississippi Veterans Cemetery in Kilmichael, with a new golf cart donation. The cemetery uses the golf carts to transport visitors around the facility.
Carroll Academy’s season-opening winning streak was put to a severe test on Friday night at Newton County Academy in Decatur.
J.Z. George head coach Ben Burton didn't expect his team to be 0-4 at this point in the season as the Jaguars prepare to host Holly Springs High School Friday at 7 p.m. in North Carrollton.
The season is a long way from being over, especially since Region 3-3A play doesn't start until Sept. 28.
Forest won Region 5-3A last year, but there is a new kid on the block. Winona went on the road for its first region game as a 3A school and improved to 4-0 with a dominating win over the Bearcats 41-21.
“That was nice,” said coach Joey Tompkins. “1-0 is better than 0-1.”
The Tigers have scored at least 33 points in every game.
Questions of an employee’s absences from work came up during the Carroll County School Board meeting Thursday night in the J. Z. George High School Band Hall.
J.Z. George High School announces its homecoming court. The Jaguars will take on Holly Springs 7 p.m. Friday. The homecoming court will be presented at 6 p.m. and the homecoming parade will take place at 11 a.m. in North Carrollton.
On September 22, fall will officially be here, and it couldn’t happen soon enough. We definitely need a break from 90 degree temperatures.
A dam breach at a watershed lake in Carroll County is under control, with water no longer spilling out of a break approximately seven feet from the top of the 25-foot dam.
A suspect accused of shooting at a Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputy is in custody after an hours-long ordeal Sunday.
****UPDATE 10:59: Supervisor Claude Fluke said Highway 17 is closed South of Highway 430 at the Abiaca Creek bridge.
Three families living on County Road 165 near Black Hawk have been evacuated after the Murdock Lake Dam broke in two places Friday afternoon.
When schools and school districts consolidate, students and parents may experience uncertainty. Over the years, students and parents get to know administrators, teachers, expectations, and traditions at a school, and when those things change, they do not know what to expect.
Ask any coach with French Camp on the schedule, and they will tell you they don’t know what to expect out of the Panthers and coach Nathan Wright.
That was certainly the case for the Winona Christian Stars on Friday night.
Winona Christian football coach Junior Graham made a few changes on offense last week, and they paid big dividends on Friday night.
Sophomore Dalton Wiggins had a monster night as he rushed for 133 yards and scored three touchdowns as the Stars beat Ethel 39-14 for their first win of the season.
Betty Bennett Hazlewood, 82, of Winona passed away Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 at Winona Manor.
Visitation was held from 1 p.m. until service time at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25 in the Oliver Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, with Rev. John Kramer and Rev. Sam Riddell officiating.
Saturday, people will come from all over the world to a little community in northeastern Carroll County to celebrate legendary bluesman, Mississippi John Hurt. The festival is Sept. 1 and 2 in Avalon, the community where Hurt grew up.
John “Pete” Sylvester Galey, 90, of Greenwood died Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Greenwood Leflore Hospital.
Visitation was 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, until the service began at Williams & Lord Funeral Home at 3 p.m., and burial followed in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Rev. David Fredrick officiated the service.
The Winona slow-pitch softball team stretched its winning streak to five games with victories over Cleveland Central 7-2, Vicksburg 11-2 and Riverside 11-1. In those five games, the Lady Tigers scored 52 runs on 65 hits.
“The top of our batting order is doing pretty good,” said Coach Steven Helms.
A Benton County man died after he sustained injuries from an ATV accident Saturday night just west of Duck Hill.
This weekend, the Montgomery County Arts Council will present a special play inspired by the life of a special man.
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.
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.
Circuit Judge George Mitchell accepted plea agreements in Montgomery County Circuit Court Monday at the Montgomery County Coliseum.
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.
Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Museum is hosting a car enthusiast’s dream this Saturday -- Cruising Cotesworth.
Around 50 collectable cars from around Mississippi will be on display Saturday, April 28 beginning at 9 a.m. on the lawn of the historic home, located 1.25 miles from Main Street in North Carrollton.
Students from the Winona Career and Technical Center competed against students statewide in the SkillsUSA State Competition held April 10-11 at locations in Jackson and Pearl. Students competing in Skills USA represented Winona High School and Winona Christian School and Montgomery, Carroll, and Attala counties. Winners from SkillsUSA State c
The Winona Police Department along with the U.S. Attorney General’s Office hosted a Multi-jurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training class related to highway vehicle stops and drug trafficking.
Members of Carroll Academy's Middle School Student Council, sponsored as the Douglas Carroll Junior American Citizens by Third Arrow Chapter, Mississippi Society Daughters of the American Revolution, donated food items, helped prepare plates and served area "shut-ins" with the ladies of "Women on Mission" at the North Carrollton Baptist Church
This weekend, the Montgomery County Arts Council will present a special play inspired by the life of a special man.
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.
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.
Circuit Judge George Mitchell accepted plea agreements in Montgomery County Circuit Court Monday at the Montgomery County Coliseum.
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.
Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Museum is hosting a car enthusiast’s dream this Saturday -- Cruising Cotesworth.
Around 50 collectable cars from around Mississippi will be on display Saturday, April 28 beginning at 9 a.m. on the lawn of the historic home, located 1.25 miles from Main Street in North Carrollton.
Students from the Winona Career and Technical Center competed against students statewide in the SkillsUSA State Competition held April 10-11 at locations in Jackson and Pearl. Students competing in Skills USA represented Winona High School and Winona Christian School and Montgomery, Carroll, and Attala counties. Winners from SkillsUSA State c
The Winona Police Department along with the U.S. Attorney General’s Office hosted a Multi-jurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training class related to highway vehicle stops and drug trafficking.
Members of Carroll Academy's Middle School Student Council, sponsored as the Douglas Carroll Junior American Citizens by Third Arrow Chapter, Mississippi Society Daughters of the American Revolution, donated food items, helped prepare plates and served area "shut-ins" with the ladies of "Women on Mission" at the North Carrollton Baptist Church
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