Sandra Priest Special correspondent Ecru Police Chief Gary Chism announced last Tuesday evening that the police department will receive a portion of money recovered recently in a traffic stop. “I met with MDOT today,” Chief Chism explained to Ecru Board of Aldermen and Mayor Tom Todd. “Ecru Police Department will be awarded $100,000 from money [...]
White and High set for May 21 runoff
David Helms Pontotoc Progress City of Pontotoc voters will return to the polls in all four wards on Tuesday, May 21, for the runoff election for the alderman at large post. In last week’s Democratic first primary, candidates David White and Phyllis High outdistanced incumbent Herman Austin to advance to the runoff. The final tally [...]
Authorities searching for prisoner
By DAVID HELMS Pontotoc Progress Pontotoc County Sheriff Leo Mask said that a manhunt is underway for a Pontotoc County Jail prisoner who left a work detail around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday while picking up trash near Faulkner Road in eastern Pontotoc County. Sheriff Mask said that authorities are looking for Brooks Sneed, 32, of Highway [...]
Cemetery association organizing
David Helms Pontotoc Progress Twenty Pontotoc residents met last week to begin formulating plans for chartering a Pontotoc City Cemetery Association. The meeting was chaired by longtime Pontotoc resident Ken Pruett, who addressed the Pontotoc Board of Aldermen last month concerning problems at the 181-year-old cemetery. “Let me make it clear from the start that [...]
Sherman school alumni seeking pavilion to be built for golden year reunion plans
REGINA BUTLER Progress Staff Writer Come next year, the Sherman school will be closed for 50 years and members of the classes who attended this small school would like to move their reunion back to the school grounds. Speaking on behalf of the group, alumni member Diane Rodgers said that since 2009 the school reunion [...]
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD: CLASS 4A STATE MEET – Lady Warriors make it four-in-a-row, Pontotoc slips past Corinth, wins title
Tim Tutor/Sports Editor It wasn’t the 4×400 meter relay race that put the Pontotoc girls over the top this time, but they beat Corinth by four team points, 82-78. This was Pontotoc’s third win over Corinth on the season and their fourth Class 4A title victory in as many years. With Jamaya Johnson taking first [...]
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD: CLASS 4A STATE MEET
By TIM TUTOR/ Sports Editor The Warriors of Pontotoc High put together an eighth place finish (26) out of a field of 34 Class 4A Mississippi schools on Monday of this week at the MHSAA State Championship Meet held in Pearl. Pontotoc was led by Chris Grisham who finished second in the 3,200 meter run [...]
TALKabout – Shane Montgomery recalls his 30-year trek
By TIM TUTOR/ Sports Editor After 30 years of coaching girls basketball, slow-pitch and fast-pitch softball, North Pontotoc’s Coach Shane Montgomery gives credit where credit is due for all his success. “The Lord has blessed me,” Montgomery said. “I’m not going to tell a lie. The Good Lord has blessed me 10 times over, and [...]
Get up!
Last week I was walking up the steps into the office with my hands full. I was trying to be nice and open the door for a customer but apparently I moved a little too quickly because I fell down and scraped my knee. My feelings were hurt more so than my knee scrape but [...]
Even the best of families have earworms
Singer Ray Stevens warned his wife, “Don’t look Ethel!” Your momma warned you, “Don’t spin around and around, you’ll get sick.” (Momma was always right) Every week for five years in the 1960s, on a black and white television with a 19-inch screen surrounded by a 46-inch wooden cabinet, Rod Serling warned you: “You’re traveling [...]
Supervisors disburse Toyota tax in-lieu monies to schools
REGINA BUTLER Progress Staff Writer Pontotoc County supervisors disbursed the first of the Toyota in-lieu tax monies to the school districts this past Monday at their first of the month meeting. “We are going to disburse it out by a pupil ratio,” explained Wayne Stokes. Pontotoc county schools have $3,500 students while the city school [...]
Residents to organize city cemetery association
By DAVID HELMS Pontotoc Progress Lifelong Pontotoc resident Ken Pruett announced this week that interested citizens are urged to attend a Pontotoc City Cemetery Association organizational meeting tomorrow night (Thursday, May 9). The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Pontotoc Community House. “The purpose of this meeting is to organize an association which [...]
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Even the best of families have earworms
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White and High set for May 21 runoff
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Authorities searching for prisoner
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Cemetery association organizing
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Sherman school alumni seeking pavilion to be built for golden year reunion plans
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Ecru Police Department gets windfall from MDOT
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White and High set for May 21 runoff
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Authorities searching for prisoner
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Cemetery association organizing
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Sherman school alumni seeking pavilion to be built for golden year reunion plans
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