REGINA BUTLER Progress Staff Writer Pontotoc City schools have hired two new administrators and moved a third person from within the school system into an administrative role. Pontotoc High School will be led by a new principal and assistant principal in the coming school year. Officials recently announced the hiring of Paul B. Henry and [...]
Tanglefoot Trail still closed to walkers, riders
David Helms Pontotoc Progress With the arrival of warm weather and longer daylight hours, walkers, runners and bicyclists are tempted to begin using the Tanglefoot Trail, but officials issued a statement this week stressing that until the project is complete, the trail remains closed to public use or access of any type. The trail is [...]
Alderman at large results
Alderman at large election results! Unofficial results (including absentees but not including 7 affidavits) Totals: High- 406 White- 634 Box by box : Ward 1: Phyllis High-182 David White-145 Ward 2: Phyllis High-49 David White-161 Ward 3: Phyllis High-57 David White-131 Ward 4: Phyllis High-93 David White-169
Runoff Election Results 2013
Voters in Amory, Baldwyn and Shannon will choose mayors and Booneville will narrow its mayoral field for the general election in party primary runoffs today. Pontotoc voters went to the polls in an alderman race. They are among 11 Northeast Mississippi municipalities holding runoffs. Tupelo is not one of them; the two-man mayor’s race will [...]
Are you going to let the snakes win?
Last week I was outside minding my own business when I noticed something on my flowerbed that didn’t belong. Of course, it was the dreaded snake. To make a long story short, I called a neighbor to help me kill it and she wound up taking it home to set it free because it was [...]
You can never have too many diapers (or golf balls)
My friend’s daughter and her husband are expecting their first baby in early August. Thinking ahead to the grand occasion when that sweet baby girl (yes, they already know it’s going to be a girl) is born got me to thinking back to August 1985 when Janet and I were expecting our first child. On [...]
Ecru Police Department gets windfall from MDOT
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 [...]
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You can never have too many diapers (or golf balls)
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Are you going to let the snakes win?
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Runoff Election Results 2013
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Alderman at large results
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Obituaries May 22, 2013
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Pontotoc City Schools hire new administrators
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Tanglefoot Trail still closed to walkers, riders
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Obituaries May 22, 2013
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Alderman at large results
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Runoff Election Results 2013
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