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 [...]
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Obituaries May 15, 2013
Carolyn Godin Pontotoc Carolyn Margaret Godin, 56, went home to be with her Lord on Monday, May 6, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center of Tupelo. She was born on March 13, 1957, to Percy and Muriel Thompson Theriault in Caribou, Maine. She married Armand Godin on April 15, 1977. They enjoyed more than 35 [...]
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 [...]
Obituaries May 8, 2013
Sharmin Patterson Memphis Sharmin M. Patterson, 32, died Monday, April 29, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Services were Thursday, May 2, at First Pentecostal Church in Verona with the Rev. John McAlister and the Rev. Scott Kitchens officiating. Burial was in Andrews Chapel Cemetery. W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors was in charge of the [...]
Ecru election results FINAL
Ecru election results total Mayor: Tom Todd- 141 Mark Baldwin- 156- winner Alderman: Charles Mitchell- 136 Jimmy Whitehead- 165- winner Donald Andrews-162- winner Glen Denton- 169- winner Gloria High 170- winner Bernice Shumaker- 149 Whitney Smith- 134 Dr. James Speck- 158- winner Carl Glenn Dowdy- 93
UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS of All Wards
UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS OF All Wards (include absentees but not affidavits) Mayor Bob Peeples 641 Jeff Stafford 703- winner Alderman at large Herman Austin 289 Phyllis High 503- runoff on May 21 David White 559- runoff on May 21 Alderman ward 4 Robert Hooker 129 Rayburn Mapp 209- Democratic winner, will face Regina Patterson (R) [...]
Be positive!
It has been a busy past few weeks with so many things going on throughout the town. We’ve gone from the Pink Heals fundraiser to the Relay for Life fundraiser on back-to-back weekends. Both are excellent causes and take a lot of hard work by a lot of people. To those people, I’d like to [...]
Is that a jet, or somebody playing the Doobie Brothers?
While driving into work Monday morning the weather conditions matched my brain, foggy with gradual clearing expected later in the day. The weather forecast for this past Saturday was 90 percent chance of rain, but thanks to God’s good graces the rain held off in most places until late Saturday night. The weather was nice [...]
Pontotoc County Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s invite women to volunteer during National Women Build Week
Pontotoc County-area women are invited to grab their hammers and volunteer during Habitat for Humanity’s sixth annual National Women Build Week. During the week of May 4-12, more than 300 Habitat affiliates nationwide will host women build projects in partnership with Lowe’s, the underwriter of Habitat’s Women Build program. Pontotoc County HFH will host a [...]
Local teen planning mission trip to Romania
Jordan Curtis is the 16 year old daughter and only child of Tommy and Tavia Curtis, and is in the 10th grade at North Pontotoc High School. She will be going to Romania with Global Expeditions, which is a part of Teen Mania Ministries, based in Garden Valley, Texas, leaving June 15th and returning on [...]
Obituaries May 1, 2013
Juanita Owen Ingomar Jeanette Juanita Owen, 92, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at Sunshine Nursing Home in Pontotoc. She was a charter member of Selah Baptist Church in Ecru. She loved spending time with her children and their families. She loved the outdoors and doing her gardening and flowers. Services were Thursday, April 25, at [...]
Vote and Support!
Do you know your candidate? Do you go vote for someone you know or someone who has some good ideas they want to implement? There is no right or wrong answer. People go vote for different reasons. The main thing is that they go vote! I remember waiting those eighteen long years to be able [...]
Relay for Life set this Friday
Relay For Life will start Friday, April 26, 6 p.m. with the survivors lap on the Pontotoc County Court Square. If it rains it will be held at the Pontotoc County Agri Center. “We have several teams onboard this year,” said coordinator Audra Chism, “which is an increase, we will have all sorts of Super [...]
Pontotoc applying for CDBG funds
David Helms Pontotoc Progress Pontotoc Aldermen unanimously approved a resolution last week to apply for $600,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for major sewer repairs needed in the southwest area of the city. The city had applied for CDBG funding last year but was unsuccessful in securing the funds. Aldermen set a public [...]
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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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