PONTOTOC – Before Jerry and Kerrie Kelly opened The Bronze Olive in November, they solidified their knowledge of olive oil with a journey that…
There is exciting agriculture news for this area. There is a new dairy in Pontotoc County. Southern Cultured Creamery has begun producing milk…
Assisted Living Locators announced today the launch of its franchise in Tupelo, MS. Assisted Living Locators will provide the full continuum o…
Last Saturday morning was a beautiful day to start off Pontotoc’s “Off the Square” Farmers’ Market. Out in the fresh air with birds chirping,…
After many years of planning and getting all the necessary clearance, the town of Ecru officially expanded their limits today, March 10. After…
Pontotoc County is continuing to move forward to secure a water tank at the Pontotoc County Industrial park where American Furniture is locate…
The opening business for the July meeting of the Ecru Board of Aldermen was a public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Ordinanc…
Both the City of Pontotoc Board of Aldermen and the Pontotoc County Board of Supervisors are seeing grants through Three Rivers Planning and D…
Regina Butler
Reporter
The rain came, but the people still sat out in the parking lot in their vehicles waiting on their turn to pull up under the back awning of the…
Regina Butler
Reporter
After weeks of gathering information and three feasibility studies, the nine member board of the Pontotoc Electric Power Association voted una…
Regina Butler
Reporter
In their April meeting the Ecru board of aldermen met via conference call from four of the five aldermen so that the board could be socially d…
Regina Butler
Reporter
In their April meeting the Ecru board of aldermen met via conference call from four of the five aldermen so that the board could be socially d…
Regina Butler
Reporter
County business has changed in recent days due to the Covid-19 break out. That is the chancery clerks office, circuit clerks, tax assessor and court.
Regina Butler
Reporter
Friendship Medical Clinic in Ecru, Acute Care Family Clinic and Red Med in Pontotoc, are both offering COVID-19 tests to patients advised by h…
Regina Butler
Reporter
Watchdog & Storytelling
In the wake of the first COVID-19 case in Pontotoc County, the Board of Supervisors held an emergency meeting Monday, March 23 and released ne…
Regina Butler
Reporter
Governor Tate Reeves just announced that all public schools in Mississippi will be dismissed until Friday, April 17.
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Reporter
Two automobile crashes occurred in the same night because a stop sign was missing from Cane Creek Road South where it comes out on Highway 334…
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Reporter
Pontotoc Electric Power Officials spoke to a capacity crowd of some 600 people in the Pontotoc Jr. High Auditorium last Thursday night laying …
Regina Butler
Reporter
A public meeting is set for next Thursday, January 30, 6:30 p.m. in the Pontotoc Jr. High Auditorium for the Pontotoc residents to field quest…
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Reporter
The Farm Service Agency recently announced the enrollment period for the 2019 and 2020 years for the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and the …
The Farm Service Agency recently announced enrollment periods for both general CRP and continuous CRP offers. Ross Loftin, FSA Director in Lee…
Pontotoc Electric Power Association director Chuck Howell said the company is continuing to look at bringing broadband access to electric customers.
Regina Butler
Reporter
If anybody is imploring God to send some dry weather to Pontotoc County it would be the farmers. Thus far the county has received 36.17 inches…
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Reporter
They still have the food you have grown to love. Although Sydnei’s Grill has moved across the street from it’s former location, you can still …
Sales tax collections brought the six municipalities of Pontotoc County $297,146.98 in March 2016, according to the Mississippi Department of …
After some five years of trying to get a credit card machine to use while collecting taxes, Tax Collector Van McWhirter said he sees a light a…
At last week’s board meeting, Pontotoc Aldermen took under advisement a proposal to consider hiring someone to manage the city’s eight tennis courts.
“How to Have a Fire Wise Home” workshop will be held on Thursday, February 25, (2016) at the Pontotoc County MSU Extension Building, 402 C. J.…
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