It’s been a big week for all the students at Kemper Academy this week, with four days of Homecoming Week activities culminating with the crowning of the 2022 Homecoming Queen and the playing of the Homecoming Game on Friday.
The old buildings standing guard at the eastern entrance to downtown Scooba have long been an eyesore and something that Mayor Craig Nave has worked hard to rectify.
Kemper County Superintendent of Education Hilute Hudson contends that the recent school ratings released by the Mississippi Department of Education indicates that the Kemper County School District is indeed “on the rise.”
Here are a few items of interest from issues of The Kemper County Messenger from one, five, 10, 25, 50 and 80 years ago.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING The Kemper County School Board Regular Scheduled Meeting will be held on Thursday, Sep. 8 beginning at 3 p.m. at the John C. Stennis Vocational Complex in DeKalb.
Works by two East Mississippi Community College art instructors have been selected for inclusion in separate juried art exhibits that will take place in Meridian.
A Kemper County man was killed early Monday morning by a falling tree limb in a work-related accident approximately two miles North of Preston.
Seniors at Kemper County High School took part in a PACES kick-off rally on Friday morning, learning what the student support group has to offer.
Here are a few items of interest from issues of The Kemper County Messenger from one, five, 10, 25, 50 and 80 years ago.
ALUMNI BASKETBALL GAME SET An Alumni basketball game will be held at Kemper County High School Gymnasium at noon on Saturday, Sept. 24.
William Carey University announced a major restructuring of its academic scholarship program during a press conference Sept. 9 at Tatum Court.
A bid of just over $17.5M was awarded for the construction of the new Kemper County Elementary School during last Thursday afternoon’s meeting of the Kemper County Board of Education.
Here are a few items of interest from issues of The Kemper County Messenger from five, 10, 25, 50 and 80 years ago.
VETERANS OFFICE CLOSURE The Kemper County Veterans Service Office is closed until further notice.
Scooba Mayor Craig Nave. was proud to show off the work that has been done on several streets in his community.
East Mississippi Community College will honor its 2022 Sports Hall of Fame during tonight’s (Thursday) MACC North Division contest with Northwest Mississippi Community College.
The annual meeting of the Kemper Academy patrons is set for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11 in the assembly room at the school. All patrons are encouraged to attend.
The students of Sherry Clemons-Hopson’s Health Sciences second year class and the Law and Public Safety students stood in awe on Sept. 2 as they watched the PHI Air Medical Group helicopter land in the field behind the Career Technical Center.
During its regular first meeting of the month held this past Monday, the Kemper County Board of Supervisors quickly cleared up confusion on how much the county could spend monthly with local businesses.
Early May delivered favorable weather conditions for most of Mississippi’s cotton producers, allowing them to get their crops in the ground at the ideal time.
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