Mississippi tax revenue collections through October, the first four months of the fiscal year, are about $160 million above the amount collected during the same period last year, according to the most recently released revenue report.
Kemper County’s October unemployment rate stood a 5.7 percent, a nine-tenths of a percent drop when compared to the previous month, according to figures from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security figures.
The town of DeKalb approved the purchase of 500 garbage cans during its regular November meeting of the mayor and alderman.
Noxubee County Attorney Rod Hickman claimed 60 percent of the vote across four counties to win the special election run-off for the District 32 Mississippi State Senate seat vacated with the retirement of longtime Senator Sampson Jackson of Kemper County.
Fresh off a 9-4 season that saw the Kemper County High School football team battle through adversity on the way to advancing to the third round of the MHSAA Class 2A State Football Playoffs, the Wildcats are officially in the search for a new head coach.
East Mississippi Community College will be offering short-term classes during the 2022 Winter Term for students who want to pick up additional credits.
SCOOBA — East Mississippi Community College’s Licensed Practical Nursing program is returning to the Scooba campus after a 19-year hiatus.
The Looking Back feature has returned to the Kemper County Messenger. Every week we will take a quick look at stories of interest from back issues of the newspaper.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR APPRECIATION DAY AT ST. LUKE P.B. CHURCH St. Luke P.B. Church in Porterville, MS will be celebrating Dr. Greg and 1st Lady Shirley Watkins with Appreciation Day on November 28, 2021 at 10 a.m. Please come out and help celebrate this joyous occasion. Pastor Patrick Granger will be the guest speaker.
About one-third of Mississippi kindergarteners demonstrated they were kindergarten ready on a state literacy test this fall, a declining statistic State Superintendent of Education Carey Wright said is “further proof” of the pandemic’s negative impact on students.
In an effort to recognize the impact teachers have on the lives of their students, both in school and out, Kemper Academy will be presenting “Making A Difference” awards to two teachers for each nine-week term of the 2021-2022 school year.
A special senate sub-comittee recently began studying how best to spend $1.8 billion in federal pandemic stimulus funds Mississippi is receiving as part of the American Rescue Plan Act.
Area youth recently took part in 4-H Robotics Challenge during 4-H Day at the State Fair in Jackson.
The Christmas celebration season gets underway Tuesday, Nov. 30 when the Scooba Christmas Parade gets underway at 6 p.m. Kayla Moore will be the Grand Marshall.
The Kemper County Board of Supervisors have officially signaled the beginning of the realigning of supervisors districts by contracting with Butler Snow LLP to oversee the process.
Trenton Steele says he has always known he wanted to live a creative lifestyle, exploring photography and other outlets.
In conjunction with Veterans Day EMCC held a pair of ceremonies last Tuesday which paid tribute to the nation's military.
Life has many challenges but falling and breaking a hip is an enormous one. I am showing progress and appreciate some of my Kipling neighbors who have been guest columnists and helping out until I can continue. This week’s column is written by Grace Gibson:
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Representatives of Emilia LLC spoke with members of the Kemper County Board of Supervisors during their regular third-Monday meeting about the possibility of renting storage space form the county.
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