In Kelly Heath’s class at Kemper County Lower Elementary School stu­dents have enjoyed learning about the sea­son Autumn, more com­monly known as Fall to southerners.

The public’s response to the Kemper Messenger’s new look and re-ener­gized mission has most certainly caused us a boatload of prob­lems, and we are thankful.

There was a time when New Jersey native Betty Ann Casey struggled to navigate the culture of the Deep South.

Dominance in their home counties pushed Noxubee County’s Rod Hickman and Lauderdale County’s Minh Duong into the Nov. 23 run-off elec­tion for the District 32 seat in the Mississippi State Senate.

Kemper Academy has announced its students of the month for October.

The stars were definitely out in downtown Scooba on Saturday night, ranging from Mickey Mouse, to Sonic the Hedgehog, to Chucky, to the Mad Hatter, and more ninjas that could be counted.

Kemper County’s September unemployment rate dropped 1.7 percent when compared to the previous month, according to fig­ures from the Mississippi Depart­ment of Employment Security figures.

East Mississippi Com­munity College has been named to the Aspen In­stitute College Excel­lence Program’s list of Top 150 Community Col­leges in the Nation for the fifth time since 2015.

James (Jimbo) Stapleton of Macon, MS and Jennifer Staple-ton of Brooksville, MS announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Sava-nah Kay Stapleton, to Chase Owen Caw-thorn, son of Tony and Jeri Cawthorn, of DeKalb, MS.

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.

MERIDIAN CHAPTER OF MSU ALUMNI MEETING The Greater Meridian Chapter of Miss. State University Alumni will have their virtual meeting Thursday, Nov. 4th, 2021 beginning at 5:00pm.

With 44 members and four clubs the local chapter of the Mississippi Homemaker Volun­teers is one of the most active in the state according to county coordinator Malikah Jones of the Mississippi State University Extension Service.

After listening to the words of encouragement during the PACES Project sponsored Pep Rally delivered PACES Scholar, Kemper County High School Class of 2012 and Meridian Top 20 under 40 Business …

The public is invited to join students and faculty at East Mississippi Community Col­lege’s Golden Triangle and Scooba campuses Nov. 9 in paying tribute to the nation’s military.

 At their meeting on Oc­tober 18, the Kemper County Board of Supervi­sors authorized advertis­ing for bids to renovate and upgrade the county-owned building leased by Emilia Resources LLC for their cosmetics and phar­maceuticals manufactur­ing operations.

While the last seven days have been more than just a little over­whelming for me person­ally, they have also caused me to have hope for the fu­ture of Kemper County.

 The portion of Martin Luther King Drive lo­cated between the two main entrance drive­ways of Kemper County High School will now be closed between 2:40-3:40 p.m. each school day in an effort make it safer for the students to exit the campus.

A prosecuting attorney from Noxubee County and an optometrist from Merid­ian finished a solid one-two in a nine-person race for the vacant District 32 seat in the Mississippi State Sen­ate.

The Kemper County board of supervisors are considering purchasing the old Super Dollar building located across the street from the courthouse in DeKalb.

The East Mississippi Electric Power Association expected to have electricity restored to most of its Kemper County customers by Wednesday.