The Kemper County Economic Development Authority (KCEDA) is looking to bring new industry into the county following the July exit of one of the county’s top private employers, Emilia, LLC. 

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. 

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.

Dozens of potential em­ployers will interview job seekers and accept applica­tions during the Governor’s Job Fair that will take place June 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Communiver­sity at East Mississippi Community College.

While she doesn’t have any bear traps for sell at this moment, Virginia Van­derwalker contends you can find many other inter­esting items on display at Bizzy B’s, her consignment shop located in downtown DeKalb.

Here are the a few items of interest from issues of The Kemper County Messenger from one, five, 10, 25, 50 and 80 years ago.

The Republican Primary for the Third Congressional District seat in the United States House of Represen­tatives will be held on June 7. There will be no Demo­cratic Primary.

The sound of Taps wafted through the trees and across the field on the Collins family farm on Monday afternoon, as a crowd of 50-plus gathered to honor fallen veterans and to unveil a new me­morial monument just out­side the town of Scooba.

Here are a few items from issues of The Kemper County Messenger from one, five, 10, 25, 50 and 80 years ago.

The Kemper County His­torical Association met on May 9, at the Historical Mu­seum.

Auto Parts Center & Hard­ware, located at 16581 Hwy 16 East is now partnered with Parts City Auto Parts, a brand of Ozark Automotive Distributors developed specifically for supplying parts and business support to independently-owned auto parts businesses.

Kemper County Circuit Clerk Shirley Jackson ad­dressed the Kemper County Board of Supervi­sors during its regular Monday morning meet­ing requesting the time line of when the new su­pervisors voting lines would be drawn and ap­proved.

Kemper Academy caught a big fish in the hiring of new head football coach, Steve Cheatham. Cheatham is the former head coach at East Central Community College and has also served as head coach at both Neshoba Central High School and Philadelphia High School, as well as as­sistant coach at both.

Approximately 100 students will graduate from two DeKalb-based high schools on Friday night as both Kemper County High school and Kemper Academy hold their 2022 graduation ceremonies.

East Mississippi Community Col­lege has named the 2022 officers for the Phi Theta Kappa Honor So­ciety chapters on the college’s Scooba and Golden Triangle cam­puses.

East Mississippi Commu­nity College held spring 2022 commencement cer­emonies on Friday, May 6 at the Golden Triangle campus and Saturday, May 7, at the college’s Scooba campus.

A Campus Clean Up Day at John C. Stennis Career & Technical Center. Career and technical students at John C. Stennis career and technical center hosted a campus cleanup day on May 4.

Kemper County School District is proud to an­nounce that Kemper County High School is a 2021-2022 National Beta School of Merit and District of Distinction.

Here are a few items of interest from issues of The Kemper County Messenger from one, five, 10, 25, 50 and 80 years ago.

Come one, come all — wear your hat!