After nearly six months, students are back on the campuses of Kemper County schools.

A time to relax, visit friends, play games, and of course eat. While you are grilling, try slicing vegetables and grill them, too. You can use a grill basket, or a sheet pan, or even do kabobs with them.

Rachel Mcdade Burrage, 65, 280 Little Rd Decatur Rd Decatur, MS, Charges: Driving on wrong side of Road; DUI 1st

Antioch Homecoming in Kemper County will be September 6, 2020. We will meet outside observing safety precautions due to Covid. Devotion at 11:00. Bring a chair and canopy if you can. Please respect others. See everyone there.

Kemper County’s number of infections from the Coronavirus Pandemic increased by n10 in the past week.

SCOOBA — East Mississippi Community College has hired Kemper County native Amy Ivy to serve as the college’s school nurse and to oversee infection control procedures to minimize the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus.

The Kemper County School District has seven new wifi hotspot buses that are being used to provide internet access to students and families in the school district.

 In the last couple of weeks,  we have been doing virtual learning with our grandchildren.It has been a lot of fun. Not only are they doing the assignments from the school, but I'm throwing my two cents in. I am a retired teacher and just can't help myself.We are learning measurement and fractions when we cook. We will find a recipe, gather the ingredients, and measure out each in separate bowls.

Quendarius Jackson, 21, 1125 8th St Pleasant Grove, AL, Charges: Probation Violati

Antioch Homecoming in Kemper County will be September 6, 2020. We will meet outside observing safety precautions due to Covid. Devotion at 11:00. Bring a chair and canopy if you can. Please respect others. See everyone there.

Welcome back to school! While we may be starting this year off with some distance between us, we couldn’t be happier to see students getting back into their (virtual) classrooms, reconnecting with old friends, making new ones and getting to know their teachers.

 – Kemper County School District is getting ready to play its first high school football jamboree game against Leake Central this Friday night at East Mississippi Community College Football Stadium.

Shermon Hunter, 38, 22nd Street Scooba, MS, Charges: DUI 1st; Driving while License Suspended; Speeding 

We all struggle with them. It's too much to throw out, but no one wants them again. This is where we have to become creative. We have to transform them into another dish so our love ones will eat them.

Antioch Homecoming in Kemper County will be September 6, 2020. We will meet outside observing safety precautions due to Covid. Devotion at 11:00. Bring a chair and canopy if you can. Please respect others. See everyone there.

The Kemper Academy Rams open their 2020 eight-man football season on the road Friday night when they visit Wilkinson County Academy.

Kemper County’s number of infections from the Coronavirus Pandemic increased by 17 in the past week.

The Kemper County board of supervisors set a public hearing for Friday, September 4, concerning the FY 2020-2021 county budget.

SCOOBA — Dr. Cameron Huxford and registered nurse Kathleen Hilbun with OCH Regional Medical Center in Starkville tested 101 East Mississippi Community College students for COVID-19 Thursday afternoon at the college’s Scooba campus in a community outreach effort to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Antioch Homecoming in Kemper County will be September 6, 2020. We will meet outside observing safety precautions due to Covid. Devotion at 11:00. Bring a chair and canopy if you can. Please respect others. See everyone there.