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Suspect arrested after ramming vehicles, fleeing Panola County, Mississippi, deputies

A robbery and aggravated assault suspect is in custody after he allegedly rammed vehicles and fled from law enforcement in Mississippi Friday. The Panola County Sheriff's Office reports 30-year-old Titus Lester has been taken into custody. According to the Panola County Sheriff's Office, on Friday, November 6, Panola County deputies...

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Pope, Panola County: Railroads, Cotton, Churches, and the Schools of a Mississippi Town

Appalachian Community Histories – Pope, Panola County: Railroads, Cotton, Churches, and the Schools of a Mississippi Town. In the southern portion of Panola County, Mississippi, the small community of Pope developed beside a railroad that helped transform the surrounding countryside during the nineteenth century. What began as a settlement associated with railroad construction and agricultural land gradually became an incorporated municipality with churches, schools, merchants, mills, and a cotton trade that connected local farmers to markets beyond northern Mississippi. Although Pope never grew into a large commercial center, its history provides an important example of how transportation, agriculture, religion, education, and community organizations shaped the development of rural towns throughout the region.

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Locke Station, Panola County: Rural Roads, Cotton Fields, and a Mississippi Delta Community

Appalachian Community Histories – Locke Station, Panola County: Rural Roads, Cotton Fields, and a Mississippi Delta Community. In the western countryside of Panola County, Mississippi, near the boundary with neighboring Quitman County, lies a rural community known as Locke Station. Unlike the larger towns of Batesville, Sardis, and Marks, Locke Station has never developed into a prominent commercial center, yet its name has survived through government maps, transportation records, and other official documents that preserve the geography of northwestern Mississippi.

Panola County, MS · 23h

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Tocowa, Panola County: Mineral Springs, a Historic Hotel, and a Forgotten Mississippi Resort Town

Appalachian Community Histories – Tocowa, Panola County: Mineral Springs, a Historic Hotel, and a Forgotten Mississippi Resort Town. In the wooded hills of southwestern Panola County, Mississippi, where the rolling bluffs descend toward the lowlands of the Mississippi Delta, there once stood a small town known for its mineral springs, country hotel, and reputation as a place of healing. The community was called Tocowa, although historical records also refer to the surrounding area as Tocowa Springs or Tocawa Springs Village. During the nineteenth century, its natural spring attracted visitors who believed that the water possessed medicinal properties, while the surrounding settlement developed into a small center of rural commerce, education, and community life.

Panola County, MS · 1d

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Terza, Panola County: A Methodist Church, a Rural Post Office, and the Lester Family

Appalachian Community Histories – Terza, Panola County: A Methodist Church, a Rural Post Office, and the Lester Family. Along Terza Road in Panola County, Mississippi, between the communities of Batesville and Sardis, lies a rural settlement whose history can easily be overlooked. Terza never developed into one of the county’s principal towns, and surviving historical accounts offer little indication that it possessed the commercial importance of its larger neighbors. Nevertheless, the community’s name appears in nineteenth-century postal records, early Mississippi historical publications, Methodist church histories, and cemetery records that reveal a settlement with roots extending back to the antebellum period.

Panola County, MS · 23h

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Horatio, Panola County: From a Rural Post Office to a Forgotten Mississippi Town

Appalachian Community Histories – Horatio, Panola County: From a Rural Post Office to a Forgotten Mississippi Town. In the countryside west of Sardis, Mississippi, once stood a small community known as Horatio, a place whose name has largely disappeared from modern maps but whose history survives through scattered postal records, early twentieth-century directories, and references to one of Panola County’s historic churches. Unlike the larger communities of Sardis, Batesville, and Como, Horatio never became a major commercial center, and its surviving documentation offers only fragments of the lives and institutions that once defined it.

Panola County, MS · 23h

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Pleasant Grove, Panola County: From a Rural Post Office to Schools, Churches, Baseball, and the Blues

Appalachian Community Histories – Pleasant Grove, Panola County: From a Rural Post Office to Schools, Churches, Baseball, and the Blues. Along Mississippi Highway 315, approximately ten miles west of Sardis, lies Pleasant Grove, a rural community whose history reflects the agricultural traditions, religious institutions, educational developments, and changing social conditions of northern Mississippi. Although Pleasant Grove never developed into a large incorporated town, its churches, stores, post office, school, and surrounding farms once provided important connections for families living in the western portion of Panola County.

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Longtown, Panola County: From an Incorporated Town to a Rural Mississippi Community

Appalachian Community Histories – Longtown, Panola County: From an Incorporated Town to a Rural Mississippi Community. In the northwestern countryside of Panola County, Mississippi, lies Longtown, a rural community whose history reaches back to the nineteenth century. Although it never developed into a major commercial center, Longtown once possessed something that many small settlements never obtained: an official municipal charter granted by the Mississippi Legislature. It also maintained a post office, supported churches and educational institutions, and became home to a benevolent society whose members corresponded directly with the governor of Mississippi.

Panola County, MS · 23h

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This Mississippi Farm Has A Rustic Restaurant Hidden Among 120 Acres

A working farm in Mississippi runs hayrides, a corn maze, pony rides and a pumpkin patch. It also has a restaurant on the property. I can’t think of a better way to end a muddy afternoon. The farm has a petting zoo and a pirate ship playground too. There’s...

Hernando, MS · 1d

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Clarksdale School District requires masks inside buildings, transportation due to increase of respiratory illnesses

CLARKSDALE, Miss. - Clarksdale Municipal School District is requiring masks to be worn inside school buildings and transportation due to an increase in respiratory illnesses. The school district provided the following statement:. "Wildcat Nation!. We need your help keeping our schools healthy. If your child is not feeling well, please...

Clarksdale, MS · 18h

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Silver Alert issued for Clarksdale man last seen in DeSoto County

DESOTO COUNTY — Authorities are asking for help finding a 76-year-old Clarksdale man last seen driving south near Highway 51 and Star Landing Road on Monday. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation issued a Silver Alert for Oneal Sims on behalf of the Southaven Police Department. He was last seen about 4:51 p.m. Nov. 9.

Clarksdale, MS · 3h

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Glenville, Panola County: From the 1871 Post Office to the Fiddle Music of Bob Pratcher

Appalachian Community Histories – Glenville, Panola County: From the 1871 Post Office to the Fiddle Music of Bob Pratcher. In the countryside of northern Panola County, Mississippi, near Mississippi Highway 310 and southwest of Tyro, lies the small community of Glenville. Unlike the larger towns of Sardis, Como, and Batesville, Glenville never developed into a major commercial or railroad center, but its name survives in nineteenth-century postal directories, historical maps, cemetery records, and the musical history of northern Mississippi. Its story reflects the experiences of rural settlements whose importance rested less on their size than on the farms, churches, families, and everyday institutions that connected the surrounding countryside.

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Sardis, Panola County: Railroads, Historic Courthouses, Sardis Dam, and Civil Rights

Appalachian Community Histories – Sardis, Panola County: Railroads, Historic Courthouses, Sardis Dam, and Civil Rights. In the northern reaches of Mississippi, where the rolling hills of Panola County give way to the fertile lands of the Mississippi Delta, the town of Sardis developed from a small nineteenth-century settlement into an important center of government, commerce, transportation, and architectural history. Its streets preserve reminders of a time when railroads determined the fortunes of neighboring communities, county courthouses represented political influence, and cotton, timber, and agriculture supported much of the regional economy.

Panola County, MS · 1d

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Senatobia officer who fatally shot toddler had a history of aggressive, volatile policing

A new examination of video footage shows that the officer who shot at a fleeing car in a Walmart parking lot, killing a boy, had previously ramped up encounters by punching, cursing and drawing his weapon.

Senatobia, MS · 1d

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Pull Off At These 6 Mississippi Delta Stops Where A Dozen Warm Tamales Feeds The Whole Carload

Our family pulled off a two-lane Mississippi highway for gas and left with a paper sack of warm tamales we had not planned on buying. By the next town, the kids were asking where we could get more. The Delta has quietly kept a tamale tradition alive for over a...

Clarksdale, MS · 2d

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St. Paul Marchers Demand Justice For Kohen Wiley, 1, Killed By Mississippi Police

A march through St. Paul last month carried the name of a one-year-old boy who never set foot in Minnesota. Kohen Wiley was shot and killed in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Mississippi, in June, and on Oct. 25, adults and children gathered outside the governor’s mansion in solidarity with his family and others affected by police violence.

Senatobia, MS · 1d

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Coffee Central by Ethnos Coming Soon to Senatobia

A coffee concept with a heart of gold is getting ready to perk up the Senatobia java scene, one cup of Joe at a time. Coffee Central by Ethnos has announced its plans to open a new location in the area, bringing locals a new hub for cafe favorites, community, and-of course-a great cup of coffee.

Senatobia, MS · 1d

Mississippi Sports Group

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Hinds Falls to Northwest 33-29 in MACCC Championship

Hinds scored 22 points in the fourth quarter and briefly took the lead, but Northwest Mississippi answered with a late touchdown to win the MACCC title. The Eagles finished 7-4, their most victories since 2021.

Senatobia, MS · 2d

The Panolian

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Batesville JH Chorus to join Oxford chorus for Winter Concert

The Batesville Junior High Chorus will join the Oxford Civic Chorus for its annual Winter Concert on Dec. 12, giving local students an opportunity to share the stage with more […]

Oxford, MS · 1d