Hue Townsend, CEO of Guaranty Bank, last week announced the hiring of Emily Cochran as a member of the loan support team at the Batesville branch. Cochran recently joined Guaranty Bank and brings a ...

Alyssa Swindle, of Batesville, was recognized as a Stephen D. Lee Scholar during Mississippi State University’s spring 2025 commencement exercises. Swindle is among more than 140 students who attained ...

On Wednesday, July 2, State Auditor Shad White announced that Lisa Goodson, former Town of Sardis Water Department Clerk, has pleaded guilty to one count of Embezzlement of Public Funds. Goodson took ...

Mike owned a restaurant in our home town of Macon, aptly named, Famous Mike’s. His good nature, the world wide web, and many whose pilgrimage to see the Allman Brothers resting place at Rose Hill ...

Aldermen set the fine for the first offense at $1,000. Subsequent fines were not clear as of Tuesday, but a full reading of the new ordinance will be available at the next meeting of the board.

Batesville Municipal Judge Jay Westfaul administered the oaths of office to the city’s Mayor and Board of Aldermen in a short ceremony on Tuesday, July 1. City Attorney Colmon Mitchell presided, and ...

The CDC reported that in Mississippi, infant hospitalization with congenital syphilis spiked by 1,000 percent, from 10 cases in 2016 to 110 cases in 2022. “The syphilis epidemic has impacted many ...