The Newton County Appeal

Mississippi’s elected transportation commissioners have received a handful of resumes for executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, including from Gov. Tate Reeves’ Chief of Staff Brad White, former chairman of the state Republican Party.

Gov. Tate Reeves told hundreds of business leaders on Wednesday that his main regret about his handling COVID-19 is that he didn’t deem all businesses essential and let them remain open during the height of the pandemic.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it will review Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy serving as the first opportunity for the 6-3 conservative-majority court to challenge Roe v. Wade.

The state’s political leaders who are cutting off federal coronavirus-related federal unemployment benefits could provide needy Mississippians cash assistance through another federal program.

Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

The product of that work will be hitting the big screen in Meridian this weekend, as they are premiering Modern Day Disciples at the Temple Theatre Saturday night at 6 p.m.

The Newton County Farmers Market will kick off this weekend at ESCO Park in Newton.

The future of college football has been a hot topic the last few days and that isn’t likely to change anytime soon

Several renewable energy associations and environmental groups are criticizing Mississippi Power's plan to reduce its surplus generation capacity.

U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo used $61,000 of campaign funds to cover legal expenses related to an investigation into the congressman for allegedly using campaign money to pay for personal expenses.

East Central Community College softball player Zharia Richardson, a freshman from Gulfport, earned First Team All-Conference honors while Katelynn Gipson, a freshman from Decatur, picked up an honorable mention nod for their solid play through the year in the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference.

As an offensive player, if something wasn’t working, I had to get open and make something happen. This year, it’s going to be more of the same thing. I’m a senior, so I have to step up even more. I have to be more of a leader.

It was recently announced that Tullos was named the 2021 Mississippi Association of Coaches Coach of the Year in baseball. He joins Newton County softball coach Justin Chaney, who was named the MAC Fast-pitch Softball Coach of the Year for 2020.

East Central Community College’s Chris Lawrance (York, Australia) has been named as an Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American among community college players from across the country. The prestigious honor is only given to student-athletes that finish in the top 10 of the final ITA singles rankings.

I think the non-division schedule is a good one and should get us prepared for division plan and hopefully the playoffs. We’ve got a lot of guys back with a lot of playing experience. This is my first time at Newton where we weren’t looking up from the bottom of the division.