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Showing new Attala County E-911 equipment are (standing, from left) Director Liz Peteet, dispatchers Shannon Mitchell, LaToya Thompson, Charlene Nash, Tammy Veasy; (seated) Debra Elmore, Jasmine Sharkey. The joint venture of the City of Kosciusko and Attala County cost more than $27,000.

• New E911 system installed for city, county

  When a call is placed to the Attala County E-911, dispatchers are able to quickly pinpoint the location of the caller through a digital map on a computer screen thanks to a new top-of-the-line operating system.

  June 19, 2013 1 Photo

• Movie-goers line the street at The Strand
• DUIs, parole violation among charges
• City of Kosciusko considering pet ban in parks
• Lopez film to be shown in front of former movie house

Sports

• Top Ten 2 Watch: Riley’s ‘pride’ is hard to hide

  To be seen and not heard can be a good thing, especially when it refers to athletic performance on the field of play. 
  Kosciusko Whippet Sam Riley is about as good of an example as one could imagine. 

  June 12, 2013 1 Photo

• Kosy native to coach South Softball All-Stars
• On the Porch with Dirk: Sundays
• Local preps make All-State
• Browning shining in Michigan

Features

• Flashbacks

  May 30, 1963
  Forty-three members of Kosciusko civic clubs met in the City Hall Tuesday night. They formed an organization called the Natchez Trace Tourist Attraction Association of the Chamber of Commerce. Jones Woodward was elected president of the new group. He was given the power to pick his associates in the numbers necessary to perform the tasks of the organization.

  May 30, 2013

• The Nation’s Capitol: Ethel High School students see sites in Washington, D.C.
• Flashbacks
• Relay for Life raises funds
• Pioneer Day:Annual French Camp event provided activities for all ages

Opinion

• To ‘my boy’ and the Class of 2013

  Legendary coach Vince Lombardi said, "The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."

  May 22, 2013

• Can ‘good’ news sell the newspaper?
• On Getting ‘Stranded’
• Fear of Big Red canceled fishing
• Summertime visiting

Community Information

• FamFest cancelled

  FamFest, which was scheduled to begin Thursday and continue through Saturday at the Attala County Coliseum has been cancelled,

  June 7, 2013

• Summer hours for county school district
• Splash Pad open for season
• Democratic meeting Saturday
• Thomastown Day Saturday

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