News

Florida trip interrupted by arrests

Three Arkansas women on their way to Florida decide to get some spending money by breaking into cars at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point.

The scheme didn’t work or last very long.

Now all three are in the Clay County Jail.

North Mississippi road contracts awarded

Contracts for nine major road maintenance projects totaling more than $34 million have been awarded across North Mississippi, including several in the Golden Triangle area.

Ford to speak at Lee County event

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Stolen big rig recovered in George County

Investigators with the George County Sheriff’s Department in Lucedale, Miss., have recovered a tractor rig stolen Sunday from West Point and charged a Lucedale man.

Man accused of hit and run, 4th offense DUI

A 50-year-old Starkville man who already has been arrested four times and convicted three times of driving drunk is charged again, this time after smashing into a car and leaving the scene.

City ramping up for online tax sale

The owners of as many as 1,540 pieces of property in the city of West Point and the consolidated school district have until March 27 to pay their overdue property taxes or risk having them sold at the city’s delinquent tax sale April 1.

City sees near-record fine revenues in February

West Point’s crackdown on unpaid city court fines produced $57,565 in collections in February with $37,398.25 of that going to the city.

The rest went to the state as part of the state’s share of fines and fees.

State repairs to Yokohama Blvd. coming soon

Safety repairs to bridges on Yokohama Boulevard near Highway 45 Alternate will start soon.

Two charged with burglary

Two Clay County residents are charged in connection with breaking into the storage area at the Clay County White Goods Collection Center on Highway 47 near Lake Grove Road.

Rains put city sewage system at ‘crisis’ level

Heavy rains and an aging sewer system are straining West Point’s wastewater treatment system to the point of "crisis."

That’s the news in a report to city leaders from Light and Water Manager Boodro Marsac.