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Blues festival tickets, t-shirts available

Preparations for the 20th annual Howlin' Wolf Memorial Blues Festival — now called the Black Prairie Blues Festival — are in full swing.

The Snake Man is coming to the BPL

Terry L. Vandeventer, also known as The Snake Man will be at Bryan Public Library today to close out the library's Summer Reading Program.

West Point woman found guilty of murder

A West Point woman will spend life in prison after being found guilty of murder during the July term of Clay County Circuit Court.

Political candidates battle it out

Citizens got a chance to meet with local candidates this week at the political forum hosted by Delta Sigma Theta and Local 1529 UFCW.

Political forum tomorrow

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and Local 1529 UFCW (formally Local 1991 UFCW) will host a 2015 candidates’ meet and greet forum for candidates running for county offices as well as state representative and district attorney, at, 6:00p.m. at Local 1529 UFCW, Bryan Union Hall.

Clay County EMA hosts tabletop exercise for PAF

With the 37th annual Prairie Arts Festival (PAF) just around the corner, the Clay County Emergency Management Agency hosted a table-top exercise with local officials and emergency responders Wednesday at the West Point Civic Center.

West Point Police to host BBQ cook-off

The West Point Police Department will host a BBQ cook-off Saturday at Sally Kate Winters park in downtown West Point.

City busy with Fourth of July activies

About 100 kids from First United Methodist Church's child care program donned their red, white and blue best to march down Commerce Street as part of their Independence Day Parade Thursday morning. The parade was just one of a number of Independence Day related activities last week.

Something we don't see anymore, rotating canasta parties

These ladies were part of a rotating canasta party back in July of 1955. A review of several of the old Daily Times Leader papers from the 1950s shows that canasta was quite a popular pastime, especially with various ladies clubs.

MSU Takes Over SEC Network Monday, July 6

24 hours of SEC Network coverage will be devoted entirely to Mississippi State.