Am I the only one who thinks TV hunting shows cheapen hunting by reducing it to a video game?
America is home to some of the finest shipbuilders in the world. This industry is becoming increasingly vital to our national security as we s…
My brother Scotty and I were talking about the few times that we had been pulled over by police and what that conversation was.
Early advertising deadlines are set for the June 2 edition of the Pontotoc Progress. The Progress office will be closed on Monday, May 31, for…
Two towns are all that is left to hold an election to finally seat their aldermen for their up coming four year term. Both Ecru and Sherman ar…
Pontotoc Mayor Bob Peeples said the city of Pontotoc will debut its summer concert series this Sunday (May 16) afternoon at 4 p.m. at the larg…
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At the May 4 meeting Pontotoc Aldermen unanimously passed a motion to quit deed the city’s parking lot property, which is located behind the P…
David Helms
Managing Editor
Someone once said “if I’d known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself.”
David Helms
Managing Editor
HOUSTON • A pair of 20-year-old men have been charged in connection with home invasions in Chickasaw, Oktibbeha and Pontotoc counties.
William Moore
Reporter
A severe thunderstorm rolled through Pontotoc County between seven and eight o’clock last Sunday (May 9) night downing numerous trees in the n…
David Helms
Managing Editor
A total of 322 votes were cast in two Republican primary alderman runoff races which were held on Tuesday, April 27, in the city of Pontotoc.
David Helms
Managing Editor
About a year ago, when the coronavirus first gripped our nation, House Democratic Whip James Clyburn described the unfolding crisis as “a trem…
David Helms
Managing Editor
At least a dozen homes and storage buildings were ravaged by the wind on King's Highway Sunday, May 2, 2021 when a tornado cut a swath through…
David Helms
Managing Editor
Pontotoc County School officials have announced that due to weather concerns later this afternoon buses at North and South Pontotoc will load …
David Helms
Managing Editor
The second Sunday in May is set aside for Mother’s Day. The day is an American tradition. In a deeper sense, however, honoring one’s mother is…
David Helms
Managing Editor
I listened to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last week. Some say State of the Union was not the proper term because of limit…
David Helms
Managing Editor
Sunday will be a day set aside to celebrate Mother’s.
David Helms
Managing Editor
Dozens of business owners turned out last Wednesday to get some help from a number of entities that came to the Small Business venue at the Fi…
Regina Butler
Reporter
March’s 2021 labor market data from the Mississippi Employment Security Commission showed Pontotoc County’s unemployment rate at 6.4 percent, …
David Helms
Managing Editor
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat the Soldier's last tattoo; no more on life's parade shall meet that brave and fallen few. On fame's etern…
David Helms
Managing Editor
Pontotoc City School officials have announced they will be dismissing school today (May 4) at 1:30 p.m. due to weather concerns.
David Helms
Managing Editor
A tornado, which originally formed in Calhoun County, swept through southern Pontotoc County Sunday (May 2) night around 9:30 p.m. damaging at…
David Helms
Managing Editor
Last Friday (April 30) Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed a new executive order lifting all capacity restrictions on indoor and outdoor g…
David Helms
Managing Editor
At leases a dozen homes and storage buildings were damaged on Kings Highway approximately two miles south of Hwy. 278 when a tornado came thro…
David Helms
Managing Editor
QUESTION: Why does my snowball bush have flat flowers rather than the round hydrangea-like blooms?
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(Editor’s note: Folks sue over the darndest things.This is an unsolved mystery. I don’t know how it turned out, since I moved on to a new job …