04/26/11 Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Alcorn, Benton, Marshall and Tippah counties until 9:15 p.m. The National Weather Service has extended Tornado Watch 217 to include the following areas until 10 p.m. this evening.
04/26/11 UPDATE: 9:12 p.m. - Tornado Warning for Alcorn, Benton and Tippah counties until 10 p.m. Tornado Warning for Benton, De Soto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tippah & Union counties until 9 p.m.
04/26/11 UPDATE: 9:37 p.m. - Northeast Mississippi area under a tornado watch until 5 a.m. UPDATE: 9:12 p.m. - Tornado Warning for Alcorn, Benton and Tippah counties until 10 p.m.
04/26/11 UPDATE: 9:37 p.m. - Northeast Mississippi area under a Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch until 5 a.m. UPDATE: 9:12 p.m. - Tornado Warning for Alcorn, Benton and Tippah counties until 10 p.m.
04/25/11 KUAR's Kelly MacNeil reports that Medicaid money for the state's center for developmentally disabled at Booneville is in jeopardy because of lax supervision of residents. A resident was left unattended in a van for two-and-a-half hours March 25. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
04/20/11 Meridian High School ended the 2011 baseball season Tuesday night by dropping a 9-2 decision to Oak Grove and one more thing came to an end as well. Head baseball coach Chuck Butler confirmed to The Meridian Star moments after the game that he is stepping down as head baseball coach at Meridian High School.
04/20/11 Meridian Community College shot 7 under par to claim runner-up at the NJCAA District IV Championship at Willow Point Golf Club. The second-place finish secured MCC their third consecutive national championship appearance, this year being played at Odes Country Club in Odessa, Texas, on May 17-20. Darton College out of Georgia won by six shots over MCC, the Cavaliers shot 851, MCC had ...
04/17/11 For five innings, Blake Thomas struck out Meridian Wildcat after Meridian Wildcat. In the sixth inning, though, at Q.V. Sykes Park, the Wildcats struck back. MHS banged out three of its four hits in the frame as it rallied for a 4-2 win against West Lauderdale.
04/17/11 Northeast Lauderdale may be playing its best baseball of the season and at the right time of the year with the postseason just around the corner. The Trojans banged out 15 hits and used a seven-run third inning to earn an 11-1 victory against cross-county rival Southeast Lauderdale on Saturday. The victory against the Tigers also came on the final regular season home game for the ...
04/16/11 The First United Methodist Church building at 355 North Broadway passed the first hurdle to earning a spot on the National Register of Historic Places.
04/13/11 A public hearing on the question of allowing the South Logan County Public Water Facilities Board to issue up to $1 million in bonds for an extension project is set for 7 p.m. Monday night at the Logan County Courthouse in Booneville.
04/12/11 Jaycee Tutor, of Booneville and Scott Gray III, were honored at the State Capitol as the 2010 State Games of Mississippi AT&T Athletes of the Year. Tutor and Gray were introduced to the Mississippi Senate and House of Representatives where a resolution was passed in their honor. The Lieutenant Governor also recognized Tutor and Gray for their achievements as the AT&T Athlete of the year.
04/09/11 Greenwood School District's newly renovated Old Rock Gymnasium was among 12 properties statewide nominated this week to the National Register of Historic Places by the State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program.
04/09/11 Nathan Wilder, who weighed only 1 pound and 13 ounces when he was born, is now a face and voice for countless children and families.
04/08/11 In about five weeks, hundreds of reenactors will converge on Carthage from across the region and the country to take part on one of the first celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
04/06/11 Logan County Sheriff Steve Smith often finds himself in a minority these days. About nine months ago Smith began pushing the need for a new, or at least massively renovated county jail.
03/30/11 Greenwood School District's newly renovated Old Rock Gymnasium is among 12 properties that will be considered for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places when the state Review Board meets in Little Rock on April 6.
03/30/11 The State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is considering the Booneville Methodist Episcopal Church South at Booneville for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
03/28/11 The pending nomination of the century-old First United Methodist Church for inclusion to the National Register of Historic Places is the latest in efforts to celebrate the colorful history of Booneville.
03/25/11 A Booneville church that has stood as a prominent town landmark for more than a century is being considered for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. | 
