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Mississippi’s first Native Springs Distillery opens in JDC

Mississippi’s first Native Spirits Distillery is now open in Bassfield. The distillery, owned by Rhonda Phillips, is located ...

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Prentiss traffic stop ends in drug arrest

Drugs are off the street after officers with the Prentiss Police Department stopped a vehicle for a traffic ...

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JDC Mayors’ Youth Council attends annual summit at Ole Miss

The Mississippi Municipal League (MML) presented the 15th Annual Youth Leadership Summit Feb. 24 – 25, at the ...

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JDC officers looking for couple wanted in recent burglaries

The Jefferson Davis County Sheriff’s Office is looking for Robert Kyle Hatley and Rachel Johnson in connection to ...

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Bassfield shooting leaves one dead, one arrested

Antwan Loftin, 26, is being charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of 36-year-old Johnny Reese of Bassfield. ...

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Taylor found guilty in 2015 assault case

Fifteenth Circuit Court District Attorney Hal Kittrell announced that on Feb. 14, Timothy Dewayne Taylor, 42, of Prentiss, ...

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Board approves sale of county garbage truck

The Jefferson Davis County Board of Supervisors met for the second meeting of the month Tuesday morning at ...

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Statewide tornado drill this morning

There will be a statewide tornado drill at 9:15 am this morning. Weather sirens in the Town of ...

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Prentiss wagon leads dignitaries into Dixie National

Several from Prentiss participated this year in the Dixie National Wagon Train held last week. Frank and Shelly ...

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Local libraries invite kids to Read through Winter Wonderland

The winter reading program, Reading through Winter Wonderland, is going strong at the Dr. Frank L. Leggett Public ...

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School campuses closed ahead of severe weather tomorrow

All schools in the Jefferson Davis County School District will conduct classes virtually tomorrow, Feb. 16, due to ...

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Lady Jags clinch fourth district championship

The Lady Jaguars captured their fourth district title by defeating the St. Patrick Fighting Irish 56-53 in the ...

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Carver fourth grader wins district spelling bee

The Jefferson Davis County District Spelling Bee was held Feb. 9 at the Academic Success Center in Carson. ...

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Board of Supervisors approves abandonment of District 5 road

The Jefferson Davis County Board of Supervisors met for the first meeting of the month Monday morning at ...

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Incumbent Hosemann expected to take the fight to primary challenger McDaniel

Back in 2014, Mississippi politicos underestimated Tea Party zealot State Sen. Chris McDaniel and it almost resulted in ...

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Local children deliver treats to the JDCSO

Several children, including Jhaloni, Evyianna and Kyleigha, visited the Jefferson Davis County Sheriff’s Department and delivered goodie bags ...

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Miss Mississippi visits Carver Elementary as part of her ‘Music is Medicine’ initiative

Students at G. W. Carver Elementary got a special treat last week as Miss Mississippi Emmie Perkins visited ...

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Still no suspects in horse dragging death

Law enforcement officials are continuing the search for a driver who dragged a pregnant horse to death in ...

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Final list of candidates set for Jefferson Davis County primary Aug. 8

The ballot is set in the 2023 election with a large turnout for county offices. Over 30 candidates ...

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Ballot growing larger in county election as qualifying ends today at 5 p.m.

Ten new supervisor candidates have qualified in the upcoming county elections as of Tuesday afternoon. John Emmit Stamps, ...