David Helms

At their November 5 meeting Pontotoc Aldermen unanimously approved (Alderman Jeff Stafford abstained) a motion accepting an 80/20 percent Recreational

The North Pontotoc Viking Voices Choir is hosting a Christmas Bazaar fund-raiser on Saturday, November 23 at the North Pontotoc Elementary Gym.

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 6, when Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election I breathed a tremendous sigh of relief and said “thank you God.”

Dirt work began Monday for construction of a new Pontotoc Fire Station at the corner of Reynolds Street and North Columbia Street (across from the Pontotoc Police Department). In August,

The 15th annual Rudolph Run, sponsored by the Pontotoc Juniorettes with affiliation to the Pontotoc Women's Club, is scheduled for Saturday, December 14, 2024.

Pontotoc County Election Commissioners last Thursday (Nov. 14) certified results for the November 5, 2024, General Election.

At the November 19 board meeting Pontotoc Aldermen unanimously approved a motion to purchase the .65-acre property which adjoins the Reynolds Street site where construction recently began on a new $2.9-million fire station.

For September 2024 Pontotoc County's unemployment rate was set at 2.7%, tied with three other counties for 11th lowest jobless rate in the state, according to the Mississippi Employment Security Commission's September report.

Last week a piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall sold at auction for $6.2-million in New York.

The two week December term of Pontotoc County Circuit Court convenes next week with 121 criminal cases on the docket.