South Jones High School marching band War Path competed on Saturday in the Rocket City Invitational at Neshoba Central in Philadelphia and was selected Overall Grand Champion. The band received first place in overall music performance, visual effect, general effect and percussion, plus it wa…

South Jones High School will begin its homecoming festivities on Thursday, Sept. 20, with a parade through downtown Ellisville at 6:30 p.m. The parade will start at Corner Market and continue through downtown. The homecoming court will be presented at the pep rally at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Se…

Nora Davis Magnet School was recently honored with the highest designation given by the Mississippi Arts Commission for the successful use of arts in the classroom. Representatives from MAC and the Mississippi Department of Education presented the school with Model of Exemplary Practice in A…

The recipients of The William Maurice Tittle III Scholarship and The Joshua Lyon Ousley Scholarship to The University of Mississippi are Gracie Mauldin 2017 and Jess Cooley 2018. Gracie is the daughter of Joe and Dorothy Axton Mauldin of Laurel, and Jess is the son of Joey and Angie Gavin Co…

The new teachers for Mason Elementary, Oak Park Elementary, Maddox Elementary and Nora Davis Magnet were recently welcomed to the Laurel School District. Front row, from left, Clarene Holcomb, Oak Park language and social studies; Chelsea Evans, Mason kindergarten; and Ashley Hite, Maddox se…

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Sarah Robertson and Faith Houston (holding gavel) of Laurel recently served as pages for the Mississippi House of Representatives. Pages generally run errands for officials and House staff.  Sarah and Faith are pictured with Speaker of the House Philip Gunn and Rep. Dana Criswell (R-Olive Br…

Moss Point assistant superintendent bests nine for $135,000 per year post

By Teresa McCreery

The Fine Arts Department of Jones County Junior College will present “The Star of Bethlehem,” a Christmas concert by the JCJC Concert Choir and special guests, including an orchestra and dancers from the Laurel Ballet Academy.

Interviews for as many as eight candidates for the Laurel School District superintendent are scheduled for Thursday and Friday.

West Jones High School is hosting homecoming festivities at Mustang Field on Friday. The homecoming court is, front from left, senior Football Maid Keyasha McDonald, senior maids Brittani Dozier and Carolyn Barlow, Queen Carley Hill, senior Student Body Maids Anna Grace Gieger and Nataleigh …

The Laurel High School Tornado Marching Band received all-superior ratings for the fifth consecutive year at the Mississippi High School Activities Association State Marching Evaluations. State evaluations took place on Oct. 14 at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba. Superior rating…

St. John’s Day School got a lot of statewide attention last week for what’s growing on there.

The Northeast Jones homecoming court is (from back to front, left to right):  eighth-grade maid Emily Gatlin and escort Cole Koenisberger, Student Body Maid Anna Landrum and escort Braxton Dykes; sophomore maid Chloe Ward and escort Daygen Warren; seventh-grade maid Isabella Harrison and esc…

South Jones graduate Taylor Duffy, the daughter of Tommy Duffy and Dennis and Renee Bisnette, received the Joseph Thompson Myers Scholarship to The University of Mississippi.

By Teresa McCreery

West Jones Fellowship of Christian Athletes chose the Glory House as the first mission project of the school year. Boxes of mac-n-cheese and soup/crackers were collected and delivered. Pictured are representatives of the WJHS FCA Blake Todd and Bailey Smith.

South Jones High School will kick off homecoming festivities with a downtown Ellisville parade on Thursday, Sept. 14, at 6:30 p.m. The homecoming court will be presented at 9:30 a.m., in the school gymnasium on Sept. 15 and again at 6:15 p.m., on the football field at The Reservation before …

For his outstanding leadership and dedicated service, Oak Park Elementary School Principal Tito Lanier was selected as the Laurel School District’s Administrator of the Year.

Oak Park Elementary School parent Tiara Milsap was recently honored at the Laurel School District’s Celebration of Excellence as the 2017 District Parent of the Year. Milsap has three children at Oak Park fifth-grader Lamiya Ross, fourth-grader Loronzo Ross and 4-year-old kindergartener Aubr…

For her exemplary performance in the classroom, Mason Elementary School teacher Jennifer DeYoung was honored as the Laurel School District Teacher of the Year.

Jones County Junior College’s Emergency Medical Technology program recently received the prestigious “Excellence in Action” award, which recognizes the best Career Technical Education programs across the nation by Advance CTE.

At its recent meeting, Nahoula Daughters of the American Revolution recognized the local winners of DAR’s Good Citizen Essay competition. This year’s essay topic was “Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for Preserving It.” The focus question was, “How do the combined actions of many…

West Jones High School art students recently participated in Rep. Steven Palazzo’s 4th Congressional District Student Art Contest. Mason Dry, pictured middle bottom, was voted Best in Show. Mason’s art will hang in the United States Capitol for the duration of a year, along with other Congre…

Four local students recently served as pages for the Mississippi House of Representatives. Pages generally run errands for officials and House staff.

Nora Davis Magnet School was one of four local organizations to receive a Walmart Community Grant during a recent ceremony. The school received $2,500 that will be used for a healthy snacks program, geared toward encouraging children to make healthy choices. The school was awarded during the…

West Jones freshman Jace Welborn recently won a $1,500 Dixie National Sale of Junior Champions scholarship for the 2017 Grand Champion Commercial Heifer. He is the son of Jay and Darla Welborn of the Shady Grove Community. His AgEd instructors/FFA advisers are Jonathan Clark and Ken Parker.

West Jones High School students in Mrs. Lowe’s physics class constructed hot-air balloons. They determined volume and mass of the displaced air. Using that information along with the mass of the balloon and current temperature, they determined the lift-off temperature of their balloon.

The South Jones Bravettes dance team kicked its way to a state championship at the Mississippi High School Activities Association State Dance Competition in Jackson on Dec. 16.

Mississippi Power announced 35 schools from across the company’s service territory, including nine in Jones and Smith counties, as recipients of 2016 Environmental Education Grants. The grants will be used by teachers to assist with environmental education projects at their schools.

Nora Davis Magnet School counselor Janet Tucker has been nominated for the 2016-17 national LifeChanger of the Year Award.

The Mississippi Department of Mental Health is recognizing May as National Mental Health Month, a time to reinforce and share its mission of supporting a better tomorrow by making a difference in the lives of all Mississippians with behavioral health or substance use disorders.

Mackenzie Walters, left, is in the Jones County Supertalk MS Student Spotlight for January, sponsored by Jones County Farm Bureau. MacKenzie is a junior at Laurel Christian High School, where he is a member of the Key Club, Student Council, Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta. MacKenzie is a sp…

West Jones High School Peer Council hosted its annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Breakfast. Sheriff Alex Hodge, deputies, and staff from the Jones County Sheriff’s Department, troopers from the Mississippi Highway Patrol and Jones County School Resource Officers were treated to a catered b…