The missed communications sparked by the Indianola police department’s purchase of and changeover to a new digital radio system for use by its officers are about to be squelched after the county voted on Tuesday to purchase a new radio that will allow the sheriff’s department to hear the city’s transmissions.
The Sunflower County Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 1 to purchase 33 new walkie-talkies for the road department employees during Tuesday’s meeting. Supervisor Dennis Holmes was the lone no vote.
After a scheduled public hearing, the Sunflower County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1-1 to accept a draft copy and establish an ordinance requiring application and acquisition of a building permit before beginning construction in the county.
“What is your dream?” asked the Rev. Otis Anthony II, during his address at the 33rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Birthday Program held at the Mount Beulah Baptist Church on Sunday.
Another Delta R&B and blues legend has left the stage.
Singer, songwriter and record producer, Denise LaSalle passed away at around 11 p.m. on Monday night in a Jackson, Tenn. hospital.
The start of the new year has brought new faces to the table of the Indianola Board of Aldermen meetings.
Dr. Alfio Rausa, former Regional Health Officer for Districts 1 and 3 for the state Department of Health and chairman of the Fannie Lou Hamer Foundation board, has passed away.
Proposed new legislation could bring some much-needed assistance to Sunflower County Consolidated School District classrooms.
The SCCSD is one of over 40 districts in the state that is in critical need of certified teachers.
A graduation day that has been 40 years in the making has finally been set for May of 2018, and Indianola native Tommy Rush couldn’t be more excited.
“It’s more like a satisfaction thing, It’s something that I felt like I just didn’t complete,” he said.
The murderers of a Holly Ridge man remain at large, and Sunflower County Sheriff James Haywood is asking anyone with any information in the death of 38-year-old Marcelino Torres to come forward.
