Mary Holmes dormitories may become affordable housing
Abandoned for nearly two decades, the stairs of the Kenneth G. Neigh Dormitory Complex at Mary Holmes Community College off Highway 50, once heavy with the steps of eager students, now sit covered in vines.
Horse dead following hit-and-run on Old Waverly
A horse is dead following a Monday night hit-and-run on a bridge on Old Waverly Road, and police are looking for the driver that hit it.
Bryan wins Ward 5 selectman seat
Cole Bryan won the Ward 5 selectman seat Thursday in a special election.
Selectman candidates talk housing, grants, constituent meetings
Monthly meetings with constituents, grant opportunities and affordable housing are some of the key initiatives two candidates for the West Point Ward 5 selectman seat aim to implement if elected.
Woman charged with first-degree murder in fatal stabbing
A woman faces a first-degree murder charge in connection to a Sunday morning fatal stabbing on Barton Ferry Road.
Man arrested for shooting into Church Hill home
A man has been arrested for a Tuesday shooting into a dwelling on Church Hill Road.
West Point man arrested with drugs, gun, baby in car
When Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputies pulled over a man on Highway 45 South on Wednesday, they found drugs, a firearm and a baby in the car.
3 men charged in Clay County murder
Three suspects are charged with the weekend murder of a Mantee man down the road from a nightclub, Sheriff Eddie Scott said.
‘Suspects in mind’ but no arrests yet in Clay fatal shooting
The sheriff’s office has “suspects in mind” in a weekend fatal shooting on CCC Line Road, Sheriff Eddie Scott said, but no arrests have been made.
Special election set for June 27 for Ward 5 selectman
A special election is set for June 27 for the city’s Ward 5 selectman vacancy.
Alleged shooter arrested while carrying concealed weapon
A suspect wanted for shooting a man in April at the victim’s home is behind bars.
Jasper Pittman, West Point selectman, dies at 51
Jasper “Peicy” Pittman, West Point Ward 5 selectman, passed away Monday at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point.
Education: Catherine Bryan Honored as Who’s Who at the University of Mississippi
Catherine Bryan, of West Point, pursuing a B.M.D.S. in multi-disciplinary studies, was recognized in the 2023-24 class of Who’s Who Among Students at the University
Clay deputy shoots, injures armed suspect
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is gathering evidence in an officer-involved shooting that resulted in a hospitalization in Clay County Friday. A deputy with the
Clay Chief Deputy pulls men from flaming SUV
It took only three minutes after the Clay County Sheriff’s Office received a call Tuesday for a head-on collision on Highway 50 for Chief Deputy Woody Woodruff to get to the scene.
West Point lands aluminum processing operation, 68 new jobs
An aluminum processing company is investing more than $29 million that will create 68 jobs.
Two Columbus men busted for MDMA, fentanyl in Clay County
Two Columbus men were arrested in Clay County on drug trafficking charges, according to Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott.
Women’s march through downtown West Point commemorates 1913 suffrage procession in Washington
WEST POINT – By 1913, an already decades-old suffrage movement had helped earn women the right to vote in some state and local elections. But
County removed from sexual harassment suit against Clay sheriff
Clay County has been dismissed from a sexual harassment lawsuit a former sheriff’s office employee filed against Sheriff Eddie Scott.
Report: Contact info on candidate qualifying forms is public
A preliminary report and recommendation for the Mississippi Ethics Commission finds Clay County Circuit Court Kim Brown Hood violated the state Public Records Act for failing to disclose contact information included on candidate qualifying forms in 2023.