Macon woman, 70, serving decade prison term for pot
During the summer of 2014, law enforcement agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, while flying in a helicopter, spotted marijuana growing in a garden near a home in Macon.
Family of slain Macon man fosters friendship with heart recipient
A brutal tragedy in Macon has resulted in a second chance at life for a woman in Byram.
Macon man killed in altercation
A Macon man is dead after a street fight ended in a stabbing.
Capital murder indictment in Macon robbery
A Shuqualak man has been charged with capital murder in the March shooting of a Macon gas station attendant.
A Dispatch special report: In Macon, a senseless act
On March 2, Kristopher Haywood was shot in the head. He died two days later. His heart still beats in Mississippi.
Macon to welcome community historian
Genealogist and writer Sharon Leslie Morgan will visit Macon to present her book “Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade” (Beacon Press, 2012).
Macon looks to sell mysterious machine gun
MACON — An old machine gun with an unknown past sits in City Hall and no one can say for sure how it got there.
Noxubee Alliance holds annual awards banquet
The Noxubee Economic and Community Development Alliance honored several of its own Tuesday during its annual awards banquet at the Noxubee Civic Center.
Main Street Macon to show King documentary
Main Street Macon will present a free screening of the Blues Music Award-nominated documentary, “Down in the Woods,” Oct. 25. The film, released in 2007, journeys into the world of Noxubee County’s renowned bluesman Willie Earl King, a backwoods juke joint musician who lived and breathed the blues every moment of his life until his passing in 2009.
Macon hay: Mennonites respond to Ohio drought victims
Macon farmer Gary Miller didn’t hesitate when his neighbor, Morris Miller (no relation), called to say dairy farmers in northeast Ohio were suffering from a severe drought, dipping into their winter reserves to feed their cattle. The two men sprang into action, and within hours, 540 bales of hay was northward-bound.
Big Joe Shelton named manager of Main Street Macon
Mississippi bluesman Big Joe Shelton has been named manager of Main Street Macon.
Canine rescue: Humane Society saves more than 100 dogs
MACON — Christmas greetings flank each end of Jefferson Street in downtown Macon: Peace on Earth, Joy to the World. A few miles away, in an abandoned factory, those who have known little peace or joy are getting a second chance following one of the largest canine rescues Mississippi animal rights activists have seen in recent years.
NFL’s Nate Hughes trades in cleats for scrubs during NFL lockout
MACON — Nate Hughes makes his money on Sundays with legs that run routes, hands that fight off defensive backs and catch passes and a body that absorbs punishment from men much bigger than him.
Rugged. Fleet of foot. Brazen.
Noxubee man honors students
On June 18, Earnest Eichelberger of Macon will host the fifth annual scholarship banquet, in honor of his son, Micheal Sherrod Eichelberger, who died unexpectedly in 2005, six weeks before his senior prom.
Quilt time at the Macon Welcome Center
If quilts evoke thoughts of family, warmth and love, then Julia Graber’s quilts are an extension of her life. She began experimenting with quilting in her 20s, and discovered a passion that has bloomed in the following years.