Billy ‘B.R.’ Forbes April 28, 2013 Services for Billy “B.R.” Forbes, 74, of Stewart were May 1, 2013, at Oliver Funeral Home Chapel in Eupora. Burial was in Greensboro Cemetery. Mr. Forbes was a member of Union Baptist Church, and his pastor, the Rev. Terry Wills, officiated. He died April 28, 2013, at North...
From Church Reports The end of May and the first of June will bring big changes for Kevin Barnette, the newly appointed youth minister at First Baptist Church of Eupora. He will graduate from Boyce College in Louisville, Ky.; get married to his fiancée, Taylor Spratlin, June 1; officially join the staff of...
From Staff Reports Webster County School District board members accepted 16th Section timber bids last week. Bids were taken on three tracts of timber on May 6. Superintendent Jack Treloar, according to the minutes, recommended the board accept two bids from FJH Inc. to clear-cut a 60-acre tract for $88,560 and thin a...
By Jane Collins, Manager Maben Farmers’ Market Saturday, May 18, is opening day for the Maben Farmers’ Market on the lot next to the Maben Post Office. We will be in operation every Saturday through October. Vendors are welcome to sign up before 7 a.m. on any market day. From time to time...
By Leah Barbour University Relations By providing Magnolia State communities with infrastructure-development experts and other resources, a Mississippi State-based service institute continues working to improve the quality of life in rural municipalities. Since its establishment in 1976, the John C. Stennis Institute of Government and Community Development has worked to build on the...
By Russell Hood The Webster Progress-Times Aldermen have taken bids for demolition and reconstruction of three substandard houses in the city under advisement. Mayor Tommy Lott opened the bids from housing contractors on behalf of three homeowners during a special called meeting Monday morning. The Mississippi Development Authority has awarded the city a...
By Russell Hood The Webster Progress-Times A structural engineer is to determine whether or not the Webster County courthouse can be restored from the shell remaining after it burned in January. The Board of Supervisors voted Monday to contract with professional engineer Mark Watson of Shannon to provide structural evaluation of the building. He...
From Staff Reports Eupora’s sales tax revenue for February was down from the same month last year, new reports show. The city received a transfer of $31,113 from the Mississippi Department of Revenue. That’s down 10.4 percent from the $34,731 received in February 2012. For the fiscal year to date (since July 1), the...
By Dr. Connie Black Relay for Life Co-Chair Webster County We hope by now you have your calendar marked and your plans made for an exciting and fun-filled Friday night, April 26, 6 p.m. at the NMMC- Eupora walking track. Plans are finalized and all of the teams are decorating, cooking and taking care...
By Russell Hood The Webster Progress-Times The cause of a blaze that destroyed a Peppertown Road home last week is undetermined, according to Walthall Fire Chief Casey Henderson. The Rev. Johnny and Nancy Lollar lost everything in the fire that destroyed their home the night of April 15. Henderson said no one was home...
