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After suffering their first loss in 27 games a week ago, the St. Joseph Catholic School football team came out flat in their home game with North Delta School Friday night.

Williams doesn’t let her muscular dystrophy stop her passions in life

To the naked eye, it may appear as if there is nothing pretty about having muscular dystrophy — a genetic muscle disease that over time, causes weakness, decreases mobility and inhibits respiratory

Parishioners celebrate member’s 100th birthday with drive-by parade

One by one, families from the First Presbyterian Church lined up their vehicles to wish Marianne Gannon a Happy 100th birthday on Thursday.

Vernon Greenlee wins Ward 3 seat after special election

Vernon Greenlee doesn’t see himself as a politician and never thought he’d be a member of the Greenville City Council.

Simmons and Leland to reinstate football

Players on the Leland High School and Simmons High School football teams will get a chance to suit up this fall after all.

Boutique Airlines to resume flights to Nashville
By Jasmine Steverson jsteverson@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 73546 Reads
On Thu, 08/20/2020 - 10:01 AM
Washington County residents and those nearby will soon have the advantage of boarding a direct flight from the Port City to the Music City of Nashville as they once did not so long ago.
Missing the old stores in town
By Catherine Kirk ckirk@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 26436 Reads
On Wed, 08/19/2020 - 09:49 AM
In less than a week, we published an article about a new store coming to Greenville and another one shutting its doors.
While I’m glad to see the new discount store, Roses, open on Highway 82, it saddens me to see Stein Mart saying goodbye.
MS Back the Blue asking residents to ‘Adopt an Officer’ through campaign
By David W. Healy dhealy@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 58675 Reads
On Tue, 08/18/2020 - 07:03 PM
Mississippi Back the Blue is asking local residents to back local officers in blue with their Adopt an Officer campaign.

Mississippi Back the Blue co-founder Debbie Lamberson’s son, P.J., is a deputy for the Washington County Sheriff’s Department.
WCBS lobbyist invoice denied after request made by District 4 Supervisor Brooks
By Jasmine Steverson jsteverson@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 53583 Reads
On Tue, 08/18/2020 - 06:53 PM
The Washington County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a claims docket of $556,992.66 with the exception of an invoice from Hayes Dent Public Strategies in the amount of $4,166.66.

Hayes Dent Public Strategies’ invoice to the county would typically be a part of the county administrator’s report.
Five decades after opening in Greenville, Stein Mart facing end
By Jon Alverson and Catherine Kirk jalverson@ddtonline.com ckirk@ddtonline.com , READ MORE > 51634 Reads
On Tue, 08/18/2020 - 06:45 PM
Sometime between 1905 and 1908, Sam Stein started selling wares in Greenville in a small shop.
County BOS: No smoking in public places
By Jasmine Steverson jsteverson@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 43645 Reads
On Tue, 08/18/2020 - 06:42 PM
Strides are being made to promote a tobacco-free Washington County and the Washington County Board of Supervisors are assisting in that endeavor.
Greenville welcomes Roses as newest discount store
By David W. Healy dhealy@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 130537 Reads
On Fri, 08/14/2020 - 04:43 PM
Wednesday morning, a line of about 20 customers waited outside of Greenville’s new discount store, Roses.

Inside the building, the store’s district manager, Tommy Rush, was giving last minute instructions to the store employees.
BOS paying nearly $100 an hour more for IMS Engineers
By Jasmine Steverson jsteverson@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 55402 Reads
On Fri, 08/14/2020 - 04:31 PM
Editor’s note: This is the second of a series of articles concerning the county’s spending on infrastructure and other projects led by IMS Engineers.

“More bang for your buck” is likely never a bad thing as far as what the average consumer purposes in his or her mind when it comes to spending their dollars.
GPSD allocated $3.2M from ESSER for learning tools
By Jon Alverson jalverson@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 191718 Reads
On Tue, 08/11/2020 - 08:55 PM
Families in the Greenville Public School District who do not have the technology needed to participate in home learning will have access to those items as a result of a state grant to local school systems.
Hot temps a reminder summer is not over yet
By Catherine Kirk ckirk@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 107317 Reads
On Tue, 08/11/2020 - 08:49 PM
School may be back in session for some, but summer is far from over.

Earlier this week, Washington County was under a heat advisory with the head index reaching up to 108 degrees. Today, temperatures have slightly dropped with temperatures reaching a high of 93 degrees and the heat index reaching 102 degrees.