The Kosciusko Cardinals early-bird registration will be held Saturday, Feb. 2 from 10:00 AM – noon.
Registration will be held at the Kosciusko Jr. High gym.
New players should bring a copy of their birth certificate.
For more information please contact Antonio Riley at 662-739-5047.
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First Baptist Church Kosciusko will host an “All in the Family” dinner Saturday, Feb. 2.
Men, women, and children are all invited to participate, and a nursery will be provided for smaller children.
Highlighting the evening will be the singer-songwriter duo Steven and Annie Chapman.
The event will begin at 5:00 pm. There is no charge for admission.
For more information, contact First Baptist Church at 662-289-5575.
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A Leake County man is behind bars on felony drug charges after a yearlong investigation.
James Antwan Moore of Carthage has been charged with aggravated trafficking of Methamphetamine and trafficking of Ecstasy (MDMA).
Leake County Sheriff’s Deputies along with MBN Agents executed a search warrant at a home located at 937 Pine Hill Circle, Carthage on Wednesday, January 30, 2019.
Agents recovered $60,000 worth of street drugs – approximately 1.5 lbs. of Methamphetamine, 160 dosage units of Ecstasy, and a set of scales.
A warrant was issued for Moore’s arrest. Moore was taken into custody by the 5th Judicial Drug Court in Choctaw County.
Agents from the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics coordinated the investigation with the Leake County Sheriff’s Department. The Carthage Police Department, Philadelphia Police Department and 5th Circuit Drug Court assisted in the investigation.
Leake County Authorities say more arrests are expected in the investigation.
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Darren Milner from the Kosciusko Attala Partnership stopped by Breezy 101 Friday to speak with Breck about wayfinding signage going up soon in downtown Kosciusko and KAP Business of the Month…
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At 12:54 13 pm Kosciusko Police, MedStat EMS along with Kosciusko City Fire and Rescue responded to a report of a two vehicle MVA at the intersection of Fenwick and Martin Luther King Drive. MedStat transported one person to Baptist-Attala to be check out. Kosciusko Police
At 1;05 while en-route to the first MVA a second auto accident took place involving a Kosciusko city unit on Martin Luther King Drive at the Backman Street intersection.No injuries were reported in this accident. The Mississippi Highway Patrol was called to work the accident and will be in charge of the investigation.
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At 3:19 pm Kosciusko Police along with City Fire responded to the smell of gas in a home in the 200 block of Westwwod Drive. Emergency personnel arrived on scene and called to Atmos to locate the source of the leak.
At 4:18 pm Attala Fire and Sallis Volunteers was called to a report of a woods fire on Attala Road 4202.
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Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 2, 1990, in a dramatic concession to South Africa’s black majority, President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.
On this date:
In 1653, New Amsterdam — now New York City — was incorporated.
In 1887, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, held its first Groundhog Day festival.
In 1914, Charles Chaplin made his movie debut as the comedy short “Making a Living” was released by Keystone Film Co. The musical “Shameen Dhu,” featuring the song “Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral,” opened on Broadway.
In 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum Run ended as the last of a series of dog mushers brought a life-saving treatment to Nome, the scene of a diphtheria epidemic, six days after the drug left Nenana.
In 1932, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra recorded “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” for Brunswick Records.
In 1942, a Los Angeles Times column by W.H. Anderson urged security measures against Japanese-Americans, arguing that a Japanese-American “almost inevitably … grows up to be a Japanese, not an American.”
In 1943, the remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered in a major victory for the Soviets in World War II.
In 1948, President Harry S. Truman sent a 10-point civil rights program to Congress, where the proposals ran into fierce opposition from southern lawmakers.
In 1964, Ranger 6, a lunar probe launched by NASA, crashed onto the surface of the moon as planned, but failed to send back any TV images.
In 1971, Idi Amin, having seized power in Uganda, proclaimed himself president.
In 1988, President Ronald Reagan pressed his case for additional aid to the Nicaraguan Contras a day ahead of a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives. (The three major broadcast TV networks declined to carry the speech, which was covered by CNN; a divided House voted to reject Reagan’s request for $36.2 million in new aid.)
In 2002, inside the World Economic Forum in New York, foreign economic leaders criticized the United States for protectionist policies while outside, thousands of protesters demonstrated against global capitalism.
Ten years ago: Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as U.S. secretary of state. The Senate confirmed Eric Holder, 75-21, to be attorney general. President Barack Obama’s choice for health secretary, Tom Daschle, apologized for failing to pay more than $120,000 in taxes. (Daschle ended up withdrawing his nomination.) Gunmen abducted American U.N. worker John Solecki in Quetta, Pakistan, killing his driver. (Solecki was released unharmed two months later.) Moammar Gadhafi of Libya was elected leader of the African Union. Iran sent its first domestically made satellite, Omid (“hope”), into orbit.
Five years ago: Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, was found dead in his New York apartment from a combination of heroin, cocaine and other drugs. The Seattle Seahawks won their first Super Bowl title, crushing the favored Denver Broncos 43-8.
One year ago: At the sentencing hearing in Michigan for former sports doctor Larry Nassar, a distraught father of three girls who’d been sexually abused tried to attack Nassar before being tackled by sheriff’s deputies and hauled out of court. (Randall Margraves later apologized; the judge said there was “no way” she would fine him or send him to jail for trying to attack Nassar.) The Dow industrials fell more than 650 points as the stock market completed its worst week in two years amid fears of inflation and disappointing quarterly results from technology and energy giants.
Today’s Birthdays: Former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing (val-eh-REE’ ZHEES’-kahr deh-STANG’) is 93. Comedian Tom Smothers is 82. Rock singer-guitarist Graham Nash is 77. Television executive Barry Diller is 77. Actor Bo Hopkins is 75. Country singer Howard Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is 73. TV chef Ina (EE’-nuh) Garten is 71. Actor Jack McGee is 70. Actor Brent Spiner (SPY’-nur) is 70. Rock musician Ross Valory (Journey) is 70. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is 67. The former president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye (goon-hay), is 67. Model Christie Brinkley is 65. Actor Michael Talbott is 64. Actress Kim Zimmer is 64. Actor Michael T. Weiss is 57. Actor-comedian Adam Ferrara is 53. Rock musician Robert DeLeo (Army of Anyone; Stone Temple Pilots) is 53. Actress Jennifer Westfeldt is 49. Rock musician Ben Mize is 48. Rapper T-Mo is 47. Actress Marissa Jaret Winokur is 46. Actress Lori Beth Denberg is 43. Rock musician Jesse Siebenberg (Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real) is 43. Singer Shakira is 42. Actor Rich Sommer is 41. Country singer Blaine Larsen is 33. Actress Zosia (ZAH’-shuh) Mamet is 31.
Thought for Today: “History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.” — Abba Eban (1915-2002).
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Summer league softball registration will be held at Hugh Ellard Park Saturday, Feb. 2.
Registration will take place from 9:00 am to noon and includes ages 3-18.
The cost is $65 for one, $65 for the second, and $165 for three of more.
Anyone interested in coaching or other information can contact Kay Patrick at 289-7273 or 601-416-1023.
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On 1-30-2019, Angela M. Bramlett, a 46 year old w/f from Weir, was arrested on West Adams Street for False Reporting of a Crime by Investigator Martin Roby.
On 1-30-2019, Tristian C. Martin, a 43 year old b/m from, Thomastown was arrested on West Jefferson Street for Contempt of Court by Officer Devante Lewis.
On 1-30-2019, Casey S. Prewitt, a 37 year old w/f from Kosciusko, was arrested on West Adams Street for Contempt of Court by Officer Elizabeth Miller.
On 01-28-2019, William T. Jennings, a 35 year old b/m from Belefontaine, was arrested for public drunkenness on Highway 12 East by Officer Jerry Erving.
On 01-28-2019, Keon Smith, a 29 year old b/m from Kosciusko, was arrested for simple assault with a weapon and no drivers license on North Wells Street by Officer Toweeka Ferguson.
On 01-28-2019, Sandra Gardner, a 49 year old w/f from Kosciusko, was arrested for contempt of court on West Jefferson Street by Officer Michael Jones.
On 1-24-2019, Louise R. Bailey, a 30 year old b/f from Durant was arrested on Highway 12 West for suspended drivers license, improper equipment and failure to appear in court by Officer Toweeka Ferguson.
On 1-22-2019, Samuel J. Miles, a 29 year old w/m from Conehatta, was arrested on West Adams Street for contempt of court by Lt. Josh Pinkard..
On 1-22-2019, Davion M. Rimmer, a 41 year old b/m from Kosciusko, was arrested on West Adams Street for contempt of court by Officer Michael Jones.
On 1-22-2019, Byron P. Stewart, a 45 year old b/m from Ethel, was arrested on West Adams Street for contempt of court by Lt. Josh Pinkard.
On 1-22-2019, Kevin Primer, a 47 year old b/m from Kosciusko, was arrested on West Adams Street for animal cruelty by Officer Elizabeth Miller.
On 1-22-2019, Latoya Barksdale, a 36 year old b/f from Kosciusko was arrested on Highway 12 West for disturbance in a public place and disobeying a police officer by Lt. Josh Pinkard.
On 1-21-2019, Precious T. Profit, a 19 year old b/f from Kosciusko, was arrested on MLK, Jr. Drive for disturbing the peace by Lt. Cody Williams.
On 1-21-2019, Robert T. Norwood, Jr., a 47 year old w/m from Kosciusko, was arrested on Highway 12 West for public drunkenness by Officer Wilbert Nelson.
On 1-21-2019, Jamey G. Hutchison, a 30 year old w/m from Kosciusko, was arrested on Oldham Circle for contempt of court and failure to appear by Officer Jaroderick Teague.
On 1-20-2019, Jimmie L. Johnson, a 53 year old b/m was arrested on Highway 12 East for possession of marijuana in a vehicle and speeding by Officer Chase Voyles.
On 1-19-2019, Michael Johnson, a 42 year old b/m from Kosciusko, was arrested on Highway 12 West for DUI-1st offense by Officer Chase Voyles.
On 1-19-2019, Nebraska O. Webster, a 27 year old b/f from Kosciusko, was arrested on Veterans Memorial Drive for leaving the scene and no proof of insurance by Officer Michael Jones.
On 1-19-2019, Jan M. Overstreet, a 64 year old w/m from Kosciusko, was arrested on Highway 12 East for disobeying a police officer by Officer Toweeka Ferguson.
On 1-18-2019, Christopher D. Hill, a 43 year old w/m from Kosciusko, was arrested on East Jefferson Street for DUI-1st offense, open container and improper lane usage by Officer Chase Voyles.
On 1-18-2019, William H. McKinley, Jr. a 35 year old b/m from Kosciusko, was arrested on West Adams Street for contempt of court by Lt. Cody Williams with assistance from the ACSO.
On 1-14-2019, Paul S. Greer, Jr., a 28 year old b/m from Kosciusko, was arrested on Blackberry Drive for simple assault to create fear by Officer Thomas Clark.
All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The arrest records published are not an indication of guilt or evidence that an actual crime has been committed. Arrests made Kosciusko PD.
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At 12:37 pm Kosciusko Police, MedStat EMS along with Kosciusko City Fire responded to a report of a vehicle fire. The caller said it was located in the parking lot of Dollar General on Veteran’s Memorial Drive by Auto Zone.
Emergency personnel arrived on scene to find a black SUV with flames coming from under the hood. Firelighters were able to quickly contain the fire and get the blaze under control.
According to City Fire the fire was isolated to just the engine compartment. The driver told firefighters that she has not had any issues with her vehicle prior to the incident.
No injuries were reported and the incident will be under investigation by the Kosciusko Fire Department.
Firefighters cleared at 1:01 pm.
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Today is Sunday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2019. There are 331 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 3, 1959, rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
On this date:
In 1690, the first paper money in America was issued by the Massachusetts Bay Colony to finance a military expedition to Canada.
In 1811, American newspaper editor Horace Greeley was born in Amherst, N.H.
In 1913, the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for a federal income tax, was ratified.
In 1917, the United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany, the same day an American cargo ship, the SS Housatonic, was sunk by a U-boat off Britain after the crew was allowed to board lifeboats.
In 1930, the chief justice of the United States, William Howard Taft, resigned for health reasons. (He died just over a month later.)
In 1943, during World War II, the U.S. transport ship SS Dorchester, which was carrying troops to Greenland, sank after being hit by a German torpedo in the Labrador Sea; of the more than 900 men aboard, only some 230 survived. (Four Army chaplains on board gave away their life jackets to save others and went down with the ship.)
In 1959, an American Airlines Lockheed Electra crashed into New York’s East River, killing 65 of the 73 people on board.
In 1966, the Soviet probe Luna 9 became the first manmade object to make a soft landing on the moon.
In 1988, the U.S. House of Representatives handed President Ronald Reagan a major defeat, rejecting his request for $36.2 million in new aid to the Nicaraguan Contras by a vote of 219-211.
In 1994, the space shuttle Discovery lifted off, carrying Sergei Krikalev (SUR’-gay KREE’-kuh-lev), the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard a U.S. spacecraft.
In 1995, Discovery blasted off with a woman, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Eileen Collins, in the pilot’s seat for the first time in NASA history.
In 1998, Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker, 38, for the pickax killings of two people in 1983; she was the first woman executed in the United States since 1984. A U.S. Marine plane sliced through the cable of a ski gondola in Italy, causing the car to plunge hundreds of feet, killing all 20 people inside.
Ten years ago: Eric Holder became the first black U.S. attorney general as he was sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden. The White House announced that Tom Daschle had asked to be removed from consideration as health and human services secretary after acknowledging he’d failed to pay all his taxes.
Five years ago: U.S. stocks tumbled, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 320 points after reports of sluggish U.S growth added to investor worries about the global economy. Former Vice President Walter Mondale’s wife, Joan, died in St. Paul, Minnesota, at age 83.
One year ago: The fantasy romance “The Shape of Water” added another key prize in the awards season, as Guillermo del Toro took top honors at the Directors Guild Awards. Linebacker Ray Lewis and receiver Terrell Owens were among eight people voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The New York Times reported an accusation from actress Uma Thurman that disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein had forced himself on her sexually years ago in a London hotel room; Weinstein acknowledged making an “awkward pass” but strongly denied any physical assault.
Today’s Birthdays: Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., is 86. Football Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton is 79. Actress Bridget Hanley is 78. Actress Blythe Danner is 76. Football Hall of Famer Bob Griese is 74. Singer-guitarist Dave Davies (The Kinks) is 72. Singer Melanie is 72. Actress Morgan Fairchild is 69. Actress Pamela Franklin is 69. Actor Nathan Lane is 63. Rock musician Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) is 63. Actor Thomas Calabro is 60. Rock musician/author Lol Tolhurst (The Cure) is 60. Actor-director Keith Gordon is 58. Actress Michele Greene is 57. Country singer Matraca (muh-TRAY’-suh) Berg is 55. Actress Maura Tierney is 54. Actor Warwick Davis is 49. Actress Elisa Donovan is 48. Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee is 43. Actress Isla (EYE’-luh) Fisher is 43. Musician Grant Barry is 42. Human rights activist Amal Clooney is 41. Singer-songwriter Jessica Harp is 37. Actor Matthew Moy is 35. Rapper Sean Kingston is 29. Actor Brandon Micheal (cq) Hall is 26.
Thought for Today: “Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.” — Horace Greeley, American newspaper editor (born this date in 1811, died in 1872).
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The 54th annual Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo is coming to the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson Jan. 31 – Fed. 17.
Some of country music’s biggest stars are set for this year’s event.
Thursday, Fed. 7
Easton Corbin
Friday, Feb. 8
Morgan Wallen
Saturday, Feb. 9
Shenandoah
Sunday, Feb. 10
John Anderson
Monday, Feb. 11
Dylan Scott
Tuesday, Feb. 12
Cody Johnson
Wednesday, Feb. 13
Scotty McCreery
For more information on the Dixie National Rodeo, visit www.mdac.ms.gov/dixie-national.
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At 9:28 am Attala Deputies, MedStat EMS, Friendship and Carmack Volunteers along with Attala Fire and Rescue responded to a report of a structure fire on highway 43 north near Attala Road 3243. Units arrived on scene at 9:43 am and notified responding units that it was a controlled burn.
At 9:46 am Kosciusko Police, MedStat EMS along with City Fire and Rescue responded to a report of a two vehicle MVA on highway 12 east in front a Valero. No injures were reported.
At 6:24 pm Attala Deputies, MedStat EM, The Mississippi Highway Patrol, Sallis Volunteers along with Attala Fire responded to a report of a one vehicle MVA. The caller said a vehicle hit tree on highway 12 west between Sallis and McAdams.
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Today is Monday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2019. There are 330 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 4, 1974, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst, 19, was kidnapped in Berkeley, California, by the radical Symbionese Liberation Army.
On this date:
In 1783, Britain’s King George III proclaimed a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War.
In 1789, electors chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.
In 1861, delegates from six southern states that had recently seceded from the Union met in Montgomery, Alabama, to form the Confederate States of America.
In 1913, Rosa Parks, a black woman whose 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus to a white man sparked a civil rights revolution, was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee.
In 1938, the Thornton Wilder play “Our Town” opened on Broadway. Walt Disney’s animated feature “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” opened in general U.S. release.
In 1944, the Bronze Star Medal, honoring “heroic or meritorious achievement or service,” was authorized by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1962, a rare conjunction of the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn occurred.
In 1983, pop singer-musician Karen Carpenter died in Downey, California, at age 32.
In 1987, pianist Liberace died at his Palm Springs, California, home at age 67.
In 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
In 1999, Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant, was shot and killed in front of his Bronx home by four plainclothes New York City police officers. (The officers were acquitted at trial.)
In 2004, the Massachusetts high court declared that gay couples were entitled to nothing less than marriage, and that Vermont-style civil unions would not suffice. The social networking website Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.”
Ten years ago: President Barack Obama imposed a $500,000 cap on executive pay for companies receiving federal bailout money; the president also signed a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children. Lux Interior, co-founder and lead singer of the horror-punk band The Cramps, died in Glendale, Calif., at age 62.
Five years ago: The Congressional Budget Office said several million American workers would reduce their hours on the job or leave the workforce entirely because of incentives built into President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
One year ago: The Philadelphia Eagles, led by backup quarterback Nick Foles, became NFL champs for the first time since 1960, beating Tom Brady and the New England Patriots 41-33 in the Super Bowl. An Amtrak passenger train slammed into a parked freight train in the early-morning darkness in South Carolina after a thrown switch sent it hurtling down a side track; the conductor and engineer were killed and more than 100 passengers were injured. Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver were struck and killed as they stood on the shoulder of an Indianapolis highway. (The driver of the truck that hit them, a man from Guatemala living illegally in the United States, would be sentenced to 16 years in prison for the drunken-driving crash.) Actor John Mahoney, who played the dad of two psychiatrists on the TV show “Frasier,” died in Chicago at the age of 77.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Jerry Adler is 90. Former Argentinian President Isabel Peron is 88. Actor Gary Conway is 83. Actor John Schuck is 79. Rock musician John Steel (The Animals) is 78. Singer Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension) is 77. Former Vice President Dan Quayle is 72. Rock singer Alice Cooper is 71. Actor Michael Beck is 70. Actress Lisa Eichhorn is 67. Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor is 60. Actress Pamelyn Ferdin is 60. Rock singer Tim Booth is 59. Rock musician Henry Bogdan is 58. Country singer Clint Black is 57. Rock musician Noodles (The Offspring) is 56. Country musician Dave Buchanan (Yankee Grey) is 53. Actress Gabrielle Anwar is 49. Actor Rob Corddry is 48. Singer David (dah-VEED’) Garza is 48. Actor Michael Goorjian is 48. TV personality Nicolle Wallace is 47. Olympic gold medal boxer Oscar De La Hoya is 46. Rock musician Rick Burch (Jimmy Eat World) is 44. Singer Natalie Imbruglia (em-BROO’-lee-ah) is 44. Rapper Cam’ron is 43. Rock singer Gavin DeGraw is 42. Rock singer Zoe Manville is 35. Actor/musician Bashy, AKA Ashley Thomas, is 34. Actor Charlie Barnett is 31. Olympic gold medal gymnast-turned-singer Carly Patterson is 31. Actress Kyla Kenedy (cq) (TV: “Speechless”) is 16.
Thought for Today: “Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.” — Edith Wharton, American author (1862-1937).
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The Kosciusko Foundation for Excellence in Education (KFEE) annual Gala will be held Tuesday, Feb. 5.
The Gala will be held at the Skylight Grill in Kosciusko from 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
Tickets for the Gala are $100 per couple and can be purchased from any KFEE member.
KFEE was chartered 25 years ago as a nonprofit organization to enhance public education in Kosciusko. The founders of the organization were comprised of Kosciusko business leaders, teachers, mothers, doctors and concerned parents who were interested in supporting and supplementing the Kosciusko City Schools.
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A list of candidates that have qualified to run for an Attala County office in the 2019 election…
Supervisor – District 1
Supervisor – District 2
Supervisor – District 3
Supervisor – District 4
Supervisor – District 5
Chancery Clerk
Circuit Clerk
Sheriff
Coroner
County Attorney
Justice Court Judge – West
Justice Court Judge – East
Constable-East
Constable – West
Tax Collector
Notes
This list will continue to update throughout the election qualifying period (Jan. 2 – March 1).
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K9 Deputy Victor from the Attala County Sheriff’s Office recently made a visit to Ethel High School.
Sheriff Tim Nail and Sergeant Scott Walters accompanied Victor to the school to get him acclimated to the surroundings and procedures.
Walters spoke to five classes of Drug Education students on the dangers of drug use and the legal consequences for doing so.
K9 deputy Victor was used to show students how the sheriff’s office searches for drugs.
Victor, a two-year-old Belgian Malinois, has been with the department since April.
He is trained in tracking, apprehension and evidence collection.
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The Kosciusko Board of Aldermen will hear a proposal concerning the city’s one-way street ordinance Tuesday night.
A committee of local business owners, along with select government officials, was formed in November to study and discuss possible changes to the June 2016 ordinance that changed several downtown streets to one-way.
Darren Milner, Executive Director of the Kosciusko Attala Partnership, will present the committee’s findings and recommendation to board.
The meeting will be held at City Hall beginning at 5:30.
The complete agenda for this week’s meeting can be viewed below.
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The Kosciusko Attala Partnership received a $1,000 grant that is being awarded to the Attala County Career Technical Center to provide National Career Readiness Certificate testing to more than 30 students.
The testing will all take place at the Holmes Community College Attala Center.
“More and more employers are requiring the ACT WorkKeys NCRC tests and as a work ready community, we want to ensure that as many students as possible can take it. Our partnership with the Career Technical Center is very important and their leadership in workforce development and training for future generations has proven to be very effective for students entering college or seeking work right out of high school,” said Darren Milner, Executive Director of the Kosciusko Attala Partnership.
The test has three sections with each test having a fee of $10.
“This really helps many of the students who might otherwise not be able to afford it,” said Tracy Hardy, Counselor, Career Technical Center.
“Holmes Community College is extremely happy to partner with the Kosciusko Attala Partnership to offer this to students in our local community.
It is a wonderful opportunity for these students that can have a huge impact on their future and the career path they choose,” said Mandy Burrell, Workforce Coordinator and Assistant Director of the Attala Center.
Pictured (L-R), Tracy Hardy (CTC), Tony Holder (CTC), Mandy Burrell (HCC), Darren Milner (KAP)
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