The Wood Activity Center and Clinton’s Living Young program are partnering with the Pearl Senior Center to offer a Mardi Gras trip. Planned for Saturday, March 1, the road trip will take participants to the Red River Mardi Gras in Shreveport, Louisiana. The trip will include a visit to Tubbs Cajun Gifts for some king…

By Randy Bell Uncertainty surrounds an effort by the Hinds County Board of Supervisors to charge Clinton and other municipalities in the county $50 per day to house the inmates they send to the Raymond detention center. Mayor Phil Fisher says the City has no plans to pay the County anything until it’s convinced that…

By District 56 Representative Clay Mansell What’s in the red square? These are State-owned, tax-forfeited properties—land and buildings whose owners have not paid their taxes and that have been abandoned. The properties are now owned by the State of Mississippi. This past summer, I had the privilege of co-chairing with Shanda Yates a select legislative…

Longtime Clinton resident, Elder Law attorney, and local business owner Ronald Morton has announced his candidacy for Ward 3 Alderman. With 40 years of experience living, working, and investing in Clinton, Morton is committed to protecting and strengthening the city’s future. At the heart of Morton’s campaign is his Three E’s platform—Enforcement, Economic Development, and…

The Clinton Public School District’s Board of Trustees recently enacted a measure to increase the supplement given to educators who are National Board Certified. In alignment with the district’s strategic plan’s goal of recruiting and retaining top-tier educators, the CPSD Board of Trustees approved an increase to the National Board Certified Teacher supplement by fifty…

Each year, the Mississippi Department of Education releases administrative costs for each school district across the state. School districts are required to keep administrative costs under a cap of five percent of the district’s total operating budget. The State average percent of total administrative costs is 3.32 percent. The Clinton Public School District’s total administrative…

Late last year, Kimberly McBride responded to an inner call to organize a support group called Women of Worth Ministry. Because of enthusiastic responses, a fourth Women of Worth meeting has been scheduled for Saturday, February 22, at 11 a.m. at the Clinton Quisenberry Library. McBride, a leadership educator, shares that she had the call…

What Clinton officials have called the “largest sports lighting project in state history” is taking shape at Traceway Park. Work is getting underway to replace the wooden poles with metal ones and to install brighter and more energy-efficient LED lights at two dozen athletic fields. The new lights should create safer playing conditions by eliminating…

After complaints from the public, the City of Clinton found a way to tone down the bollard lights along the Arrow Drive pathway. Now, it’s preparing to add more of those lights to complete the project. At its January 21 meeting, the Board of Aldermen agreed to pay a Jackson company $482,375 to install one…

Hinds Community College recently graduated the first class of electrical line workers since beginning the program in August 2024. Fourteen students, including Hunter Crutchfield and Jalin Ratcliff of Clinton, graduated from the sixteen-week noncredit workforce program. Pictured (l to r) are, front row, Thomas Taylor of Byram, Kashton Sorrell of Pisgah, Jordan Holt of Byram,…

The Hinds Community College Foundation recently recognized 2024-25 scholarship recipients, donors and other honorees at a reception at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus.

A jam-packed Clinton High School (CHS) Media Center teemed with excitement last month, as family, friends, coaches and teammates witnessed three CHS softball players — Estrella Constancio, Makenzie Cooley and Hayden-Leigh Holifield — sign collegiate national letters of intent (NLI). The signing day festivities were a culmination of dedication on the softball diamond and inside…

In 2022, none other than Forbes magazine proclaimed Generation Z would become the most prolific entrepreneurial generation on record. Robbie Heath is a prime example of the publication’s bold pronouncement. The twenty-five-year-old Mississippi College graduate and Clinton High School (CHS) alumnus is the owner of The Trophy Shop, a one-stop store located at the intersection…

Northside Behavioral Specialist Laura Jo Ferguson (left) and Clinton High School English II teacher Hannah Rachel Smith (right) both recently received classroom grants from the Mississippi Professional Educators in efforts to enhance instructional offerings and educational experiences for students in the Clinton Public School District. Ferguson, a National Board Certified Teacher, submitted an application to…

Four Clinton Public School District teachers recently earned National Board-Certified status. They include Roxanne Stanton of Clinton Park, Kyla Davis of Clinton Park, Bradley Freeny of Clinton High School, and Chef Catherine Bruce of Clinton High School.  

Sumner Hill Junior High School teacher Sam Lovorn (center) was recently named Teacher of the Quarter, an award sponsored by local State Farm agent Tim Bruss. Sumner Hill is the Clinton Public School District’s ninth-grade school. Lovorn is pictured with Sumner Hill Principal Matthew Fulton (left) and Assistant Principal Jeremaine Brown (right)  

Emily Hammons, an architecture major from Clinton, is among nintety-four students in MSU’s College of Architecture, Art and Design who launched the fall semester with an interdisciplinary student design competition. Seniors majoring in architecture, art, building construction science and interior design have been competing in the Brasfield & Gorrie Student Design Competition for top honors,…

On October 12, 2022, a life-changing misstep – a fall from a roof – completely changed Alan Loving’s life path. At a recent discussion at First Baptist Church Clinton, the man with thirty years of service as a minister explained how his faith, family and friends contributed to his facing and surviving the trauma, tremendous…

About two dozen Clintonians, many of them frustrated over long-standing stormwater and drainage issues in their neighborhoods, showed up for a City-sponsored public meeting intended to give them a chance to voice their concerns. But they left seemingly with few assurances that anything could be done to solve their problems. Clinton’s Stormwater Management Program Administrator…

The Clinton MS Alumnae Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will host their annual Red Hot Tutu Run 5K this month. Set for Saturday, February 15, at Lions Club Park, registration is open for Clintonians to join the fun, whether they are seasoned runners or just looking for a way to stay active. The…

Describing herself as a third-generation flower child, florist Carly McKie transformed a variety of blooms into a fall arrangement for members of the Happy Gardeners Club at a recent meeting. Her placement of roses, orchids, date palms and an assortment of grasses demonstrated the floral expertise of the former corporate businesswoman, as she shared tips…

Clintonians are invited to join the Brick Street Players (BSP) at Truvy’s Beauty Salon as they present Steel Magnolias, written by Robert Harling and directed by Allie Bennett. The all-female cast from Clinton and the surrounding area will portray the story of six Southern ladies who share the joys and tragedies of life in Chinquapin…

The Clinton High School baseball team, coaches, family and friends recently celebrated Jack Grove’s signing of his national letter of intent to play for the Hinds Community College baseball team. Grove says it was an easy decision to pick the Eagles, extending his playing career and pursuing his commercial aviation degree for the next few…