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Special to The Clinton Courier        The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Alumni Association recently announced the recipients of its 2026 scholarships. Josiah Riggs, a graduate of Clinton High School, was one of eleven high-school graduates who was recognized for their “leadership, academic excellence and promising futures in their respective…

By Randy Bell        When the City of Clinton decided to stop paying rent on its streetlights and to buy them from Entergy Mississippi, it knew that maintaining the lights would become a City responsibility.  The Board of Aldermen, at its meeting July 21, voted to advertise a Request for Proposals (RFP) for…

By Clay Mansell Every summer, the DNA of Clinton changes.   I have always known that graduating seniors eventually leave home, but I understand it differently this year. My oldest child just left for Mississippi Sate, and for the first time, I am watching it happen from the parent’s side.   Each May, Clinton graduates…

  Ben Williams, professor of music theory and composition and chair of the Department of Music at Mississippi Christian University, has been reappointed to serve for a second year as president of Opera Mississippi’s Board of Directors. Williams has served as president of Opera Mississippi since 2025 and will continue to help guide the organization’s…

Special to The Clinton Courier        A Clinton student is among recent recipients of Entergy’s Community Power Scholarship, a program recognizing academic achievement, leadership and community involvement.   Natnail Stackler of Clinton received a $5,000 scholarship as part of the program, which honors children of Entergy employees across the company’s four-state service area.…

With a theme of “We Control the Traffic,” the Clinton High School Class of 2027 started their last “first day of school” as Clinton Arrows with a Senior Parade. Students lined up in the parking lot across the street from CHS and entered the campus to a host of cheering supporters. Many wore decorated “Senior”…

Special to The Clinton Courier        S.A.F.E. S.P.A.C.E. TheaterTherapy Foundation launched its free three-part Boys Don’t Cry youth and teen mental health discussion series on Saturday, July 25, at Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church in Clinton.   Created for boys and teens ages 12–17, the series provides a supportive environment where participants can…

By Randy Bell        The Clinton Public School District is tapping into technology to allow parents to track their children’s school buses this year.  Fleet management provider Zonar offers an app for both Apple and Android devices which enables parents to find the location of a student’s bus using GPS and even receive…

Special to The Clinton Courier    Crystal Utley Secoy, a Clinton resident and Director and Assistant Attorney General for the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, recently completed the Mississippi LEAD (Leadership Excellence and Development) program. Thirty participants representing twenty-three state agencies finished the program in December 2025 and were recently recognized by the Mississippi Legislature from…

Clinton High School Senior Zachary Jones was recently awarded the 2026 Phi Beta Sigma- Upsilon Kappa Sigma Chapter Scholarship.  Jones is the nephew of Ernest Dixon, and he plans to attend Mississippi State University in the fall. 

  Special to The Clinton Courier        The Clinton High School cheerleading team delivered a performance at the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) Camp that resulted in them bringing home numerous titles, individual honors and special awards.   Under the direction of coaches Dina Wells and Asia Thomas, the Arrows competed against squads from…

  Mississippi Christian University is one of only three universities nationwide to receive the 2026 Outstanding Achievement Award for Recruitment and Selection from the Mortar Board National College Honor Society. The award recognizes achievement in areas outside of programmatic accomplishments and highlights chapters that made great strides towards increasing chapter health and visibility on campus.…

Special to The Clinton Courier    High-achieving Hinds Community College students were recently recognized at the Student Awards of Distinction ceremony. The SOAR award is the college’s top student honor by the executive leadership team. Nominees included one student from each of Hinds’ six campuses. The nominees demonstrated excellence in all campus endeavors. SOAR finalists…

Ahead of the start of the school year, the Clinton Junior High Ambassadors Show Choir held a week-long choreography camp which reportedly included lots of dancing, laughing and getting to know each other. The final day, the crew joined the singer/dancers, and the week closed with a preview show for their families.

Special to The Clinton Courier        Sharon E. Miller, a nineteen-year Clinton resident, has released her debut memoir, My Montana Man: Unexpected Love. Unshakable Faith.   The book traces Miller’s life, beginning with a move to Florida and the difficult years that followed, including starting over with nothing, learning to survive as a…

By Sherry Lucas        Artist Ron Lindsey was still a student at Clinton High when his first job launched a journey that became a lifelong pursuit. Now toward the other end of a career settled in retirement but still sparked by creative forays, a solo exhibition in Jackson honors his start in art,…

By Robert Chapman, Alderman-at-Large       The Clinton Board of Alderman Meeting for July 21, 2026, started with a presentation from Main Street Clinton Director Tara Lytal.   Main Street Clinton celebrated a successful summer with another year of Fresh at Five and Dinner and a Movie dates, as well as a few new offerings…

Special to The Clinton Courier        Five Clinton High School rising seniors were selected and attended the Mississippi American Legions Boys State Program at Ole Miss this summer. Through leadership, public service and civic engagement, the young men represented the City of Clinton and Clinton High School, and sponsors say they demonstrated the…

Special to The Clinton Courier        Daniel Watson of Clinton, associate professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics at Mississippi College, recently received the 2026 Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Louisiana/Mississippi Crawford Distinguished Teaching Award during the organization’s section meeting at the University of Louisiana Lafayette.   The award is presented to…

Special to The Clinton Courier        The Rotary Club of Clinton continued its longtime support of the Clinton community this year by raising funds for the Clinton Community Christian Corporation, better known as the 4C’s.   Each year, the club hosts a golf tournament to benefit the 4C’s, a local nonprofit social service…

Special to The Clinton Courier        Clinton High School alumni representing classes from 1952 to 2012 gathered on Friday, June 5.  Former long-time faculty member Mrs. Mittie Kay Smith joined the group, which included many of her former students.   Bob Turcotte (CHS ’52), Jean Grogan Ramsey (CHS ’52) and Roger Alford (CHS…

By Randy Bell        The City of Clinton is making it clear that it’s no longer able to pick up heavy loads of logs left behind by contractors trimming trees which interfere with power lines.  At the Board of Aldermen work session on July 20, three citizens with piles of wood on their…

  Residence Life and Student Engagement staff, along with teams of faculty, staff and student volunteers from across Mississippi Christian University (MC), are preparing to welcome new students and their families to the Clinton campus during the annual Move-In Day event on Wednesday, Aug. 12.     Freshmen are scheduled to arrive between 8 and…

  A new institutional partnership between Mississippi Christian University (MC) and the Clinton Public School District (CPSD) provides senior elementary education students at MC with a full year of classroom teaching experience under the guidance of a mentor teacher at CPSD.     MC President Blake Thompson and CPSD Superintendent Andy Schoggin signed the Rising…

Each year, Junior Auxiliary of Clinton provides a free weeklong “jumpstart” for Clinton area children who are entering kindergarten at Clinton Park Elementary School. Students come to Clinton Park for a week in June to spend the morning in different activities similar to the ones in which they will be taking part during kindergarten.  …