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By Tammie Stephens Clinton High School Culinary Arts students showcased their talent and preparation as they hosted a final ProStart competition practice, inviting sponsors and community supporters to observe before the students departed for the National ProStart Invitational in Baltimore, April 23–27.   Building on last year’s fourth-place national finish, program directors say this year’s…

One of Clinton’s longtime musical traditions returns Friday, May 15, as Milepost 89 kicks off another season of live music at the Clinton Visitor Center. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and will feature the New Bourbon Street Jazz Band, a Mississippi favorite known for bringing the sounds of traditional New Orleans jazz to audiences…

Special to The Clinton Courier Clinton Christian Academy (CCA) second-grade teacher Anna Sherman has been named the school’s Teacher of the Year.   Sherman was nominated by her fellow teachers at CCA. School officials say Sherman “has shown remarkable adaptability and dedication by successfully transitioning to a new grade level; she has embraced this challenge…

By Randy Bell A special committee made up of Mayor Will Purdie and three members of the Board of Aldermen will interview four nominees who are in the running to join the Clinton Public School District Board of Trustees in July. Only one of the nominees will be chosen, replacing Derek Holmes, who’s been on…

  Since the pandemic, rates of anxiety, depression, and trauma in children  and families have surged, leaving many without the support they need to cope. This May,  during Mental Health Awareness Month, The Center for Children & Families is urging the  public to recognize the signs, spread awareness, and support accessible mental health  care across…

The Clinton Courier A summertime favorite, Clinton’s  Fresh at Five farmers market is starting its 15th year a few weeks earlier than in the past.   Historically beginning on the first Tuesday in June and continuing weekly each Tuesday through late August, this year’s markets will start their season on Tuesday, May 19. Markets will be…

Special to The Clinton Courier Clintonians are invited to travel to Narnia with the Brick Street Players as they bring C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to life. The play, dramatized by Joseph Robinette and directed by Allie Bennett, follows the Pevensie siblings as they pass through an ordinary wardrobe into a…

By Sherry Lucas The Children’s Business Fair reaches its five-year milestone this year, as it continues to bring a youthful spirit to Main Street Clinton’s Makers Market on Saturday, May 9, in Olde Towne. The Children’s Business Fair, inside the market on Jefferson Street, offers the opportunity for youngsters to create and launch their own…

By Sherry Lucas Main Street Clinton’s spring Dinner and a Movie series flickers back in May for the Friday, May 8, showing of The Lorax. The hit animated family musical and comedy, released in 2012, brings the 1971 Dr. Seuss book to the big screen and expands the story in the process. Its storyline of…

By Sherry Lucas The May Makers Market returns to the brick streets of Olde Towne Clinton, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 9, just in time for graduation and wedding season and perfectly situated for summer preparations. More than forty vendors will have booths chock full of handcrafted items that have passed muster with…

By Randy Bell “Every time you flush your toilet, that’s your government at work.” That’s what Clinton’s Chief of Staff Breana Norton likes to say as she tries to explain that running a city or a state or a country is more than just meetings. And Norton is hoping to convince students to take an…

By Guest Columnist Theresa Davis When my son-in-law’s mother died unexpectedly, he was left to wade through a lifetime of her treasures. I decided to start going through closets, desks and file cabinets to better organize what was important and start a major purge. In my daughter’s closet, I had several boxes of her programs,…

By Randy Bell After receiving almost $8 million in Congressional funding earlier this year, a project to build a wastewater pipeline to serve Clinton and other parts of western Hinds County has gotten $2 million from the Mississippi Legislature. According to Senate Bill 2189, the money was set aside:   “To assist the Clinton/Raymond/Bolton/Regional Wastewater…

A Clinton police officer and his family are beginning the difficult process of rebuilding after a house fire claimed their home, their belongings, and their dog. On April 25, Matt, a lieutenant with the Clinton Police Department and his girlfriend, Haley, lost everything in a devastating fire that spread quickly through their home. In a…

By Randy Bell With City leaders in attendance, Governor Tate Reeves made the long-anticipated announcement that Clinton will soon be home to an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center, an investment valued at $1 billion, which is expected to create one hundred jobs. Much of the information about the data center had already been revealed,…

Special to The Clinton Courier Dance Works Studio of Clinton recently competed in Memphis, Tennessee, against dozens of dance studios from around the area at Showstopper, the largest dance competition in the country.   The studio brought home first place overall in Mini Performance Large with “Witch Doctor,” “Stray to Slay” received first place overall…