By Randy Bell Clinton’s long-range development roadmap is overdue for an update, and the City is getting some professional help in putting together a new comprehensive plan.   “I’m talking with the Central Mississippi Planning and Development District [CMPDD],” says Clinton’s Director of Community Development Roy Edwards. “They’re getting ready with surveys and scheduling a…

Main Street Clinton recently held its 5th annual Big Truck Experience in Olde Towne alongside the Cruzin’ Clinton Car Show. Visitors were able to see a Clinton fire truck, police car, American Medical Response ambulance, garbage truck, CPSD school bus and many other large vehicles and machines. Crowds seemed to especially love the National Guard…

By Randy Bell The long process of putting together a spending plan for the new fiscal year drew to a close as the Clinton Board of Aldermen adopted a combined budget at its September 15 meeting.   City Clerk Jimmy Baldree says that includes a $23 million FY27 general fund budget, funded primarily by property…

By Sherry Lucas   Pet owners and their charges, prepare to lap this one right up.   The Pet Parade, 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 10, on Main Street by Cups in Clinton, is the perfect opportunity for high visibility and maximum social fun for furry (and possibly feathered?) family friends to strut (or possibly…

By Guest Columnist Tara Lytal, Director, Main Street Clinton Main Street Clinton, the Clinton Chamber of Commerce and Connect West invite you to participate in a Visioning Tour along Clinton Boulevard.   This collaborative event, the first of its kind in Clinton, will give realtors, developers, business owners and members of the public an opportunity…

Special to The Clinton Courier   The Clinton Genealogical and Historical Society will host Nick Walters on Tuesday, October 13, with a presentation about Jackson’s historic Greenwood Cemetery.   The cemetery was established by an act of the Mississippi State Legislature on January 1, 1823. At twenty-two acres, it is downtown Jackson’s largest green space…

The Quisenberry Library Annual Christmas Tree Gala is fast approaching, and the library is requesting the help of the community to help make this year’s event its most magical yet.   Local businesses, organizations, churches, clubs and community groups are invited to sponsor and decorate a Christmas tree in the library. Trees should be set…

By Sherry Lucas   Cross Country makes its Lions Club Park debut Saturday, October 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m., bringing the sweet sounds of ‘90s country to the crowd.   The concert, part of the Main Street Clinton Fall Concert Series, is free. Attendees should bring chairs or blankets for seating and can enjoy a night of…

The Clinton Courier   Clinton’s annual fall citywide clean-up, a partnership between the City of Clinton’s Public Works Department and Keep Clinton Beautiful, will be held October 10 through 17, with a special household hazardous waste collection date set for October 24.   From 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. daily from October 10-17, dumpsters will…

  Mississippi Christian University (MC) maintained strong enrollment numbers for fall 2026, highlighted by a record student retention rate. MC’s 85-percent retention rate – the percentage of first-year students who return for their second year – is six percentage points higher than the University’s 10-year average.     “The diligent work of our faculty and…

By Guest Columnist Dr. Renee Wilson He probably could not have imagined that after fifty years, the band would still be playing his arrangement. Yet, attend any Clinton High School (CHS) football game, and you’ll hear the familiar strains cranking up at the end of the third quarter. It is the song everyone waits to…

By Sherry Lucas Is that a whiff of pumpkin spice in the air? That plus the welcome breeze and falling leaves mean autumn is at hand, and the Fall for Clinton Olde Towne Market is just up ahead, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, October 10, on Clinton’s brick streets. This marks the 20th annual…

  A substantial amount of peer-reviewed research and national survey data indicate that many college students experience significant stress, burnout and mental health challenges that can affect learning, retention and daily functioning. For the third year, Mississippi Christian University is offering a weeklong series of events to help students learn how to take care of…

  Students at Mississippi Christian University have known Timothy Miller as the young man who gives them cheerful fist bumps when they pick up their orders at the Chick-fil-A on campus. This fall, they recognize him as a classmate.     Clinton residents Miller and JoJo Talley comprise the first cohort ot the new True…

  Mississippi Christian University’s yearlong bicentennial celebration is set to culminate in MC’s 2026 Bicentennial Homecoming, when hundreds of alumni, students, faculty and staff will gather Thursday through Saturday, October 29 through 31, on the Clinton campus. Jake Donald, MC director of alumni and family engagement, said attendees will enjoy homecoming festivities that have been…

  Chelcie Wilbanks, an MC alum and RN with nearly 20 years of experience as a staff nurse and clinic nurse in obstetrics and gynecology and in labor and delivery at Jackson-area hospitals, and Darbi Grace Wright, an RN with more than a decade of service in nursing at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, are…

  “Every Moment Holy” is a prayer and liturgy series by Douglas McKelvey that seeks to help readers understand God’s sacred purpose through the ordinary events of daily life. The Honors College at Mississippi Christian University is bringing McKelvey to the Clinton campus for “Every Moment Holy LIVE,” a worship, music, art and prayer experience,…

By: L.A. Warren, UMMC Communications     The University of Mississippi Medical Center has earned the No. 2 ranking on Forbes’ 2026 list of America’s Best Employers for Healthcare Professionals, placing Mississippi’s only academic medical center among the nation’s most highly regarded health care workplaces. UMMC finished second only to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and…

  U.S. News & World Report has named Mississippi Christian University (MC) the state’s highest-ranked private university. The 2027 edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings, released Sept. 22, evaluated more than 1,700 U.S. colleges and universities, using up to 17 factors to measure academic quality and graduate success.     In U.S. News’…

Colon Johnston of Clinton was recently inducted into the Mississippi Association of Broadcasters (MAB) Hall of Fame in Biloxi. Pictured with his wife, Brenda, Johnston was honored for his seventy-two-year broadcasting career, establishing and working at radio stations across Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas before retiring at age eighty-nine in 2024. He spent his final twenty-four…

  Mississippi Christian University (MC) is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to the Great Colleges to Work For® program conducted by ModernThink, an organizational development firm. The results, released Sept. 18, are based on a survey of about 200 colleges and universities. In all, 76 institutions achieved “Great…

The Clinton Courier        Scouting America Troop 88 is inviting boys and girls in grades six through twelve to learn more about scouting through weekly meetings and outdoor activities in Clinton.   Troop 88 meets each Monday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Clinton Methodist Church gym, located at 100 Mount Salus…

The Clinton Courier        The Mississippi Department of Education is encouraging schools, families and communities to recognize September as Attendance Awareness Month and learn about updates to the state’s compulsory school attendance law that took effect July 1, 2026.   September is recognized nationally as Attendance Awareness Month, a campaign focused on promoting…