Stories from Wednesday, January 20, 2021

The third round of loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is underway and applications may be accepted until March 31, 2021. PPP was originally  launched in the Spring of 2020 as part of the federal government’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) to provide economic relief to American small businesses impacted by the global Covid-19 pandemic...

Leachville Mayor Rodney Robertson and city council members welcomed newly elected member Mitchell Lasater to the first city council meeting of 2021. All council members, Lasater, Paul Wildy, Keith Evans, Richie Pace, Lisa Baldridge and Michael Webster, were present...

Mississippi County Hospital System CEO Chris Raymer said, like most healthcare facilities, the hospital has faced challenges with staffing and transportation during the Covid-19 pandemic. During his report to the MCHS board Monday, Raymer said since the onset of the pandemic, there have been 40 employees miss time with Covid-19, and the hospital has admitted 472 patients who were positive...

Ada Bell Campbell was born April 10, 1919. She departed this life Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. She was 101 years old. She leaves to cherish her precious memories one son, Mark Hullum; her family of 44 years, Don and Robin Houseworth and the entire Houseworth family; and many others that loved her dearly...