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- Combes - Pitts
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Combes of Madison announce the engagement of their daughter, Casey Leigh Combes, to Joseph Dane Pitts, son of Mr.
- City sales tax up 7.3% in Oct.
Despite doom and gloom predictions, Greenwood businesses are selling more this year than last.
- MDOT to dedicate road to former lawmaker
The Mississippi Department of Transportation will host dedication ceremonies on Monday for a portion of U.S. Highway 51 in Montgomery County that will be named for former state Sen.
- Two Montgomery County jurors indicted
WINONA - Two jurors jailed during Curtis Giovanni Flowers' fifth murder trial have been indicted in Montgomery County on perjury charges.
- Winona / Mississippi bridge opens to all traffic
The Minnesota 43 bridge over the Mississippi River in Winona will reopen to traffic in both directions today.
- Flowers case causing racial divide
As the worst crime in Winona's 160-year history goes unpunished, people on its streets say the small Montgomery County town is dealing with a growing racial divide.
- Prosecutor vows 6th trial in '96 slayings
A mistrial was declared late Tuesday in Curtis Giovanni Flowers' tumultuous fifth trial in the slayings of a store owner and three workers, but the prosecutor said he won't give up.
- Mistrial declared in fifth Flowers trial
A mistrial has been declared in the fifth murder trial of Curtis Giovanni Flowers.
- State traces defendant's steps on day of killing
Testimony continued Thursday in the capital murder trial of Curtis Giovanni Flowers.
- Murder trial alternate jailed
An alternate on accused killer Curtis Giovanni Flowers' jury was in jail Wednesday under a $20,000 bond, charged with lying to the court about knowing the defendant.
- 5th jury seated in the '96 shooting rampage in Winona
WINONA - A jury of seven women and five men was seated this morning to hear the capital murder case against Curtis Giovanni Flowers in the slayings of a local furniture store owner and three employees here in ...
- Fifth trial in '96 Winona shooting rampage starts
Jury selection is under way in Montgomery County Circuit Court in the fifth trial of a man accused in the 1996 shooting rampage that left a Winona furniture store owner and three employees dead.
- Few will watch debate in person
Dozens of students at the University of Mississippi will be among very few members of the public who witness in person Friday's debate between presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama.
- Templeton Motors to close after 58 years in business
Paul Sims/SDN Motorists travel past Templeton Motors on Highway 12 Wednesday afternoon.
- Church Completely Destroyed by Fire
A Winona church is completely destroyed in a fire earlier this week. The Southside Baptist Church is located on South Applegate Street in Winona.
- Tew - Simmons
Mrs. Debbie Bankston Westbrook of Brandon and Mr. and Mrs. James Randal Tew of Madison announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Ingram Tew, to Stephen Walker Simmons, son of Mr.
- Winona Mississippi Bridge Undergoes Pedestrian Walkway Repairs
Crews are about to begin repairing the pedestrian walkways on the Highway 43 bridge in Winona.
- First Bank opens in former Regions site in Madison
First Bank and Trust of Mississippi has opened its first metro area branch in Madison.
- Here's a 3-book list recommended for mid-summer reading
VICKSBURG - It's rather late in the summer to be suggesting a reading list, but that's OK because three worthy Mississippi-centered books are on the market that are, quick, easy and, though one is fiction, ...
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City DescriptionWinona is a city in Montgomery County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 5,482 at the 2000 census. The name of the city comes from a Sioux word meaning "first-born daughter." It is the county seat of Montgomery County. Winona is known in the local area as "The Crossroads of North Mississippi" due to its central location at the intersection of U.S. Interstate 55 and U.S. Highways 51 and 82.
Middleton, Mississippi was a town that was located west of Winona's current geographical position. It is sometimes considered the predecessor to the current town, Winona.
Born as a result of the railroad being built here instead of at Middleton to the west in 1860, Winona was originally a part of Carroll County and was incorporated as a town on May 2, 1861. "Winona" is an Indian name signifying "first born daughter." The first settler of the town was Colonel O.J. Moore, who arrived from Virginia in 1848. What is now the business part of town was then a cultivated field on Colonel Moore's property. The railroad passed through his property and the railway station was placed near his plantation home. An influx of settlers started after the location of the railroad and Winona became a ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Montgomery County
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