By REGGIE ROSS Staff Writer State and local officials, many of them leaders in the medical field, celebrated the opening of a new state-of-the-art, specialty team-directed cancer care center here Wednesday. The University of Mississippi Medical Center Grenada and the UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute officially opened an outpatient cancer care clinic and infusion…

ONE MORE TIME Comment & Observation By Joe Lee III   It appears that former city manager Lakeylah White is receiving $5,000 in moving expenses without having to move to Grenada. White was fired in executive session at the Grenada City Council meeting on Nov. 4, but before the executive session, Councilman Lewis Johnson made…

By REGGIE ROSS Staff Writer District Attorney Doug Evans has been hit with a lawsuit by the NAACP, which maintains Evans uses racial discrimination during jury selections in his Fifth Circuit District. The complaint, filed in federal court Monday, claims his office strikes black jurors at alarmingly high rates. The Attala County branch of the…

By REGGIE ROSS Staff Writer District Three County Supervisor Columbus Hankins said the $7 million allotted to build a new bridge at Graysport Crossing has to be spent. Earlier this year, Grenada County  received $7,316,040 that will go toward repairs of Graysport Crossing Road, a bridge replacement project that Hankins said needs to get started.…

By REGGIE ROSS Staff Writer The Grenada City Council has approved an $11 million measure that will potentially improve the city’s drinking water. A motion was made by Ward One City Councilman Warren Cox to pass a drinking water systems improvement revolving loan fund as the first step in the process.  Ward Three Councilman Lewis…

Special to GrenadaStar   The University of Mississippi Medical Center Grenada and the UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute staff invite the community to join them as they officially open a cancer clinic and cancer infusion services at Grenada. A ribbon cutting will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at UMMC Grenada, 960…

By REGGIE ROSS Staff Writer After two months on the job, Lakeylah White was fired as Grenada City Manager after a contentious meeting and a decision made behind closed doors. Trina George, who previously held the director of personnel job for the city, has been named interim city manager to replace White. The motion to…

By REGGIE ROSS Staff Writer For the first time in its 149-year history, Grenada County elected its first black sheriff on Tuesday night. Forty-nine-year-old Rolando Fair earned a victory on election night and will be sworn in two months from now as Grenada County Sheriff. Fair defeated Ricky Downs with 3,862 votes to 3,389, garnering…

Grenada County Races: Unofficial Totals: Absentees Included 13 of 13 Boxes Circuit Clerk: Tange James:  3440 Michele Reddit-Garcia: 3765 Grenada County Sheriff: Ricky Downs: 3389 Rolando ‘Ro’ Fair: 3862 County Supervisor, District Five Chad P. Gray: 1182 Bobby ‘B.J.’ Langham: 293 Justice Court Judge, Post 2 Bart Haltom: 1178 Jimmy Tallant: 1968 Tangala Hollis: 911

Kirk Academy will have its annual Veteran’s Day program Friday, at 9 a.m. in the school gym. Wayne Smith will be the featured speaker. All veeteran are invited to attend.