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North team players from Franklinton High and Pine High are shown with Coach Saltaformaggio. Additional photos are in this week's edition of The Era-Leader.
The Northshore All-Star game Saturday was won by the North team, coached by Franklinton High’s head football coach, Nick Saltaformaggio.
Playing for the North team from Franklinton High were David Moore, Dalton Freeman, Holden Galloway, and the Demons’ quarterback, Jacob Crain. North team players from Pine High were Chris Williams, Lyriance Hart, and Delvonta Gardner.
The high schools composing the North team were Covington, St. Paul’s, Archbishop Hannan, Hammond, Ponchatoula, St. Thomas Aquinas, Independence, Amite, Kentwood, Pine, and Franklinton.
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Keep an eye open for this dog, missing in the Franklinton area. It belongs to the Phelps family, and a reward is being offered. Call 985-515-2122 if you spot it.
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Keep an eye open for this dog, missing in the Franklinton area. It belongs to the Phelps family, and a reward is being offered. Call 985-515-2122 if you spot it.
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Keep an eye open for this dog, missing in the Franklinton area. It belongs to the Phelps family, and a reward is being offered. Call 985-515-2122 if you spot it.
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With the old year behind us and a new one straight ahead, it’s a good time to think about making some changes in the garden. While you’re pondering your 2026 landscape upgrades, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Jason Stagg hopes you’ll give consideration to one of his favorite plants: the sasanqua, a species of camellia.
“I don’t believe that this shrub gets enough attention,” Stagg said. “It really deserves to be recognized and planted more.”
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With the old year behind us and a new one straight ahead, it’s a good time to think about making some changes in the garden. While you’re pondering your 2026 landscape upgrades, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Jason Stagg hopes you’ll give consideration to one of his favorite plants: the sasanqua, a species of camellia.
“I don’t believe that this shrub gets enough attention,” Stagg said. “It really deserves to be recognized and planted more.”
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Judge Allison Penzato
The Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court have appointed First Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Allison H. Penzato as justice pro tempore of the Louisiana Supreme Court, First District, to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Justice William
J. Crain. Judge Penzato’s appointment is effective now through June 30, 2026, or until the vacancy is filled, whichever occurs sooner. Justice Crain left the Supreme Court upon being appointed as a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
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Judge Allison Penzato
The Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court have appointed First Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Allison H. Penzato as justice pro tempore of the Louisiana Supreme Court, First District, to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Justice William
J. Crain. Judge Penzato’s appointment is effective now through June 30, 2026, or until the vacancy is filled, whichever occurs sooner. Justice Crain left the Supreme Court upon being appointed as a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
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A thoughtful column on the Mississippi Today website laid out a couple of education ideas that have nothing to do with the pending school choice proposal that would allow families, with state assistance, to enroll their children in whatever school they wish.
Bradley Roberson, superintendent of the Oxford School District, wrote that a state lawmaker challenged him: “If not school choice, then what?” He has a couple of good ideas worth considering. Anything like them would transform education in Mississippi.
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Donna Arceneaux
, Scott Jordan
, New Orleans TV stations were present for the Sheriff's press conference regarding the arrest of Scott Jordan.
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, Sheriff Jason Smith discusses the Jordan arrest at Tuesday press conference.
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An arrest was made early Tuesday (Dec. 23) in the 2017 murder of Donna Arceneaux just south of Franklinton.
Scott Jordan, age 59, was booked into the Washington Parish Jail after being charged with second-degree murder in the case. He is being held on $2 million dollars bond. Jordan was arrested as he was leaving his Franklinton workplace.
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Donna Arceneaux
, Scott Jordan
, New Orleans TV stations were present for the Sheriff's press conference regarding the arrest of Scott Jordan.
PHOTO BY TRACEY LADNER
, Sheriff Jason Smith discusses the Jordan arrest at Tuesday press conference.
PHOTO BY TRACEY LADNER
An arrest was made early Tuesday (Dec. 23) in the 2017 murder of Donna Arceneaux just south of Franklinton.
Scott Jordan, age 59, was booked into the Washington Parish Jail after being charged with second-degree murder in the case. He is being held on $2 million dollars bond. Jordan was arrested as he was leaving his Franklinton workplace.
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Donna Arceneaux
, Scott Jordan
, New Orleans TV stations were present for the Sheriff's press conference regarding the arrest of Scott Jordan.
PHOTO BY TRACEY LADNER
, Sheriff Jason Smith discusses the Jordan arrest at Tuesday press conference.
PHOTO BY TRACEY LADNER
An arrest was made early Tuesday (Dec. 23) in the 2017 murder of Donna Arceneaux just south of Franklinton.
Scott Jordan, age 59, was booked into the Washington Parish Jail after being charged with second-degree murder in the case. He is being held on $2 million dollars bond. Jordan was arrested as he was leaving his Franklinton workplace.
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Enterprise Volleyball celebrated the 2025 season with an awards ceremony last week. These girls finished the season with a record of 18-6 and made it to the third round of MHSAA playoffs. This season, the volleyball team won district for the second consecutive year in a row with a perfect 8-0 record. While competing in division play, the varsity Lady Bulldogs did not drop a single set and held their opponents to under ten points in twelve sets. Overall, the EHS volleyball team had a strong season and hope to continue their success entering into next year.
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Enterprise Volleyball celebrated the 2025 season with an awards ceremony last week. These girls finished the season with a record of 18-6 and made it to the third round of MHSAA playoffs. This season, the volleyball team won district for the second consecutive year in a row with a perfect 8-0 record. While competing in division play, the varsity Lady Bulldogs did not drop a single set and held their opponents to under ten points in twelve sets. Overall, the EHS volleyball team had a strong season and hope to continue their success entering into next year.
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The Mississippi Department of Education is located in the former Central High School at 359 N. West Street in Jackson, Friday, Mar. 11, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Nearly 4,000 teaching positions remain unfilled in Mississippi, hundreds more than last year.
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Virginia Kittelson does office work at El Pueblo in Biloxi on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Julia Chavez picked up when her phone rings in the middle of the night. This scenario has played out several times, but during this late-night phone call, the person on the other end urgently asked her to translate.
“They’re at the hospital, and you can hear that they’re scared,” said Chavez, the founder and CEO of Columbus-based nonprofit Saving Grace Mission, remembering one of several such calls she has received. “They’re intimidated, and you can hear the frustration from the doctors on the other end.”
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Secretary of the Navy John Phelan said he has directed the acquisition of a new frigate class based on HII’s Ingalls-built Legend-class National Security Cutter (NSC), “a proven American built ship.”
The U.S. Navy announced early Friday morning that Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, a division of HII, has been selected to design and build the future small surface combatant ship.
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Aidan Girod at her northeast Jackson home with water bills she's called JXN Water 21 times about since Oct. 15 and received only two responses. Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Days before this past Halloween, Aidan Girod received a frightening note atop her water bill: “FINAL NOTICE.” The letter said Girod had three weeks to pay her outstanding balance before JXN Water would turn off her tap.
At the start of the year, the north Jackson waitress received a $2,000 statement that included the several previous months she hadn’t gotten a bill for. As the utility revamps its historically plagued billing system, residents throughout the city have recently received an invoice for the first time in months, if not years.
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The confirmation of Kruger and Leary on Thursday came as part of a large tranche of nominees that had been held up in the confirmation process for weeks.
The U.S. Senate has now confirmed James “Baxter” Kruger of Jackson and Scott Leary of Water Valley to serve as the United States Attorneys for Mississippi’s southern and northern districts, respectively.
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Greenwood police secure the scene at Crestview Apartments after three officers were injured in a shooting there.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating a Monday night shooting in Greenwood in which three police officers were injured, according to a statement released Tuesday from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.
MBI is assessing the incident and gathering evidence and will then share that information with the state Attorney General’s Office, according to the statement.
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