Pike County officials should verify whether people are living on a piece of property before charging them for garbage collection there, according to the person over collecting bills for the service.
Pike County officials enacted a burn ban through Nov. 30 Thursday, joining neighboring Amite and Walthall counties, with dry and windy weather making outdoor fires too dangerous.
A company that’s installing a high-speed fiber optic internet network in Southwest Mississippi will hold a public meeting on the progress of the project next week.