Central City News

With the resignation of most of the Central Police Department after the Nov. 8 election, newly-elected Central Police Chief Roger Corcoran is assembling a whole new police department. The new chief says the mission will change. “We will write tickets, but they will be tickets for safety reasons. Our primary focus will be protecting our […]

The office of David Prescott, head of Central Private School, is buzzing with activity as Coach Prescott and his staff work through changes coming to the Christian school located on Centerra Court just off Gurney Road in Central. After many years as a member of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools, Central Private has joined […]

Central Mayor David Barrow has announced the appointment of Terri Parnell-Allison, a 28-year veteran of City-Parish government, as new Executive Assistant effective Jan. 1, 2019. Barrow said Ms. Parnell will have duties similar to those he exercised when he was Chief Administrative Officer under Mayor Mac Watts. Barrow said, “I am pleased to announce that […]

There’s not usually much activity at our news bureau in Indian Mound, except when the Boy Scouts are doing something at Bethel United Methodist or when Jimmy Santangelo is making deer sausage at Indian Mound Grocery. So you can imagine my surprise when one of our leading citizens called me last week. I was napping. […]