West Jones Elementary teacher wins Golden Apple Award
West Jones Elementary teacher wins Golden Apple Award By Karrie Leggett-Brown | April 28, 2021 at 4:36 PM CDT - Updated April 28 at 6:41 PM
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - This monthâs WDAM 7 and TEC Golden Apple Award Winner is K-6 West Jones Elementary teacher Lorna Harper.
Faculty, staff and students gathered in the library of the school to surprise Harper with the news Tuesday afternoon. Harper was shocked and speechless, but most of all she wanted to let the Pine Belt know she canât do her job alone.
âIâm so thankful, but Mrs. Smith helps me so much too, so I canât take all the credit,â Harper said.
Old Ellisville Elementary School building undergoing renovations for alternative school
Old Ellisville Elementary School building undergoing renovations for alternative school By Eddie Robertson | April 26, 2021 at 7:08 PM CDT - Updated April 26 at 7:08 PM
ELLISVILLE, Miss. (WDAM) - Students attending the Jones County Learning Center will soon have a new place to study.
Jones County School District Supervisor Tommy Parker said the old Ellisville Elementary School building is being renovated to provide an adequate learning space for those alternative school students from 6th to 12th grades.
Built in the 1930′s, the building was inspected and proven to be solid enough for the budgeted $250,000 renovations, which will include a new roof, windows, paint, updated wiring for online studies and central heating and air.
Soso woman, 39, dies after crash in Jones County MHP is still working to determine what caused the crash. (Source: KMZU) By WDAM Staff | March 9, 2021 at 9:18 AM CST - Updated March 9 at 9:18 AM
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that claimed the life of a 39-year-old Soso woman Monday evening.
MHP Troop J spokesman Sgt. Travis Luck said Amber Clark died after crashing on U.S. Highway 84 near West Jones Elementary School around 5:15 p.m.
Luck said Clark was driving west on the highway when her vehicle left the roadway and overturned in the median.