Walker scores 24, snags 17 rebounds in Class 5A semifinal victoryLady Tornadoes to battle Canton at 6 p.m. Friday for championshipJACKSON — Laurel sophomore Kayllis Walker couldn’t have chosen a much better time to deliver one of the best performances of her young career. She put high school hoops fans throughout the state on notice with 24 points, 17 rebounds and six blocks to lead the Lady Tornadoes (27-3) in a 53-47 victory over Pontotoc in the Class 5A semifinals.

Back in 2013, he was the coolest, most in-demand hero who ever hit the big screen. The charming, self-proclaimed nomadic skateboarder had his 15 minutes of fame – and then some – in social media after a video of his interview went viral.   “The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker” is a documentary – one of the first notable documentaries of the year – that’ s too astonishing to be fiction, because you just can’t make this stuff up.

CBS’s new show “Tough As Nails” tries to change everything about American reality television.  It is good to see people from all walks of life who earn their money the ‘right way.’ The reality series focuses on 12 equally result-driven contestants whose’ real jobs include professions like travel nurse, combat aviator, breaking tow, intense level combat units, construction management, and much more. The show focuses on America’s hardest working people, depicting what a day in the life of a real worker looks like.

A 91-year-old Monmouth man died after a crash Monday afternoon on U.S. 34 westbound at 6th Street, in Warren County. On July 11, 2022 at approximately 3:12 p.m., a 2015 Orange Jeep Wrangler was traveling westbound and failed to stop at the stop light, according to an Illinois State Police release. The Jeep struck the passenger side of a 2013 Brown Honda CRV as it was making a left-hand turn onto 6th Street.

Robert Terry Bond, 65, of Laurel passed away on Nov. 5, 2023. He was born in Brookhaven in 1958 to Billy “Buzz” Bond and Janelle Benefield Bond. He graduated from RH Watkins High School in 1976 before going to work in the oil field service industry. He was employed at Cased Hole Well Services in Laurel. He is survived by his wife of 30 years Karen; sons Miles (Apryl) Bond of Petal and Josh (Kelley) Stevens of Overland Park, Kan.