Stories from Friday, October 3, 2014

It is very nice to be sitting back in my favorite chair, surrounded by my favorite people (and dog), and slowly recovering from a wild week down south. However, saying goodbye to the lake, land, people, and food of Washington County, Mississippi was tough!...

On Monday night, the Portageville Lady Bulldogs hosted the Clarkton Reindeer. Portageville in two sets, won 25-12 and 25-9. The junior varsity won too, 25-19 and 25-12. "Both teams played very well after having not played since last Tuesday. I was a little concerned after having several days off after a 20 game in 15 day stretch," said head coach Barry Branscum...

PORTAGEVILLE -- What it was,was a football game! No mercy rule, good line play and the Bulldogs winning a homecoming game. If a Portageville fan came to the game with high expectation, he or she did not leave disappointed. The Bulldogs were competitive, they played together, and never lost heart...

Conservation Department experts say favorable weather allowed upland game species to increase their numbers in the past year.

An exceptional effort by Taylor Tiffany spurred Portageville Lady Dawgs to an 8-0 win in seven innings over Chaffee on Monday at Portageville. Tiffany struck out 15 hitters en route to the Portageville Lady Dawgs win. She tossed seven innings of shutout ball and allowed only one hit...

"Where can I go from your spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; If I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. ...

Portageville residents enjoyed an all-blue-and-white week in town last, as the community celebrated 2014 Homecoming last week. Homecoming Week was sponsored by the PHS Student Council and Art Club. The theme was "Cartoon Mania," coinciding with the Soybean Festival's theme, "Comic Con." The week concluded with the coronation of the PHS Homecoming Royalty Court King and Queen at Vic Reaves Field, and the victorious football game against the Scott City Rams, which PHS won, 40-14...