Laurel Leader-Call

The Laurel Leader-Call is a newspaper that is published three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. It serves the community of Laurel, Mississippi, and focuses on news and events in Jones County.

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The loons are entertaining

1 week ago | leader-call.com | Sean Murphy

I must say, it is fascinating watching the antics of today’s national Democratic Party. Just this weekend, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer went to the White House for a “sit-down” with President Trump, probably to grovel for federal funds to appear presidential for a run in 2028. Trump, always the showman, pranked her by making the visit public with TV cameras rolling.
PERFECTION: Stringer dominates Enterprise to clinch region title

1 week ago | leader-call.com | Kevan Lindsey

Stringer (16-3, 7-0) played as close to perfection as a team could play on senior night as they defeated Enterprise, 13-0, to clinch the Region 7-1A title behind senior Madilyn Graham’s perfect game and senior Jaycee Holifield’s two grand slams. “They are a special group,” Stringer head coach Landon White said. “They are highly talented.
Laurel seeking money to help low-income, elderly residents

1 week ago | leader-call.com | Kevan Lindsey

The City of Laurel approved a resolution Tuesday evening setting forth support for an application from Citizens National Bank for money from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Affordable Housing Program for what is being called the City of Laurel Homeowner Rehab Project. Laurel Mayor Johnny Magee said the city is seeking $750,000 through the program, which could assist low-income families and elderly residents with upgrades to their homes.
‘Purple Drank’ to the tank

1 week ago | leader-call.com | Kevan Lindsey

Children found inside drug-infested home; weed, cough syrup, guns seized; adults arrested•Three suspects are behind bars and won’t be sippin’ on lean after the Laurel Police Department issued two separate search warrants due to community complaints, which led to felony charges. Danthany Smith, 28, and Chloe Morgan, 24, were charged with two counts of aggravated trafficking and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
Rolling Fork is truly rising

1 week ago | leader-call.com | Robert St. John

PETROGNANO, TUSCANY — Since 2017, more than1,350 people have traveled with me on more than 55 trips to seven European countries and 40 European cities. What started as a single, one-off trip hosting a few people interested in the people and places I had discovered in Tuscany has turned into a second business that occupies almost four months of my year. That’s 14 weeks spent hosting American travelers in Europe — an incredible blessing I never take for granted. It’s work I’m deeply grateful to do.
Elon, Tesla and the idiocy of violent protests

1 week ago | leader-call.com | Kevan Lindsey

Our publisher and managing editor often joke about how writing a weekly column can be easy some weeks and other weeks it seems like being asked to take the garbage out at your parents’ house when you were 13. I pity you if you never had to do that while trying to rush for 467 yards on NCAA Football 2003 because there is no worse feeling as a teenager than hearing your mom scream from across the house to do such a task when you’re facing USC in the Rose Bowl … maybe that was just me.
America: ‘Raped, plundered’ and filthy rich

1 week ago | leader-call.com | Russ Latino

Last Wednesday, when President Donald Trump announced his plans to impose tariffs, he justified the action by saying America had been “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered” by our trading partners for the last 50 years. The entire tariff regime that has roiled stock and bond markets — and has business leaders scrambling for new supply chains — is premised on the idea that we are being taken advantage of and losing. There are, undoubtedly, bad actors and unfair practices on the global stage.
Lady Tigers all smiles after capturing back-to-back region titles

2 weeks ago | leader-call.com | Kevan Lindsey

Tuesday night’s contest was not much of a contest as Northeast Jones (17-4, 7-0) dominated Quitman (4-14, 2-5) in three innings, defeating the Lady Panthers 20-0. The bigger picture, though, was with the decisive victory, the Lady Tigers came away with the Region 5-4A championship, their second-straight region title. “The girls took care of business tonight,” Northeast Jones head coach Nancy Brashier said.
Keyboard economic ‘experts’

2 weeks ago | leader-call.com | Sean Murphy

Each year in the 2000s, my dad would visit Mississippi, usually centered on a Southern Miss football game. In 2008, sitting with him in his Hattiesburg hotel room as the economic collapse driven by the sub-prime mortgage disaster was in full effect. Deadpanned, he said, “In about the last week, I’ve lost six figures in my 401k.”My dad was not a rich man, but had been investing in the market for a long time. But six figures?
Paramedic involved in fatal head-on collision in Smith County

2 weeks ago | leader-call.com | Kevan Lindsey

A paramedic and Chief Operations Officer for the Mississippi Weather Network was involved in a fatal, head-on collision Friday morning. Mississippi Highway Patrol Public Affairs Officer Jameka Moore said a 2004 Freightliner driven by Roosevelt Newell, 61, of Taylorsville was traveling east on Highway 18 when he collided with Adam Gambrell, 29, of Meridian, who was driving a 2019 Kia Forte traveling westbound. Gambrell was pronounced dead at the scene. Newell sustained injuries, Moore said.