Tunica businesses hit in

back to back break-ins

A pair of break-ins in downtown Tunica last weekend are under investigation. Tunica Police Chief Richard Veazey said the drive-through window at Tunica Pharmacy was the entry for a break-in late Friday night or Saturday morning. Veazey said that electronics were reported missing from the store and that police collected evidence related to the break-in on First Baptist Church property, about two blocks away.

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Tunica County Administrator Michael Thompson is taking information from past audit reports, the county’s financial accounting system, financial statements, and other records to create what he said will be a better government for the county.

“I’m about two things: transparency and accountability.  It’s county government. It’s public,” Thompson said.

Material weaknesses have plagued Tunica County financial statements for at least the past several years, according to its 2009-2012 audit reports completed by Hernando-based accountancy firm Williams, Pitts, and Beard, PLLC.  Reports are publicly available online at the Office of State Auditor Stacey Pickering.

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INAUGURAL WINNERS of the Town of Tunica’s Yard of the Month recognition are Patrick and Emily Johnson. Their home on Hickory Lane “shows their hard work,” according to Main Street director Lynn Ryals.

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Tunica County

Board of Supervisors

Memorializing a

Centennial Celebration

Mississippi State University Extension Service

Celebrating the

100th anniversary of

the signing of the

Smith-Lever Act

Whereas May 8, 2014, marks the centennial of the signing of the Smith-Lever Act (Act of May 8, 1914, Ch. 79, 38 Stat.372, & U.S.C. 341 et seq.), which established Cooperative Extension, the nationwide transformational education system operating through land-grant universities in partnership with federal, state, and local governments.

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