Steel plant scrapped, Perry County left in limbo Justin Glowacki, Sonya Woods and Pragesh Adhikari • March 24, 2025 Plans for an anticipated steel plant in Perry County have silently ended, leaving local residents unaware of what comes next.
Perry County Schools face budget struggles amid enrollment drop Morgan Gill, Kennedi Drake, Stephani Perez Munoz, Sonya Woods, Colbey Penton, Srividya Karuturi, Nischit Sharma and Pragesh Adhikari • March 3, 2025 For 16 years, Perry County Schools have been underfunded under the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, the state's previous funding formula. During that time, the district navigated a cumulative funding loss of $8,747,681.
