August 26, 2019
The Newton County High School Cougar Pride Marching Band and Blue Stars Dance Team will perform and one lucky student will get a chance to win an Achievement Recognition Scholarship for the fall 2020 semester as East Central Community College hosts its annual “Be Our Guest” night Thursday, Sept. 19.
August 23, 2019
August 23, 2019

The Lady Warriors celebrate a goal in their 5-1 win at Mississippi Gulf Coast Aug. 22. (Photo Courtesy MGCCC Athletics)
August 20, 2019

East Central Community College sophomore Caleb Collins of Clinton is one of 207 Phi Theta Kappa members named a 2019 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship. Collins is an engineering major and a graduate of Clinton High School.
August 17, 2019
The preseason has come to a close and the East Central Community College soccer teams are ready to jump into the 2019 regular season after hosting the Meridian Community College teams in a couple of exhibition matches Friday, Aug. 16.
The ECCC Lady Warriors and Meridian Lady Eagles battled to a 0-0 tie in the opening match in Bailey Stadium on the East Central campus in Decatur.
August 19, 2019
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi will be among those helping East Central Community College and its partners celebrate the college’s new Diesel Equipment Technology program and new facility during ceremonies Friday, Aug. 23, at the former U.S. Motors Plant site in Philadelphia.
The public is invited to the 10 a.m. dedication at the ECCC Diesel Equipment Technology program facility located at 1250 Pecan Avenue in Philadelphia.
August 13, 2019
ECCC Softball to Host Prospect Camp Aug. 25
The East Central Community College softball program is hosting a Prospect Camp for 9th through 12th grade players Sunday, Aug. 25, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Softball Complex on the campus in Decatur.
Registration begins at 1:15 p.m. on Aug. 25 with coach and player introductions. The camp will consist of skill work, a scrimmage, and a campus tour.
August 13, 2019
The East Central Community College men’s basketball program is hosting an Elite Camp for 9th through 12th grade players Saturday, Aug. 24, from 1 to 5 p.m. in Brackeen-Wood Gym on the campus in Decatur.
The cost is $35 per player.
August 12, 2019
East Central Community College (ECCC) in Decatur is the best in the state for the third straight year in preparing students for success at four-year public universities in Mississippi.
Students who transferred from ECCC to a public four-year institution earned the highest cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of all community college transfers in the state of Mississippi in 2019.




