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• Person Becomes Unresponsive Behind the Wheel, Wrecks

  25-01-2026 15:03 via breezynews.com
  SALLIS, Miss.–A person who had a medical issue and passed out behind the wheel of a car near Sallis, had a wreck Saturday morning. That happened shortly after 5:30 on Attala Rd. 4167 near Hwy. 14. When the person had the issue, his foot came […]
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• Abandoned Double-Wide Burns Saturday Afternoon

  25-01-2026 15:03 via breezynews.com
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A double-wide mobile home was reported fully engulfed in flames Saturday afternoon. Attala County firefighters responded to Attala Rd. 3034 just after 1 p.m. The neighbor who called the fire in said that no one lived there and no one appeared to be on […]
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• Speaker White makes sure almost ‘everyone voted’ on his school choice/voucher bill

  25-01-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  While Speaker Jason White said he did not pressure House members for their support to garner the narrow 61-59 margin to pass his massive school choice/voucher bill, he at the least had a laser-like understanding of how representatives were going to vote.Normally, during final passage of a bill in the House, the speaker opens the voting machine and then asks three times “has eve
  
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• Photo: Ice accumulation/power outages reported in Attala County.

  24-01-2026 23:16 via breezynews.com
  Emergency officials in Attala County have informed Breezy News that they are beginning to see some accumulation of ice throughout Attala County. As of now, the only reports are on trees and branches, but conditions could continue to deteriorate and eventually impact roads and bridges. […]
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• Photo: Ice accumulation north of Kosciusko

  24-01-2026 22:37 via breezynews.com
  Emergency officials in Attala County have informed Breezy News that they are beginning to see some accumulation of ice north of Kosciusko. As of now, the only reports are on trees and branches, but conditions could continue to deteriorate and eventuall impact roads and bridges. […]
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• Winter storm brings dangerous road conditions to Mississippi

  24-01-2026 20:50 via mississippitoday.org
  
  A powerful winter storm that’s sweeping across a broad swath of the U.S. blew into Mississippi on Saturday, leaving much of the northern part of the state coated in ice and creating dangerous travel conditions.The Mississippi Department of Transportation said ice had been reported on roads and bridges in at least 26 counties, primarily in northern Mississippi. In a social media post, the agency urged residents in heavily impacted areas to use roadways only for emergencies as crews monitor
  
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• Jackson shelters likely short of need as ice storm approaches, homeless advocates say 

  24-01-2026 20:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Jackson’s homeless shelters opened additional beds ahead of a potentially devastating ice storm to protect vulnerable residents from the freeze.But advocates say it would not be enough to serve the city’s entire unhoused population – some of whom will weather the storm outside in tents, tarps and sleeping bags. “I’m ready for this cold. I got on ple
  
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• Clemson’s Dabo Swinney alleges tampering by Ole Miss’ Pete Golding and calls for reforms

  24-01-2026 18:18 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is accusing Mississippi coach Pete Golding of tampering with transfer player Luke Ferrelli and said Friday he has forwarded evidence to the NCAA.“If you tamper with my players, I’m going to turn you in. It’s just that simple,” Swinney said during a news conference. “I’m not out to get anybody fired, but there has to be accountability and consequences for this type of behavior and total disregard for the rules.“If this happened
  
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• Recent attack on a synagogue that was firebombed in 1967 shows ‘history repeats itself’

  24-01-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  The 1967 bombing of the Beth Israel Congregation was far from a solitary act. The attack on Mississippi’s oldest synagogue came as part of a reign of terror by the nation’s most notorious Ku Klux Klan.The newest attack on the house of worship, which happened this month, shows that “history repeats itself,” said Lindsay Baach Friedmann, South Central regional d
  
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• Ice Storm Warning Issued for Attala, Leake, Choctaw and Winston Counties, Winter Weather Advisory for Neshoba

  24-01-2026 12:37 via breezynews.com
  (Ice Storm Warning shown in violet on map above, Winter Storm Warning in pink, Winter Weather Advisory in purple and Extreme Cold Watch, only a portion of which is shown, in gray.) UPDATED: The Ice Storm Warning has been expanded to include Attala, Leake, Choctaw […]
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• Secretary of State Watson urges Legislature to strengthen campaign-finance laws, enforcement

  24-01-2026 12:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Secretary of State Michael Watson says that strengthening Mississippi’s notoriously lax campaign-finance laws will be his top legislative priority this year. Attempts to tighten Mississippi’s campaign spending laws have sputtered in recent legislative sessions. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have been reluctant to consider any reform. But Watson, a Republican
  
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• Ice Storm Warning Issued for Attala, Leake, Choctaw and Winston Counties

  24-01-2026 11:00 via breezynews.com
  (Ice Storm Warning shown in violet on map above, Winter Storm Warning in pink, Winter Storm Watch in blue-gray and Extreme Cold Watch, only a portion of which is shown in gray.) UPDATED: The Ice Storm Warning has been expanded to include Attala, Leake, Choctaw […]
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• Winter Storm to Impact Travel on Natchez Trace Parkway

  24-01-2026 00:44 via breezynews.com
  TUPELO, Miss. – The National Park Service will close Natchez Trace Parkway between TN Highway 46 (milepost 429) and the northern terminus (milepost 442) south of Nashville, Tennessee at approximately 8 p.m. Central Standard Time today, Jan. 23. Additional closures along the parkway may occur during the storm. Motorist are advised to avoid traveling Natchez Trace Parkway during winter storms. Motorists […
  
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• AMA recap: School choice debate heats up

  23-01-2026 23:49 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The state Legislature kicked off its current session with a heavy focus on school choice, or expanding K-12 options beyond traditional public schools. Those conversations, and related policies, address a broad swath of policies such as expanding charter school accessibility and using public funds to pay for private-school tuition. Both chambers want to expand school choice in Mississippi over the next three months, but they don’t agree on how. Mississippi Today education reporte
  
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• Latest Ice Storm, Cold Weather Info from NWS

  23-01-2026 22:59 via breezynews.com
  (Ice Storm Warning shown in violet on map above, Winter Storm Warning in pink, Winter Storm Watch in blue-gray and Extreme Cold Watch, only a portion of which is shown in gray.) The Ice Storm Warning has been expanded to include Holmes, Carroll, Montgomery, Grenada, […]
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• Mississippi shelters prepare as winter storm threatens icy roads, frigid temperatures and power outages

  23-01-2026 22:51 via mississippitoday.org
  
  As Mississippi braces for a powerful winter storm, charitable organizations are expanding services and encouraging residents to take early precautions. Gov. Tate Reeves on Thursday announced a state of emergency through Jan. 30 in anticipation of prolonged freezing temperatures and possible  sleet, freezing rain and ice, which were expected to begin in parts of the state Friday night and continue through next week. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has a list of warming
  
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• JXN Water says it’s ready for winter storm, alerts court it can’t make debt payment

  23-01-2026 22:07 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Jackson’s third-party water manager said it doesn’t expect any major service disruptions this weekend as a winter storm approaches Mississippi.
  “JXN Water has completed winterization efforts across its operations and is prepared for the upcoming cold weather,” the utility said in a statement on Thursday. “System facilities are being actively monitored, and crews are ready to respond if issues arise as temperatures drop. At this time, JXN Water does not anticipate w
  
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• “Get What You Need and Stay Put”: Attla County EMA warning ahead of Winter Storm Fern

  23-01-2026 22:06 via breezynews.com
  As Winter Storm Fern approaches central Mississippi, Attala County emergency officials are urging residents to complete preparations as soon as possible and plan to stay off the roads once hazardous conditions begin. Attala County Emergency Management Director Danny Townsend shared updates during a Severe Weather […]
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• MDOT to Close Several North Mississippi Rest Stops and Welcome Centers Due to Winter Weather

  23-01-2026 21:21 via breezynews.com
  The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced that several rest stops and welcome centers across North Mississippi will close due to extreme winter weather conditions. The closures will begin Friday evening, January 23, and are expected to last through Wednesday, January 28, depending on weather […]
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• People in addiction recovery tell their story in Capitol to state legislators

  23-01-2026 20:47 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Lakeisha Pannell loves being sober.Pannell, 44, has been at Grace House, a transitional sober living housing program for women in Jackson, since October. Pannell was sent there after she got out of prison. She began using drugs at age 14, and her addiction led to her losing communication with her family.“I went to prison and caught that charge, and I got five and a half years over my head. So yeah, I got to get myself together,” she said, adding that she also wanted to be there for
  
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• Domestic violence, DUI, and other recent Kosciusko arrests

  23-01-2026 19:23 via breezynews.com
  01-21-2026 – Tracy Lavan Barber, a 42-year-old W/M from Kosciusko, was arrested for Wanted Subject / Hold for Other Agency by Capt. Nelson. 01-21-2026 – Emalea Renae Moore, a 43-year-old W/F from Carthage, was arrested for Disobeying a Police Officer, Resisting or Obstructing Arrest, Driving […]
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• Early learning advocate: Lack of funding for child care means big trouble in the workplace

  23-01-2026 19:11 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Editor’s note: This essay is part of Mississippi Today Ideas, a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share fact-based ideas about our state’s past, present and future. You can read more about the section here.One of the most dangerous pronouncements to come out of Washington in recent weeks was the decision to pause all federal funding for child care.After a sleepless weekend for everyone connected to child care in Mississippi – parents, center owners and directors and st
  
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• Photo: Presbyterian Day 6th graders get a Capitol tour with House Speaker Jason White

  23-01-2026 17:46 via breezynews.com
  Presbyterian Day School’s 6th grade students recently visited the Mississippi State Capitol to learn about the state’s legislative process. Speaker Jason White took time to meet with the students and give them an inside look at how government works. Joining them were Jimmy Cockroft, Legislative […]
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• Central Electric prepares for Winter Storm

  23-01-2026 17:21 via breezynews.com
  Central Electric Power Association is closely monitoring the potential for winter weather across central Mississippi this weekend. Unlike snow, ice is extremely heavy. Even a thin layer of ice can add significant weight to power lines and tree limbs. Ice can also make restoration more […]
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• MDOT treating roads ahead of Winter Storm Fern

  23-01-2026 15:37 via breezynews.com
  JACKSON, MISS. – On Thursday, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) began operations to treat roadways in Mississippi ahead of Winter Storm Fern, which will move into the state starting Friday. The National Weather Service is forecasting significant to extreme icing to occur across the […]
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• Audio: WAPT Meteorologist Christana Kay talks winter storm on The BreckFast Show

  23-01-2026 15:02 via breezynews.com
  Winter Storm Fern is heading toward central Mississippi, bringing snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Friday morning on The BreckFast Show, WAPT meteorologist Christana Kay shares what to expect for areas like Kosciusko, Carthage, and nearby communities, plus tips on staying safe and prepared.  Listen to […]
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• Audio: Winter Driving Safety Tips from the Mississippi Highway Patrol on The BreckFast Show

  23-01-2026 14:15 via breezynews.com
  Friday morning on The BreckFast Show, Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop D Public Affairs Officer Robert “Bobby” Land stopped by to give road safety tips for the upcoming winter storm. Officer Land urges drivers to stay off the roads if possible, and shares key tips for […]
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• Ice Storm Warning Now Includes Some Local Areas

  23-01-2026 12:33 via breezynews.com
  (Ice Storm Warning shown in violet on map above, Winter Storm Warning in pink and Winter Storm Watch in blue-gray.) The Ice Storm Warning has been expanded to include Holmes, Carroll, Montgomery, Grenada, Webster and Yazoo counties, in effect from 6 pm this evening until […]
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• Texas Joins Georgia, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi and More US States in Emergency with Winter Storm and Frost Warnings: Everything You Need To Know - Travel And Tour World

  23-01-2026 00:38 via news.google.com
  Texas Joins Georgia, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi and More US States in Emergency with Winter Storm and Frost Warnings: Everything You Need To Know  Travel And Tour World
  
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• Tougaloo College names finalists for president

  23-01-2026 00:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Tougaloo College has named three finalists in its search for a new president. Donzell Lee, the current president, will complete his term in June. The finalists are: 
  Elfred Anthony Pinkard, former president of Wilberforce University, a private historically Black university in OhioArchie Tucker II, president of Push Pull Solutions, a consulting firm based in Texas specializing in higher education marketing and philanthropyCorey Wiggins, federal co-chair of the Delta Regional Authority&
  
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• Mississippi considers new strategy to alleviate its child care crisis

  22-01-2026 23:47 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The Mississippi Department of Human Services is expected to explore a funding model advocates for months have proposed as a solution to the state’s child care crisis, agency director Bob Anderson announced during a Senate Public Health Committee meeting Wednesday. That model would use some of the department’s unspent $156 million in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to address the roughly 20,000 working families on a waiting list for child care vouchers, or coupons.
  
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• ACLU and Center for Constitutional Rights sue Rankin County DA over public records of ‘Goon Squad’ cases 

  22-01-2026 23:26 via mississippitoday.org
  
  A new lawsuit accuses Rankin County prosecutors of refusing to release public records that could play a role in reversing wrongful convictions resulting from criminal acts by a “Goon Squad” of deputies, many of whom are serving decades in federal prison.For a generation, Rankin County Sheriff’s Department deputies, some of whom called themselves the “Goon Squad,” used “torture, violence, and other abusive practices to coerce confessions and extract or manufac
  
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• Senate considering much of House ed proposal, just not school-choice vouchers

  22-01-2026 23:21 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  While the Senate appears to remain opposed to the House’s push for sending public dollars to private schools, the chamber’s Education Committee passed bills with many of the House’s other proposals on Thursday.The panel of lawmakers advanced 15 measures over a nearly three-hour hearing, including four bills that mirror segments of the House’s omnibus bill.&nbs
  
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• UMMC raises money to build new $250M cancer center, seeks funding from Legislature

  22-01-2026 22:53 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  The University of Mississippi Medical Center has raised nearly $90 million for the construction of a new cancer center, an important step in Mississippi’s quest to gain a national designation that could improve outcomes for patients in the state with one of the nation’s highest cancer mortality rates, according to hospital leaders.“What we don’t have in Missis
  
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• Ethel Mayor: “Stay home as much as possible”

  22-01-2026 22:49 via breezynews.com
  With severe winter weather expected this weekend, Mayor Gwen Sims is urging residents of the Town of Ethel to stay home as much as possible. In a message posted to the town’s official Facebook page, Mayor Sims noted that the town is not equipped to […]
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• Mississippi bills would put repeat domestic abusers on a public registry

  22-01-2026 22:19 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Kimberly Bartlett endured a year of beatings and strangulation at the hands of two former partners who are now incarcerated for crimes stemming from the abuse. She didn’t know it at the time, but both had a history of domestic violence.When the Ellisville resident learned about an effort in Tennessee to create a public registry for repeat abusers, she wanted to see her state take action. As a mother and survivor, she said she believes a repeat domestic violence offender registry woul
  
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• Mississippi Marketplace: State ponders AI deepfake regulations. Unemployment ticks up

  22-01-2026 22:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  A hyper-realistic video shows John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln playing video games. Another, of Michael Jackson dancing in a fast-food restaurant, has over 25.3 million views on TikTok.But in Louisiana, two middle-school boys created artificial-intelligence generated nude images of their female classmates. It’s becoming nearly impossible to tell a rea
  
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• All Holmes CC locations to be virtual Monday, Jan. 26

  22-01-2026 20:41 via breezynews.com
  Holmes Community College has announced that all locations/campuses will be virtually only Monday, January 26 due to Winter Storm Fern. Students should check Canvas for assignments.
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• State public education and charter-school boards ask lawmakers for slight spending increases

  22-01-2026 20:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  The state’s two K-12 education bodies are asking lawmakers for only slight increases in their budgets for the coming fiscal year.The Mississippi Department of Education is asking for a $33 million, or 1% increase, to its $3.31-billion budget. Many of the agency’s spending priorities are directed to classrooms, not administration, and aimed at continuing improvement in edu
  
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• Kosciusko/Attala County Emergency Management urges locals to prepare for winter weather

  22-01-2026 19:21 via breezynews.com
  Kosciusko/Attala County Emergency Management officials are encouraging citizens to prepare for potential winter weather and extreme cold predicted to impact Attala County and surrounding areas. The National Weather Service is forecasting significant amounts of ice accumulation, snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Travel conditions will be […]
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• MDOT gearing up for winter weather across northern and central Mississippi

  22-01-2026 18:07 via breezynews.com
  Winter Storm Fern will descend upon Mississippi this week, and current forecasts predict sleet, freezing rain and heavy snow in portions of Mississippi starting Friday. The National Weather Service has predicted a significant winter weather event to impact northern and central Mississippi, which could create […]
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• Update: Alcorn State University resumes operations after campus safety threat

  22-01-2026 17:43 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Alcorn State University has resumed operations after being locked down for several hours Thursday morning. An update posted to Facebook around noon, notes that Alcorn was among several historically Black colleges and universities that received emailed threats. The post does not provide details about the nature of the threats.“There is no ongoing threat, and the campus is secure,” the statement read.The post notes that some security precautions remain place, and that access to t
  
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• Alcorn State University locked down amid campus safety threat

  22-01-2026 17:43 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The Alcorn State campus in Lorman is on lockdown, and officials have asked students to shelter in place, because of a threat to campus safety, according to information posted to the university’s  Facebook account this morning. The post did not specify the threat. Operations are expected to resume at noon. University officials would not provide additional information. Alcorn campus police confirmed the university remains on lockdown.
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• Overdue by 54 Years: Attala County Library receives a long-lost book

  22-01-2026 17:34 via breezynews.com
  KOSCIUSKO, MS — Sometimes, good things really do come to those who wait… even if it takes more than half a century. The Attala County Library recently received a letter from a former reader returning a library book checked out in 1972 — that’s 54 […]
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• Servpro GM discusses protecting pipes/winter weather prep on The BreckFast Show

  22-01-2026 14:12 via breezynews.com
  Winter weather is on the way, and your home’s water systems could be at risk. Thursday morning on The BreckFast Show, Jody Logan – General Manager of Servpro Kosciusko, Philadelphia, & Greenwood discussed how to protect your pipes, what to do if a pipe bursts, […]
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• NWS Updates Winter Storm Forecast

  22-01-2026 13:05 via breezynews.com
  (Winter Storm Watch shown in blue-gray on map above.)   The National Weather Service still believes this weekend’s winter storm could have a significant impact on the northwestern half of Mississippi.  Forecaster Eric Carpenter says, in some areas, we’re looking at what could be a […]
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• Shooting in Green Acres Subdivision Tuesday Evening in Attala

  22-01-2026 12:25 via breezynews.com
  Attala County deputies are investigating a shooting reported Tuesday night in the Green Acres subdivision off Highway 19 near Attala Rd 1169. Around 9:30 p.m., a caller reported hearing approximately six gunshots, with at least two rounds striking their residence. Deputies were dispatched to the […]
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• Newly surfaced footage from Rankin jail captures guard’s blow that broke inmate’s jaw

  22-01-2026 12:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  A video obtained by Mississippi Today confirms oral and documented accounts that a guard at the Rankin County Adult Detention Center punched an inmate so hard that he broke the inmate’s jaw.The video, captured by security cameras inside the Rankin County jail, shows guard Jordan McQueary striking an inmate, Dustin Rives, during his 2022 stay in the jail. Medical records show th
  
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• Ex-wrestler’s welfare fraud trial is set to restart in late February

  22-01-2026 01:49 via mississippitoday.org
  
  After a hiccup in a long-anticipated trial about the misuse of Mississippi’s federal welfare funds, the judge has continued the trial until Feb. 23.
  The trial for Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr., the only defendant yet to face a jury in the seemingly never-ending Mississippi welfare fraud case, began Jan. 6. During the second week, on Jan. 14, the lead defense lawyer in the case fell ill, causing U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves to pause the proceedings.
  Later, the defense tea
  
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