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• First Degree Murder and DUIs in Philadelphia and Neshoba County Arrests

  02-08-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  ANTHONY BOBO, 65, of Philadelphia, Contempt of Court, NCSO.  Bond $0.
   JAVAN R BROWN, 19, of Kosciusko, Attempted Murder, First Degree Murder with Deliberate Design, PPD.  Bond N/A, N/A.
   NATHAN SHANE COTTON, 29, of Louisville, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Paraphernalia, NCSO.  Bond $1,000, $600.
   JUSTIN WADE DORMAN, 36, of Philadelphia, Hold for Drug Court, DC.  Bond $0.
   DUSTIN GLENN, 44, of Philadelphia, Public Drunk, NCSO.  Bond $600.
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• The age-old debate of election access vs. security is at center of current national debate

  02-08-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  British jurist William Blackstone is cited with establishing the principle dating back to the 1700s that it is better for 10 guilty people to go free than one innocent person be incarcerated.That principle continues to be cited and debated. The debate even questions what would be the appropriate number of guilty people going free opposed to one innocent person suffering a conviction and punishment.A version of tha
  
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• Wreck Reported Saturday on Hwy. 12

  02-08-2026 09:26 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A wreck was reported Saturday afternoon on Hwy. 12 in Attala County.
  The call was about 4:30 p.m. and the wreck was near Temple Baptist Church.
  Once deputies arrived they determined there were injuries and an ambulance was called, as was the Highway Patrol. It was unclear how serious the injuries may have been.
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• Man Attacked by Dogs Saturday Morning

  02-08-2026 09:01 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A man was taken to the hospital Saturday morning by ambulsance with dog bites.
  The man called 911 about 8 a.m. and said the dogs attacked him while he was on his morning run on  Attala Rd. 5240.
  An ambulance was called to the scene as were Attala County deputies. They reported the man was taken to the hospital shortly after 8:30.
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• Maryland Sen. Alsobrooks campaigns for Scott Colom in Jackson, focuses on healthcare

  01-08-2026 21:26 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat from Maryland, campaigned with Scott Colom, Mississippi’s Democratic Senate nominee, in Jackson on Saturday, where she encouraged voters to support Colom because he will prioritize access to affordable healthcare. “I feel every single seat is important in our country right now, as we’re trying to get back to a place where we are focused again on the mi
  
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• Mississippi financial literacy mandate increases economic knowledge statewide

  01-08-2026 15:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Mississippi educators are preparing for new financial literacy, computer science and civics requirements under Senate Bill 2294, a wide-ranging education law that took effect July 1. Many of the classroom requirements of the Mississippi Math Act will be phased in over the next several years. The bill incorporates the J.P. Wilemon Jr. Financial Literacy Act, which failed to pass as a standa
  
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• Aggravated Assault on a LEO, Felony DUI, and Shoplifting in Carthage and Leake County Arrests

  01-08-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  ANTHONY J BROADWAY, 32, of Carthage, Bench Warrant – Leake County Justice Court, LCSO.  Bond N/A.
   QUINTAVIOUS D DAVIS, 26, of Camden, Felony DUI, Revoked or Suspended Driver’s License, Willful Obstruction of Public Streets by Impeding Traffic, LCSO.  Bond N/A, $500, $500.
   DAVID K FRAZIER, 40, of Choctaw, Disorderly Conduct – Failure to Comply with LEO, Public Drunk, Disorderly Conduct – Interfering with a Business, Hold for Other Agency, CPD.  B
  
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• Book reimagines Emmett Till’s life had he lived

  01-08-2026 12:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  CARROLLTON – What if Emmett Till had made it safely back to his home in Chicago?That’s the question best-selling author Sarah Lewis seeks to answer in her new book, “If Emmett Till Lived,” a collection of essays and photographs meant to illustrate possibilities of the life of Till, who would have recently celebrated his 85th birthday.Up to 100,000 attended his funeral at Roberts Temple Chur
  
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• Boswell Media Sports announces broadcast teams for 2026 football season

  01-08-2026 07:00 via breezynews.com
  
  Your home for local football is back!
  Boswell Media Sports is bringing you front-row coverage for the 2026 season, delivering every hit, touchdown, and game-winning drive for the Kosciusko Whippets, Leake Academy Rebels, and Holmes Community College Bulldogs across radio, video streams, and mobile.
  Kosciusko Whippet Football returns to Breezy 103.7, with video action streamed live on the Breezy 103 FM YouTube channel. Breck Riley returns for his 12th season, and 14th overall, as the “Voice
  
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• Boswell Media Sports announces broadcast teams for 2025 football season

  01-08-2026 07:00 via breezynews.com
  
  Your home for local football is back!
  Boswell Media Sports is bringing you front-row coverage for the 2026 season, delivering every hit, touchdown, and game-winning drive for the Kosciusko Whippets, Leake Academy Rebels, and Holmes Community College Bulldogs across radio, video streams, and mobile.
  Kosciusko Whippet Football returns to Breezy 103.7, with video action streamed live on the Breezy 103 FM YouTube channel. Breck Riley returns for his 12th season, and 14th overall, as the “Voice
  
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• Feds charge man with making threats in Nolan Xavier Wells’ death investigation

  31-07-2026 23:33 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Federal authorities have arrested a California man accused of sending a bomb and death threat to a Mississippi Gulf Coast judge, the parent of a friend who went with Nolan Xavier Wells on the Fourth of July to Horn Island, where the Black teenager’s body was found two days later. Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce, 27, of Sacramento, faces a federal charge of interstate transmission of threatening communication. Conviction on that felony carries a maximum sentence of five years, a maximu
  
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• ‘Complete discomfort, little space’: ICE detainees in Mississippi complain of crowding as arrests skyrocket

  31-07-2026 21:16 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Mukta Joshi is an investigative reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining immigration and criminal justice issues. She can be reached at [email protected] a national surge in arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, one of the largest ICE facilities in the country has become so crowded that people have been sleeping on mak
  
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• State sets dates to retire temporary xAI turbines but allows some to go past original deadline

  31-07-2026 20:39 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality on Thursday announced a schedule to retire the 69 controversial, temporary gas generators in Southaven that xAI is using to power its data centers. Yet the agency is allowing some of the turbines to run past their original deadline by as much as five months.In the order, the Elon Musk-owned data center company agreed to begin retiring the units on Aug 18.
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• Fitch: Mississippi is forming task force to help Trump’s ‘war on fraud’

  31-07-2026 20:35 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Attorney General Lynn Fitch said she and other Mississippi officials are joining the Trump administration to fight fraud and “protect American taxpayers from … grift”“With the support of the U.S. Department of Justice, my office is standing up Joint Task Force Vigilance with our two U.S. attorneys and the FBI to surge resources and personnel to make Mississippi safer, protect Mississippi t
  
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• Money does grow on (family) tree, as daughter explains how her father lived vastly different life than racist grandfather, Gov. Vardaman

  31-07-2026 20:14 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Mississippi Today Ideas is a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share their ideas about our state’s past, present and future. Opinions expressed in guest essays are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of Mississippi Today. You can read more about the section here. The age-old expression “Money doesn’t grow on trees” applies in most cases with the e
  
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• Mississippi students can get federal financial aid for workforce training programs — but the options are limited

  31-07-2026 18:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Mississippi students seeking short-term workforce training can now qualify for thousands in federal financial aid to help cover their program costs. But, only a dozen programs are expected to be eligible by 2027, despite hundreds of courses being offered at community colleges across the state.Congress expanded the federal Pell Grant program, which helps low-income students pay for higher education, last year to co
  
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• Maryland Sen. Angela Alsobrooks to campaign with Scott Colom in Jackson

  31-07-2026 17:56 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Scott Colom, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, will campaign with Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland in Jackson on Saturday. Alsobrooks, who was first elected in 2024, will participate in a maternal health panel discussion with Colom on Saturday morning in downtown Jackson. The two will later participate in a voting rights town hall with Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson and Mississ
  
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• Pearl River Resort Announces Leadership Transition

  31-07-2026 16:49 via breezynews.com
  
  CHOCTAW, Miss. (July 31, 2026) – The Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise (CRDE) Board of Directors and Chief Cyrus Ben today announced the retirement of Tim Hill, President & Chief Executive Officer of Pearl River Resort, and the appointment of Joseph “Joe” Castillo as Interim President & Chief Executive Officer, effective August 1, 2026.
  Hill retired on July 31, 2026, concluding a successful tenure marked by operational growth, financial achievement, and a steadfast
  
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• Natchez Trace Parkway: Section between Kosciusko and French Camp to reopen as new 24-Mile Closure Begins Aug. 3

  31-07-2026 16:43 via breezynews.com
  
  TUPELO, Miss. — The National Park Service will reopen a 15-mile section of the Natchez Trace Parkway on August 3 and begin the next phase of a major road rehabilitation project, requiring a detour around a 24-mile section south of Kosicusko between state Highway 16 (milepost 135) and state Highway 19 (milepost 159.5).
  As construction advances, the park will reopen the section that’s currently closed from Kosciusko to French Camp between state Route 12 -milepost 165 and state Route 4
  
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• Natchez Trace Parkway Progress: 15-Mile Section to Reopen as New 24-Mile Closure Begins Aug. 3

  31-07-2026 16:43 via breezynews.com
  
  TUPELO, Miss. — The National Park Service will reopen a 15-mile section of the Natchez Trace Parkway on August 3 and begin the next phase of a major road rehabilitation project, requiring a detour around a 24-mile section between state Highway 16 (milepost 135) and state Highway 19 (milepost 159.5).As construction advances, the park will reopen the section between state Route 12 (milepost 165) and state Route 413 (milepost 180). Work on the 24-mile section between state High
  
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• Domestic Violence and Drug Charges in Philadelphia and Neshoba

  31-07-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  CIRTAVEOUS BINGHAM, 20, of Philadelphia, Domestic Violence – Simple Assault, PPD.  Bond $500.
   FREDERICA COTTON, 33, of Carthage, Failure to Appear, Possession of Paraphernalia, NCSO.  Bond $0, $600.
   DALLATESHA DIXON, 21, of Carthage, Hold for Drug Court, NCSO.  Bond $0.
   JOHN A GILBERT, 49, of Little Rock, Hold for Drug Court, Hold for Other Agency, NCSO.  Bond $0, $0.
   DERRICK HARDAWAY, 31, of Carthage, Contempt of Court – Default in Payment
  
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• 43,000 fewer Mississippians are on SNAP after Congress and President Trump slashed funding

  31-07-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Mississippi and the U.S. are experiencing the steepest drop-off of participation in the nation’s largest anti-hunger program in nearly 30 years following federal cuts made last summer by Congress and President Donald Trump, experts say. In April, 43,000 fewer Mississippians had access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program than nine months earlier. Mississippi’s decline of 12% in the pro
  
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• Photos: Attala County Library hosts Waterworks program

  31-07-2026 11:07 via breezynews.com
  
  Families beat the summer heat Thursday afternoon during the Waterworks program at the Attala County Library, enjoying water games, water blasters, and outdoor activities.
  The event featured a special visit from the Attala County Fire Department, which brought out a fire truck and sprayed water for children to run through during the afternoon.
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• Sallis Water System Announces New Water Rates Beginning With September Bills The Sallis Water System would like to inform all water customers that updated water rates, recently approved by the Mississippi Public Service Commission, will take effect with

  31-07-2026 11:03 via breezynews.com
  
  The Sallis Water System would like to inform all water customers that updated water rates, recently approved by the Mississippi Public Service Commission, will take effect with the water bills mailed in September.
  The new rates will apply to water usage recorded during the month of August.
  The updated water rates are as follows:•  Base Rate (includes the first 2,000 gallons): $26.00•  Usage Over 2,000 Gallons: $5.75 per 1,000 gallons
  Under the updated rate structure, all cust
  
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• Sallis Water System Announces New Water Rates Beginning With September Bills

  31-07-2026 11:03 via breezynews.com
  
  The Sallis Water System would like to inform all water customers that updated water rates, recently approved by the Mississippi Public Service Commission, will take effect with the water bills mailed in September.
  The new rates will apply to water usage recorded during the month of August.
  The updated water rates are as follows:•  Base Rate (includes the first 2,000 gallons): $26.00•  Usage Over 2,000 Gallons: $5.75 per 1,000 gallons
  Under the updated rate structure, all cust
  
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• Ole Miss sues 2 ex-players who transferred to LSU, alleging they did not comply with financial deals

  31-07-2026 01:36 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  The University of Mississippi is suing two former football players who transferred to LSU, alleging they failed to compensate the school for their departure as required by revenue-sharing agreements they had signed in early January.The lawsuits were filed against edge rusher Princewill Umanmielen and offensive lineman Devin Harper. Ole Miss seeks $550,000 from Umanmielen and $400,000 from Harper, according to the
  
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• Rankin deputy who punched and broke inmate’s jaw gets a new role protecting schools 

  30-07-2026 23:47 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Mukta Joshi is an investigative reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining immigration and criminal justice issues. She can be reached at [email protected] Rankin County jail guard who was caught on camera in 2022 punching an inmate and breaking his jaw will now police schoolchildren in the county. In a Facebook post T
  
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• Nolan Xavier Wells is among three Black 18-year-olds whose deaths remain unresolved

  30-07-2026 22:56 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  The parents of Nolan Xavier Wells and families of two other Black teenagers who died this year under unclear circumstances say they will not stop until they have answers and justice. Christine and Elmore Wonsley traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, and stood Thursday with the family of Daniel Erving, who died in Texas in April, and Tyler Smith, who died in Kentucky on July 4 – the same day Wells went
  
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• Nolan Xavier Weeks is among three Black 18-year-olds whose deaths remain unresolved

  30-07-2026 22:56 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  The parents of Nolan Xavier Wells and families of two other Black teenagers who died this year under unclear circumstances say they will not stop until they have answers and justice. Christine and Elmore Wonsley traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, and stood Thursday with the family of Daniel Erving, who died in Texas in April, and Tyler Smith, who died in Kentucky on July 4 – the same day Wells went
  
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• Rankin County schools released from desegregation order

  30-07-2026 21:43 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  After nearly 60 years, the Rankin County School District has been released from a federal desegregation order put in place to curb racial discrimination. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Kristi Johnson declared that racial segregation no longer exists in how students are zoned or transferred to district schools and classes or how staff and faculty are assigned to schools. The court also found that studen
  
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• Mississippi businesses have the power to slow the brain drain, new study shows

  30-07-2026 20:07 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Mississippi could grow its population, strengthen its workforce and boost its economy if employers offered more family-forward policies – and doing so wouldn’t be that hard, researchers argue in a new report by the Mississippi Early Learning Alliance. Those policies include paid leave, childcare assistance, flexible scheduling and health-related benefits. Even modest changes could increase employe
  
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• Holmes Co. Murder Conviction Overturned

  30-07-2026 18:51 via breezynews.com
  
  LEXINGTON, Miss–Donald Wilson’s conviction and second degree murder and felon in possession of a firearm charges has been overturned and thrown out by the Mississippi Court of Appeals.But, He is still going to be held in prison until the case goes back to a grand jury. The main reason that the Holmes County man’s conviction was overturned is that the indictment against him was defective. In fact, the murder indictment did not even allege that he had killed Christopher Robertson
  
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• One Deceased, One Injured in Leake County Crash Involving School Bus, No Students Aboard

  30-07-2026 17:08 via breezynews.com
  
  A two-vehicle crash involving a school bus and a pickup truck claimed one life Thursday morning in Leake County.
  According to MS HWY Patrol, the crash happened at around 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, July 30, on HWY 487.
  The collision involved a school bus and a Chevrolet Silverado. Authorities said there were no children on the bus at the time of the crash.
  The driver of the school bus reportedly sustained moderate injuries and was transported for medical treatment.
  The driver of the pickup was prono
  
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• Heat Relief Delayed, Advisory Posted for Today

  30-07-2026 16:33 via breezynews.com
  
  HEAT ADVISORY for Friday shown in orange on map above
   
  After a day off from the worst of the heat stress, the entire local area will be back under a heat advisory today.  The heat index is forecast to climb as high as 106 in Kosciusko, Carthage and Durant and 105 in Philadelphia even though actual temperatures may not exceed the lower 90s.  Also, we’ll see a good chance of rain and thunderstorms that could help to take the edge off the heat stress.
  On Saturday, there’
  
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• Heat Relief Delayed, Advisory Posted for Friday

  30-07-2026 16:33 via breezynews.com
  
  HEAT ADVISORY for Friday shown in orange on map above
   
  After a day off from the worst of the heat stress, the entire local area will be back under a heat advisory Friday.  The heat index is forecast to climb as high as 106 in Kosciusko and Durant, even though actual temperatures may not exceed the lower 90s.  Also, we’ll see a good chance of rain and thunderstorms Friday and that could help to take the edge off the heat stress.
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• Heat Continues Today, Should Be Better Friday

  30-07-2026 16:33 via breezynews.com
  
  HEAT ADVISORY shown in orange on map above
   
  Most of us aren’t under a heat advisory today even though it’ll feel like the triple digits in many areas this afternoon.  There is an advisory until 7 pm for Leake and Holmes counties where the heat index could reach 108.  We could finally see some relief from the heat wave Friday as rain chances increase with temperatures forecast to fall into the upper 80s during the afternoon.
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• 2026 Ethel volleyball schedule

  30-07-2026 15:18 via breezynews.com
  
  Ethel High School has released its 2026 volleyball schedule.
  See the complete schedule below.
   
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• Monitoring and curbing West Nile virus takes more than a mosquito truck

  30-07-2026 15:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Wendy Varnado still remembers running behind the mosquito trucks. When she was a child in Edwards, in western Hinds County, in the 1980s, the trucks sprayed a haze of chemicals that mixed with engine smoke to create a dense fog the neighborhood children played in.These days, mosquito trucks spray an ultra low volume mist that is nearly invisible, and Varnado, the Mississippi state public health entomologist, sees
  
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• Kosciusko and Ethel to face off Friday to kick off 2026 volleyball season

  30-07-2026 14:17 via breezynews.com
  
  High school volleyball returns to Attala County Friday (July 31) night as Kosciusko and Ethel meet to open the 2026 season.
  The Lady Whippets and Lady Tigers will face off at Jerrelyn Jackson Gymnasium on the campus of Kosciusko High School in the season opener for both teams.
  Ethel advanced to the MHSAA Class 1A State Championship match after winning the Region 5-1A title and finishing the regular season on a 27-match winning streak.
  Kosciusko also reached the postseason last year, earning a pl
  
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• Domestic Violence, DUIs, and Trespassing in Carthage and Leake County

  30-07-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  JOSE ARMAND, 21, of Canton, Public Drunk, Hold for ICE, CPD.  Bond $239.25, N/A.
   JEFARRIUS D BURNSIDE, 27, of Kosciusko, Hold for Other County, LCSO.  Bond N/A.
   RICARDO A FIGUERO, 26, of Canton, DUI – 1st, Hold for ICE, Open Container, CPD.  Bond $0, N/A, $0.
   JAMES N GUNN, 23, of Carthage, DUI – 2nd, Improper Lane Usage, LCSO.  Bond $1,500, $500.
   JAYLA A HOLLOWAY, 30, of Carthage, Resisting Arrest, Domestic Violence – Simple Assault,
  
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• Community Foundation for Mississippi Announces 2026 Community Impact Project Grants

  30-07-2026 11:42 via breezynews.com
  
  Nonprofits, municipal leaders, and community organizers across central and southwest Mississippi can now apply for funding through the Community Foundation for Mississippi’s (CFM) annual Community Impact Project Grants.
  Starting Aug. 1, 2026, eligible organizations can request up to $5,000 to launch or expand local initiatives.
  Quick Grant Details at a GlanceGrant Amount: Up to $5,000
  Applications Open: August 1, 2026
  Application Deadline: September 1, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.
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• After state Supreme Court disbars him, former Hinds DA Jody Owens says his work isn’t over

  29-07-2026 23:51 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  The Mississippi Supreme Court on Wednesday permanently disbarred Jody Owens, the former Hinds County District Attorney who recently resigned after pleading guilty to a federal charge conspiring to commit bribery. The move was expected after the Mississippi Bar sought to suspend Owens from practicing law by filing a complaint with the state’s high court earlier this month. Shortly after, Owens filed a mo
  
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• Local Sheriffs Get Leadership Training From the FBI

  29-07-2026 20:27 via breezynews.com
  
  Sheriff Atkinson and Sheriff Clark shown at the FBI Academy’s National Command Course
  (Atkinson second from left, third row from the bottom, Clark second from right, second row from the bottom)
   
   
  Two local sheriffs from neighboring counties say they learned some things about law enforcement leadership by participating in the National Command Course at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
  “It was hard to be gone a week out of my county but it was one of those things, a c
  
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• Some Jackson council members ‘still not convinced’ city has a budget deficit

  29-07-2026 19:07 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Months after Mayor John Horhn warned Mississippi’s capital city faced a hefty budget shortfall, a narrow majority of the Jackson City Council refused to formally declare that is the case. On paper, Jackson has a deficit, but that doesn’t mean the city is truly facing a shortfall this year since the administration took steps to curb spending. During Tuesday’s council meeting, four of Jac
  
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• Vehicle Fire Wednesday Afternoon in Attala

  29-07-2026 18:45 via breezynews.com
  
  Around 12:30 Wednesday Afternoon, Attala County first responders received a notification of a vehicle that had caught fire on Attala Rd. 3022. The vehicle was fully engulfed, but no injuries were reported.
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• Mississippi landowners prepare as FERC pipeline decision nears

  29-07-2026 18:32 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  A federal government commission is set to release by Friday its decision on a proposed natural gas pipeline that would cross the full width of Mississippi.Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. and Southern Natural Gas Co., both a part of the giant Kinder Morgan network, are looking to build the new infrastructure to increase gas capacity in the southeastern United States.The project would connect to already existing pipeline
  
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• ATV Thief Meets Deputy on a Dirt Road, Lands in Jail

  29-07-2026 17:34 via breezynews.com
  
  A Leake County man was arrested for the theft of a Kubota side-by-side that was stolen from a deer camp on Attala Road 5001 Tuesday afternoon.
  The Attala County Sheriff’s Office was notified and began investigating the theft. At around 6 p.m., Deputy Tommy Pender, who was traveling on Attala Road 2247 on his way home after working his shift with the ACSO, met a side-by-side matching the description of the stolen ATV.
  The driver was identified as Bradley Kase Quick of Leake County. Quick wa
  
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• Updated: Head-On Collision Reported Near Highway 12 Bypass

  29-07-2026 15:14 via breezynews.com
  
  Drivers should avoid HWY 12 near the “new” bypass and find alternate routes while a crash is being cleared from the area.
  Emergency responders are currently on the scene of a head-on collision.
  *Update* Both drivers were taken to the hospital by ambulance for non-life-threatening injuries.
  This is a developing story. Breezy News will provide updates as more information becomes available.
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• Head-On Collision Reported Near Highway 12 Bypass

  29-07-2026 15:14 via breezynews.com
  
  Drivers should avoid HWY 12 near the “new” bypass and find alternate routes while a crash is being cleared from the area.
  Emergency responders are currently on the scene of a head-on collision.
  The extent of any injuries is unknown at this time.
  This is a developing story. Breezy News will provide updates as more information becomes available.
  The post Head-On Collision Reported Near Highway 12 Bypass appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Head-On Collision Reported HWY 12 W Near HWY 14 Intersection

  29-07-2026 15:14 via breezynews.com
  
  A head-on crash on HWY 12 W near the intersection of HWY 14 blocked traffic for a while Tuesday afternoon.
  The black Chevrolet Silverado and white Ford F-150 collided around 1:15 p.m.
  Both drivers were taken to the hospital by ambulance for non-life-threatening injuries.
  The post Head-On Collision Reported HWY 12 W Near HWY 14 Intersection appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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