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• 2 MSMS students named 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars - supertalk.fm

  09-05-2024 20:55 via news.google.com
  
  2 MSMS students named 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars  supertalk.fm
  
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• MS Department of Public Safety announces new design for driver’s license

  04-06-2024 14:58 via breezynews.com
  
  JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service Bureau has announced a new Mississippi driver’s license design. This new design showcases various iconic elements of Mississippi, including the new state flag, a guitar, the state outline, and music notes. “This new design […]
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• Happening today: Scarborough Building Supply 75th anniversary celebration

  04-06-2024 14:58 via breezynews.com
  
  Scarborough Building Supply in Kosciusko is celebrating its 75 anniversary today. SBS was founded in 1949 by James WINFIELD SCARBOROUGH. He was known as (WINNIE) SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Scarborough lived in Singleton, MS and operated a sawmill and General Store. He made the decision to open […]
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• More Storms Possible Locally Today

  04-06-2024 13:11 via breezynews.com
  
  More bad weather is in the forecast across central Mississippi today after severe storms rolled through the area last night, knocking down trees and damaging a hotel in Jackson.  While most of the strongest storms were near and south of I-20, Holmes County was under […]
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• MS Department of Public Safety announces news design for driver’s license

  04-06-2024 12:05 via breezynews.com
  
  JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service Bureau has announced a new Mississippi driver’s license design. This new design showcases various iconic elements of Mississippi, including the new state flag, a guitar, the state outline, and music notes. “This new design […]
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• Lawsuit claiming Mississippi Supreme Court district are discriminatory is set for August

  04-06-2024 11:30 via mississippitoday.org
  
  A federal trial challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi‘s Supreme Court districts is scheduled to begin Aug. 5 in Oxford.The lawsuit, filed in April 2022, alleges that the three districts from which the state’s nine Supreme Court justices are elected dilute Black voter strength. The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Mississippi, the Southern Poverty Law Center and private law firms on behalf of a group of Black Mississippians including sta
  
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• Speaker Jason White names members of committee to explore state tax cuts 

  03-06-2024 21:06 via mississippitoday.org
  
  House Speaker Jason White on Friday announced that 18 House members will explore ways to reduce the state’s grocery and personal income taxes ahead of the 2025 legislative session, making tax policy a top priority.White, a Republican from West, said in a statement that he feels confident the appointees will thoroughly study current state laws and tax structures to make informed recommendations for next year’s session. “The House will continue its pursuit of bold initiative
  
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• Culpepper Funeral Home Welcomes Funeral Director

  03-06-2024 18:17 via breezynews.com
  
  Culpepper Funeral Home welcomes Jackson Gilmore as a full time Funeral Director and Embalmer.  Jackson is a lifelong resident of Kosciusko and member of First Baptist Kosciusko.  He is a graduate of Kosciusko High School, obtained an associate’s degree in Mortuary Science from East Mississippi […]
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• Kosciusko native playing in the Arena Football League

  03-06-2024 16:07 via breezynews.com
  
  “Aakiel Greer….he’ll make a grab on the near sideline and he’ll spin into the endzone for a touchdown.” That was the call from legendary play-by-play broadcaster Eli Gold Saturday, May 18 as Greer scored his first professional football touchdown as a member of the Arena […]
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• Behind the reporting: Latest on the Rankin County “Goon Squad”

  03-06-2024 13:30 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Investigative journalists Brian Howey and Nate Rosenfield join Adam Ganucheau to discuss their latest report on the Rankin County Sheriff Department’s “Goon Squad.” The reporters discuss shocking new internal police communications they obtained and published, and they discuss the importance of the ongoing reporting.
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• Severe Weather Possible in Local Area

  03-06-2024 13:16 via breezynews.com
  
  Summer is less than three weeks away, but our spring storm season continues to hold on as this part of central Mississippi faces the threat of severe weather today.  There’s a Level-2 “slight” risk of damaging winds and hail for the western part of the […]
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• Fatal Wreck in Holmes County

  03-06-2024 13:16 via breezynews.com
  
  A Georgia man was killed Sunday when his motorcycle collided with a pickup on Highway 12 in Holmes County.  The Highway Patrol says Henry Hooker, 44, was eastbound and the truck driven by a Tchula man was westbound when the accident happened around 3 pm.  […]
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• Is Mississippi’s parole system broken?

  03-06-2024 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  This is the first of a year-long look at Mississippi’s parole system.At 17, James Williams III shot and killed his father and stepmother in south Jackson, stuffed their bodies into plastic containers and dumped them in the woods in a different county. In 2023 after he’d served nearly 20 years of a life sentence, Mississippi’s Parole Board freed him, two years after the previous board denied his request. He was 38 years old.The decision came as a shock to family members of
  
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• Marshall Ramsey: Egg Bowl

  02-06-2024 16:45 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• Man Arrested After Kicking In Neighbor’s Door

  02-06-2024 15:21 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A man was arrested after kicking in a neighbor’s door at the Court Square Village Apartments on Monroe St. Saturday night in Kosciusko. The initial call was at 7:17, for a white male trying to kick in a door. Both Kosciusko Police and Attala […]
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• Disturbance at Glendale Apartments Escalates

  02-06-2024 15:21 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A situation at Glendale Apartments escalated Saturday night and several police officers and Attala County deputies had to respond. It began as a disturbance call in the Glendale parking lot about 6:45 p.m. The caller reported a person in a red Dodge Charger was […]
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• Woman Makes Medical Call, Possibly Domestic

  02-06-2024 14:56 via breezynews.com
  
  SALLIS, Miss.–A woman called 911 Saturday morning about 9:45 from a house on Hwy. 12 west neat Sallis. She told the dispatcher she was passing blood, but also said that she and her husband had been in a fight and that he was passed out […]
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• Suspicious Activity at Kosciusko City Cemetery

  02-06-2024 14:56 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–Police were out before daylight at Kosciusko City Cemetery Saturday morning when a car was spotted in the cemetery at the end of Victoria Ln. The call was just before 6 a.m. When the first police officer arrived he reported seeing a woman run, […]
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• Work requirement doesn’t kill Medicaid expansion for one Republican state

  02-06-2024 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mississippi was not the only state where a Medicaid expansion work requirement was a hot topic during the 2024 legislative session.South Dakota — a more conservative and more Republican dominated state than even Mississippi — debated the work requirement issue during the 2024 legislative session and came to a much different conclusion.In Mississippi, of course, efforts to expand Medicaid to provide health care coverage for the working poor with the federal government paying most of
  
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• Stormy, Wet Weekend in This Area

  01-06-2024 14:53 via breezynews.com
  
  Severe storms rolled across central Mississippi early Saturday with a possible tornado reported in the Jackson metro.  Leake County was under a severe thunderstorm warning and a flash flood warning was issued for portions of Attala, Leake and Holmes counties.  There’s a Level-1 “marginal” risk […]
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• Attala County Law Enforcement Operation Leads to Multiple Arrests and Citations

  31-05-2024 22:58 via breezynews.com
  
  You may have noticed several law enforcement entities out and about on the evening of Thursday, May 30th. The Attala County Sheriff’s Office has issued the following press release regarding the recent activity. The Attala County Sheriff’s Office along with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, […]
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• Mississippi GOP leaders come to Trump’s defense after guilty verdict

  31-05-2024 22:04 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Most Mississippi Republican politicians quickly took to social media this week to defend Donald Trump and to attack the New York justice system after the former president was convicted of 34 felony charges.The former president was found guilty of charges related to falsifying business records to conceal that just before the 2016 election he paid off porn actress Stormy Daniels to conceal a sexual encounter.
  Mississippi politicians, claiming the guilty verdict was politically motivated to harm T
  
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• Rick Cleveland to be inducted into MPA Hall of Fame

  31-05-2024 21:29 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Rick Cleveland, a columnist and correspondent for Mississippi Today, will be inducted into the Mississippi Press Hall of Fame during the 158th Annual Meeting on June 28 in Biloxi,.Cleveland, an award-winning journalist who has spent decades chronicling sports in Mississippi, is the first sports journalist to be inducted. He has been recognized 13 times as Mississippi Sports Writer of the Year. “Rick is one of Mississippi’s most treasured storytellers,”
  
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• Greg Collins Sworn in as Kosciusko Police Chief – Video & Photo Gallery

  31-05-2024 19:31 via breezynews.com
  
  On Friday, May 31, 2024, Greg Collins was officially sworn in as the new Police Chief of Kosciusko. The ceremony took place at City Hall at 10 a.m. Collins, who previously served as an Investigator for the Kosciusko Police Department, brings 15 years of law […]
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• DUIs and Disorderly Arrests in Attala and Leake

  31-05-2024 17:03 via breezynews.com
  
  JOHN Q ANDERSON, 35, of Carthage, Hold for Other State, Felony Court Order – Leake County Circuit Court, LCSO.  Bond N/A, N/A.   LAKENDRICK K BREWER, 37, of Ludlow, Felony Obstruction – Tampering with Physical Evidence, DUI – Other Substance, Possession of a Controlled Substance, […]
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• Attala County Library Touch-a-Truck planned for June 6

  31-05-2024 17:03 via breezynews.com
  
  Trucks of all kinds will be everywhere at the Attala County Touch-a-Truck event Thursday, June 6. Vehicles on display will iclude fire trucks, dump trucks, excavators, service trucks, and more. Touch-a-Truck will be held at the Attala County Coliseum from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. For […]
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• Marshall Ramsey: Felon Voting

  31-05-2024 16:43 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• McAdams High School Cafeteria Supervisor Retires

  31-05-2024 16:03 via breezynews.com
  
  McAdams High School’s long-time Cafeteria Supervisor, Martha Jones, is retiring after over 20 years of dedicated service. A retirement party in her honor will take place today, Friday, May 31, at 2:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Lunch will be served.
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• Indianola faces another lawsuit in police shooting of unarmed 11-year-old

  31-05-2024 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  A year after an 11-year-old Indianola boy survived being shot in the chest, the boy’s mother is pursuing a state lawsuit against the sergeant and police department. In the early morning of May 20, 2023, Nakala Murry called the police to help with a former partner and the father of one of her children, concerned for the safety of her son, daughter and nephew who were home. Sgt. Greg Capers arrived with his gun drawn expecting to encounter the man, but as he stood in the dark doorway,
  
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• Stormy, Wet Weekend Expected in This Area

  31-05-2024 12:34 via breezynews.com
  
  Forecasters are now saying that tornadoes will be possible in some of the stronger storms across central Mississippi this weekend.  Most of the local area is under a Level-1 “marginal” risk of isolated severe storms today with damaging wind gusts and hail possible and the […]
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