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• After MDOT audit comes back clean, leaders renew push for more infrastructure funding

  10-02-2020 22:35 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Rogelio V. Solis, Associated PressCentral Mississippi Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall, left, responds to a lawmaker’s question while Melinda McGrath, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, during a hearing before the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, in Jackson, Miss.
  After an audit of the Mississippi Department of Transportation showed few budget management issues, elected and transportation industry officials are renewing call
  
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• Video: Flooding at Breezy 101 studio

  10-02-2020 22:01 via breezynews.com
  
  Heavy rains flooded the parking lot and grounds at the Boswell Media/Breezy 101 studios Monday afternoon. Employees were flooded into the building, unable to leave due to the rising water.   This Facebook Live video was taken after the water had risen even more.  
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• Closings announced due to weather

  10-02-2020 21:24 via breezynews.com
  
  This is a list of area businesses and services that will close early or operate on a shortened scheduled due to the heavy rainfall moving through central MS this afternoon: The Oprah Winfrey Boys and Girls Club will be closed this afternoon. We will continue to update this list throughout the day today. Information on delays/closings can be... Read More.
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• Legislature poised to revisit Jim Crow-era electoral provisions in state Constitution

  10-02-2020 21:05 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaBoth House Speaker Philip Gunn, left, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann say they support considering provisions in the state Constitution that allow the House in some cases to decide the winner this session.
  In just about every year since the Mississippi House voted in 2000 to make Democrat Ronnie Musgrove governor, there has been legislation filed to remove the constitutional provision giving the 122 representatives the task of selecting statewid
  
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• Contractor Sues Mississippi Margaritaville Over Unpaid Bills - U.S. News & World Report

  10-02-2020 17:34 via usnews.com
  Contractor Sues Mississippi Margaritaville Over Unpaid Bills  U.S. News & World Report
  
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• Whippet basketball Region Tournament schedules set

  10-02-2020 16:19 via breezynews.com
  
  The schedule has been set for the Kosciusko Whippets and Lady Whippets in the Region 4-4A Tournament. The Lady Whippets will play Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 7:00 pm. against Northeast Lauderdale. The winner of that game will move on to play Choctaw Central on Thursday. The boys will play Thursday, Feb. 13 at 5:30 pm against the winner... Read More.
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• Wet Roads May Have Caused MVA on 19 South

  10-02-2020 16:19 via breezynews.com
  
  At 7:06 am Attala Deputies, MedStat EMS, The Mississippi Highway Patrol  along with Attala Fire Central Station responded to a report of a two vehicle MVA. The caller said it was located near 9363 highway 19 south. Emergency personnel arrived on scene and notified responding units that they had one vehicle off the road on the north bound... Read More.
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• Larceny, burglary, and other recent arrests

  10-02-2020 13:59 via breezynews.com
  
  On 1-28-2020, Randel Cole, a 28-year-old white male, was arrested for petit larceny and trespassing. (Jimmy Nunn) On 1-24-2020, Justin Cox, a 32-year-old white male, was arrested for burglary – 3 counts. On 1-23-2020, Jessica Cole, a 26-year-old white female, was arrested for trespassing. (Jimmy Nunn) On 1-21-2020, Adam Daniel, a 43-year-old white male, was arrested for domestic... Read More.
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• Attala County Library Teen Council to meet Feb. 12

  10-02-2020 13:36 via breezynews.com
  
  The Attala County Library Teen Library Council will meet Wednesday, Feb 12. The meeting will take place from 3:30-5:00 in the meeting room. For more information, call the library 662-289-5141
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• Flash flooding and heavy rain expected for this week

  10-02-2020 13:12 via breezynews.com
  
  The National Weather Service is wanting residents in central and eastern Mississippi to be aware of the potential for flooding for much of this week. A slow moving weather system will make it’s way through much of the state with heavy rainfall being the main threat. The NWS predicts that parts of Attala County could see anywhere from... Read More.
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• Ep. 93: ‘This is a sad day for Mississippi politics’: GOP lawmakers rip Speaker Gunn over paycheck decision

  10-02-2020 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Newly elected Reps. Billy Andrews and Dale Goodin join Mississippi Today political reporters Adam Ganucheau and Bobby Harrison to discuss Speaker Philip Gunn’s decision, which was re-enforced by the House Appropriations Committee, to force four state retirees to choose between giving up their pensions or resigning from office.
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• Ep. 92: ‘This is a sad day for Mississippi politics’: GOP lawmakers rip Speaker Gunn over paycheck decision

  10-02-2020 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Newly elected Reps. Billy Andrews and Dale Goodin join Mississippi Today political reporters Adam Ganucheau and Bobby Harrison to discuss Speaker Philip Gunn’s decision, which was re-enforced by the House Appropriations Committee, to force four state retirees to choose between giving up their pensions or resigning from office.
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• New Mississippi AG reviewing Curtis Flowers case

  10-02-2020 12:17 via breezynews.com
  
  Mississippi’s new attorney general must decide whether to take a quadruple murder case to a seventh trial. Curtis Flowers has had two mistrials and four reversed convictions in a nationally watched case involving the 1996 slayings of four people at a Winona furniture store. News outlets report a judge turned the case over Wednesday to new Attorney General... Read More.
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• Mississippi Inmate Death Toll Rises Amid Emergency Extension - U.S. News & World Report

  10-02-2020 09:00 via usnews.com
  Mississippi Inmate Death Toll Rises Amid Emergency Extension  U.S. News & World Report
  
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• MVA Rollover on 4045

  10-02-2020 03:00 via breezynews.com
  
  At 6:09 pm Attala Deputies, Sallis Volunteers, Medstat EMS along with Attala Fire Central Station were called to Attala Road 4045 for a report of a one vehicle MVA. One person was transported to Baptist-Attala for medical treatment. Sergeant Nic Cox tells Breezy News that the driver swerved to avoid hitting another car and lost control of the... Read More.
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• Emergency Dispatches: February 9, 2020

  10-02-2020 01:39 via breezynews.com
  
  At 6:09 pm Attala Deputies, Sallis Volunteers, Medstat EMS along with Attala Fire Central Station were called to Attala Road 4045 for a report of a two vehicle MVA.
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