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• Law enforcement response to shoplifting leaves 1-year-old dead and adult critically wounded

  15-06-2026 21:31 via mississippitoday.org
  The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is looking into a police shooting that killed a 1-year-old boy in north Mississippi. Officers from the Senatobia Police Department and the Tate County Sheriff’s Department responded to a reported shoplifting Sunday afternoon at a Walmart on U.S. 51 and saw a car driving away, according to a statement from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. Officers tried to stop the car, but DPS said the driver drove in the officers’ direction a
  
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• Aggravated Assault, DUIs, and Disorderly Conduct Arrests in Kosciusko and Attala

  15-06-2026 21:28 via breezynews.com
  
  CHELSSIA C BELL, 37, of Kosciusko, Simple Assault – Attempt by Physical Menace to Create Fear, No Insurance, Contempt of Court – Kosciusko Municipal Court, KPD.  Bond $3,100, $800, $0.
   JAVAN R BROWN, 18, of Kosciusko, Contempt of Court – Kosciusko Municipal Court, Disorderly Conduct – Disturbing the Peace, Trespass after Notice of Non-Permission, KPD.  Bond $0, $1,100, $1,000.
   JEFARRIUS D BURNSIDE, 26, of Kosciusko, Public Drunk, Disorderly Conduct &
  
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• Barney Schoby, Adams County civil rights leader and former state lawmaker, dies at 87

  15-06-2026 20:12 via mississippitoday.org
  
  NATCHEZ — Adams County civil rights leader Barney Schoby has died. He was 87.Schoby was the first Black man to serve on the Adams County Board of Supervisors, a position he held from 1974 to 1980.He went on to serve in the Mississippi House of Representatives representing District 94 from 1980 to 1997, the first African American to serve this district in the state House.“I am saddened by his passing,” said Natchez’s Phillip West. “He was a real warrior for trying t
  
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• Crash Near Sonic Monday in Kosciusko

  15-06-2026 19:40 via breezynews.com
  
  A crash involving a pickup truck and a semi truck slowed traffic on Hwy 12 near Sonic Monday morning in Kosciusko.
  Police, EMS, and MS Highway Patrol responded to the two-vehicle crash just before 9:00 a.m. Monday.
  The pickup ended up in a grassy area with noticeable damage. The cause of the crash is unknown. No injuries were reported, and both vehicles were towed from the scene.The post Crash Near Sonic Monday in Kosciusko appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Voter Voices: Longtime poll watcher has seen problems, politics

  15-06-2026 17:44 via mississippitoday.org
  
  “Voter Voices” is a series of Mississippians sharing their thoughts on voting rights, the state’s history of voter suppression and the new gerrymandering push embroiling Mississippi, the South and the nation.Since 1988, Bill Gray has been a poll watcher for various Mississippi political campaigns.During that time, he has seen many Mississippians blocked from voting because they went to the wrong precinct. Sometimes this happened because the precinct had changed, and voters fai
  
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• Natchez Trace Parkway to temporarily close from Kosciusko to French Camp June 22

  15-06-2026 16:26 via breezynews.com
  
  On Monday, June 22, the National Park Service will temporarily close a section of the Natchez Trace Parkway from Kosciusko (Mile Marker 165) to French Camp (Mile Marker 181) in Attala and Choctaw counties in Mississippi.
  The road will be closed to all traffic as construction crews work to make repairs on the parkway.
  The current closed section of the parkway, north of French Camp from mile marker 181 to U.S. Highway 82 (MP 204), will open prior to this new section being closed.
  The closure is ex
  
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• Rainy, Cooler Week Expected with Flooding Possible

  15-06-2026 07:11 via breezynews.com
  
  The hot and steamy weather of last week will give way to wet and cooler conditions with several rounds of heavy rain possible across Mississippi.  While localized flash flooding will be possible in this area, where one to three inches of rain could fall, the biggest threat will be across the southwestern quadrant of the state including the Jackson area, where rainfall totals could reach five inches.
  The rain and cloud cover will help to hold temperatures below 90 degrees across most of the
  
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• Troy rallies for 12-8 win that knocks Mississippi out of the College World Series

  15-06-2026 00:27 via mississippitoday.org
  
  OMAHA, Neb. — Jabe Boroff hit the tiebreaking double in a four-run seventh inning and Troy and its potent offense kept the program’s first College World Series appearance going with a 12-8 win over Mississippi in an elimination game Sunday.The Trojans (39-31) erased a four-run deficit to post their 18th come-from-behind win of the season and advance to a game Tuesday against the loser of the West Virginia-North Carolina game Sunday night.Mississippi (41-23) went two-games-and-out in
  
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