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Neighbors in need spur Stone County pair into flood rescues

11-07-2026 15:00 via mississippitoday.org

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PERKINSTON — The calls kept coming as floodwaters spread across Stone County. Tim Davenport and Michael Graham had never responded to a natural disaster before, but they had something many stranded residents needed: a boat. According to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, the remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur caused widespread flooding across South Mississippi June 18, damaging homes, busi

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DUIs and Drug Possession in Philadelphia and Neshoba County

11-07-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com

CHARLES MURPHY BOLDEN, 47, of DeKalb, Serving Sentence, NCSO. Bond $0.
GARIAN DIXON, 33, of Philadelphia, Failure to Appear, NCSO. Bond $0.
BRANDI GAIL FRAZIER, 27, of Philadelphia, No Driver’s License, No Insurance, Contempt of Court, MHP. Bond $300, $800, $0.
QUENTARIUS HARDEN, 28, of Jackson, Possession of Marijuana, PPD. Bond $1,500.
DESTIN LASHAWN KNIGHT, 34, of Tuscaloosa, AL, Serving Sentence, NCSO. Bond $0.
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Level-1 Storm Risk Posted for This Area Tonight and Sunday

11-07-2026 07:44 via breezynews.com

Storms could be moving into this part of central Mississippi tonight and developing again on Sunday. There’s a Level-1 “marginal” risk of isolated severe storms with damaging wind gusts. The National Weather Service says heavy downpours and frequent lightning will also be possible. Rain chances will continue next week at least through Wednesday.
With the storms not expected to arrive until the evening hours today, temperatures will climb into the mid 90s resul

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Jackson bus drivers threaten to walk off the job Monday as talks continue into the weekend

11-07-2026 00:50 via mississippitoday.org

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The union representing dozens of Jackson bus drivers and other transportation workers issued a 72-hour strike notice Friday, even as the union said it would continue trying to reach an agreement with MV Transportation, the Texas company under contract to run JTRAN.If both sides cannot reach an agreement by Sunday, the union plans to go on strike at 4 a.m. on Monday, according to a statement released Friday by the

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Senatobia police finally released internal reports of the shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley. They reveal almost nothing

11-07-2026 00:26 via mississippitoday.org

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Joseph Cranney is a reporter with the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center in collaboration with The New York Times. 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. Nearly a month after police in Mississippi shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley outside Walmart i

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