Mississippi news

• Crooked Letter Sports: Football eve

  19-08-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The Saints played their first exhibition and college football is slightly more than two weeks old. We are on the cusp of football and the AP preseason poll is out. Ole Miss is No. 9. Too high? To low? The Clevelands discuss, plus Rick remembers the only Mississippi team to ever play in the Little League World Series, which turns 74 this month and saturates ESPN’s August programming.
  
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• Today’s Forecast: More Heat, More Storms

  19-08-2026 07:15 via breezynews.com
  
  HEAT ADVISORY shown in orange on map above
  EXTREME HEAT WARNING shown in purple
   
  Holmes County will be back under an extreme heat warning today and for the rest of the local area, a heat advisory is posted.  Highs will be near 100 with a heat index around 110.    But, just like yesterday, some thunderstorms are expected in this part of the state and could help to take the edge off the heat while providing some much needed rain.  Some of the storms could be severe w
  
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• Kosciusko-Attala Partnership to host Legislative Breakfast

  19-08-2026 07:00 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko-Attala Partnership (KAP) has announced its inaugural Legislative Breakfast, offering local business leaders a opportunity to connect directly with State Representatives and State Senators.
  The event is set for Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., at the Holmes Community College The Attala Center.
  Designed to foster dialogue between local lawmakers and the business sector, the morning will feature a moderated panel discussion focusing on key issues affecting the local economy and
  
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• At first redistricting hearing, Mississippians call push for new maps a ‘power grab’

  19-08-2026 04:34 via mississippitoday.org
  TUPELO – Mississippi residents who spoke on Tuesday at the first of several public hearings on redistricting around the state urged lawmakers to not redraw electoral maps, calling the effort a needless power grab aimed at diluting Black political power in a state with a sordid racial history.  The Republican-dominated joint House and Senate committee on redistricting kicked off its slate of public hearings in a nearly packed room at Itawamba Community College in Tupelo. Leaders
  
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