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• Police chief in Senatobia regularly used racial slurs, private text messages reveal

  22-08-2026 11:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mukta Joshi is a reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow. Joseph Cranney is a reporter at Verite News. Both report for the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center in collaboration with The Times.SENATOBIA — For many residents of this tiny city about 40 miles south of Memphis, the fatal police shooting of a 1-year-old Black toddler in June became a flashpoint after years of complaints about
  
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• Missing Durant Woman Found Safe

  22-08-2026 08:13 via breezynews.com
  
  The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation says a Durant woman reported missing two weeks ago has been located and is safe.  MBI has cancelled a Silver Alert  which was issued for Angel Denise Brown, 24, on August 10.
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• Dangerous Heat This Weekend, Storms Possible This Evening

  22-08-2026 08:06 via breezynews.com
  
  Holmes County, much of western Mississippi and the coast will be under a heat advisory today with the high in Durant this afternoon forecast to reach 101.  Carthage could top out near 100, with highs in Kosciusko and Philadelphia in the upper 90s.  Sunday won’t be quite as hot with upper 90s forecast in Durant, Carthage and Philadelphia and mid 90s in Kosciusko.  With a good chance of rain on Monday, highs should be in the lower 90s areawide.
  After two days of severe weather
  
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• Don’t let scammers crash back-to-school season

  22-08-2026 04:34 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Today’s students and young adults are true digital natives, having grown up online, learning to navigate digital spaces as a normal part of daily life. As they transition to college, they turn to digital platforms and social media for everything  from apartment hunting and job searches to shopping, banking and talking with friends.That familiarity, however, can create a false sense of security, making younger adults just as much of a target for fraud and scams as older individuals. A
  
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• Illegal drugs found at Whitfield mental hospital, sparking K-9 sweeps, roadblocks

  22-08-2026 00:50 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Multiple bags of illegal drugs and contraband were found last week at the Mississippi State Hospital in Whitfield.The discovery prompted K-9 units to descend on the hospital and law enforcement agents have conducted roadblocks and vehicle inspections upon entry and exit of the campus. It has also sparked an ongoing investigation by the facility’s police force and investigators with the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
  Mississippi Today was provided photos of bags of pills and powder
  
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