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• Isaias weakens but flooding threat persists as hundreds of thousands grapple with power outages

  10-10-2026 17:58 via Mississippi Today
  
  GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) — Isaias left behind a trail of damaged rooftops, downed power lines and flooded roadways Saturday as it weakened and was no longer a hurricane. It was blamed on at least one death in Florida after a tree fell on a home.The storm made landfall Friday near Destin, Florida, a Gulf Coast area known for powdery white-sand beaches and dotted with vacation homes, waterfront bars, and seafood shacks. After it weakened overnight to a post-tropical cyclone, forecasters warne
  
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• Time for term limits? Dems in majority could have familiar faces in key roles

  10-10-2026 16:00 via Mississippi Today
  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats hope to bring a new agenda to the House next year if they take the majority, but they will most likely do so with many of the same faces that have steered their party’s legislative work for a decade or more.Potential committee chai
  
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• Wind Advisory, Flood Watch Continue in Local Area

  10-10-2026 07:24 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
  The National Weather Service is keeping most of Mississippi including this area under a wind advisory until 7 pm.   North winds of 20 to 30 miles an hour with gusts up to 40 mph are expected.  And NWS says 50 mph gusts are possible.
  Attala, Winston, Carroll, Montgomery and Choctaw counties remain under a flood watch through this evening as the remnants of Hurricane Isaias continue moving to the north through Alabama.The post Wind Advisory, Flood Watch Continue in Local Area appear
  
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• Wind Advisory CANCELLED

  10-10-2026 07:24 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
  After earlier cancelling a flood watch which included several local counties, the National Weather Service has now cancelled a wind advisory that’s been in effect for most of Mississippi today.  NWS says the threat of damaging wind gusts associated with the remnants of Hurricane Isaias has ended.
   
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• Flood Watch CANCELLED, Wind Advisory Continues Locally

  10-10-2026 07:24 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
  The National Weather Service is keeping most of Mississippi including this area under a wind advisory until 7 pm.   North winds of 20 to 30 miles an hour with gusts up to 40 mph are expected.  And NWS says 50 mph gusts are possible.
  A flood watch which had covered parts of this area has been cancelled.The post Flood Watch CANCELLED, Wind Advisory Continues Locally appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Isaias makes landfall along the US Gulf Coast as a dangerous Category 2 hurricane

  10-10-2026 04:30 via Mississippi Today
  
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  GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Isaias crashed into the U.S. Gulf Coast as a dangerous Category 2 storm on Friday, lashing communities with wind and rain and threatening to flood low-lying areas where residents were advised to evacuate ahead of its arrival.The f
  
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• MVSU basketball player was reportedly warned about his expired immigration status years before ICE detained him

  10-10-2026 02:05 via Mississippi Today
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  Years before immigration officers arrested a Mississippi Valley State University basketball player last week, the school he previously played for said it warned him to correct his immigration status — contradicting his attorney’s earlier claim that the studen
  
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