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• Scott Colom makes history in Mississippi. Two other Black men did the same 150 years before him

  12-11-2026 22:37 via Mississippi Today
  
  When Scott Colom takes the oath of office for the U.S. Senate in January, he will not be the first Black senator from Mississippi to make history. But he will be the first in nearly 150 years and the first chosen by voters rather than state lawmakers.U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Colom speaks during his election celebration at Tougaloo College in Jackson on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayColom, a Democrat, was declared the winner Wednesday over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyd
  
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• New York startup’s move to Mississippi pays off. Two of the state’s largest banks to merge: Mississippi Marketplace

  12-11-2026 22:00 via Mississippi Today
  
  Earlier this week, Mississippi entrepreneurs and investors gathered in Jackson for the annual startup conference put on by Innovate Mississippi. There are two pitch competitions as part of the event, one for early stage startups and another for later stage companies. The later stage competition featured 10 Mississippi companies pitching their goods and services to a panel of investors. The winner, receiving $15,000 plus attention from investors, was LOA Carbon, which recently relocated from Ne
  
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• Mississippi wants to build a statewide health data network. It’s been here before

  12-11-2026 21:30 via Mississippi Today
  
  Mississippi is again working to build a statewide system that will help hospitals, health providers, pharmacies, laboratories and emergency medical services securely share patient health data.“We’re creating the infrastructure to improve care coordination, to support emergency preparedness, to strengthen public health decision making and to give healthcare professionals the information that they need to deliver even better care,” Gov. Tate Reeves told reporters at an Oct. 21 press confere
  
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• National Folk Festival brings wide sweep of traditions to Jackson

  12-11-2026 20:00 via Mississippi Today
  
  For centuries, the customs and traditions of the Choctaw nation have been passed from one generation to the next. About two decades ago, William Dan Isaac, a member of the tribe’s Mississippi band, helped form the Mystic Winds Social Dance Group to hand down traditions of dance, music and storytelling to Choctaw youth. The endeavor not only exposed Choctaw youth to the wider world but also shared their culture and traditions across other communities.Another opportunity comes this weekend whe
  
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• Black University of Mississippi students wrestle with forgiveness in wake of racist gestures

  12-11-2026 18:45 via Mississippi Today
  
  Three Black University of Mississippi students who shared a now-viral Ring camera video of two white students making monkeylike sounds and gestures outside their front door say they received an apology from one woman.But the other only amplified her behavior, they said, divulging details of the rest of the encounter that weren’t captured on camera.“She continued to make the gestures after the girl was apologizing. It was like a slap in the face,” Victoria Johnson told “CBS Mornings” i
  
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• State permit board rejects appeal of SpaceXAI air permits in Southaven

  12-11-2026 18:00 via Mississippi Today
  
  After hearing hours of testimony over two days, Mississippi’s permit board rejected an appeal of an air permit awarded earlier in the year to SpaceXAI’s data center hub in Southaven.The board, which makes decisions over permits issued by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, issued its decision Tuesday, the last day of the hearing.
  In March, the board approved air permits for 41 permanent gas turbines that will power SpaceXAI’s data center operations in the area, which cros
  
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• For Black trailblazers in Mississippi, Colom’s Senate win is personal

  12-11-2026 16:00 via Mississippi Today
  
  Mike Espy knows better than anyone what it takes to blaze trails in Mississippi politics. He did it in Congress, then again in a presidential cabinet, and came close to doing it again in the U.S. Senate. For Espy and many other Black Mississippians who were among the first to win elected office in the state, Scott Colom’s Wednesday night victory, which will make him the first Black person to represent Mississippi in the U.S. Senate since post-Civil War Reconstruction, is both a personal cele
  
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• 12-Year-Old Addyson Johnson Needs Kidney Donor

  12-11-2026 15:42 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
  A young girl from Ethel, MS who previously had a wish granted through Make-A-Wish Mississippi and Boswell Media is now in need of a life-saving kidney transplant.
  Addyson Johnson, 12, is searching for a living kidney donor and her family is asking the public to help spread the word.
  In July 2025, Addyson was one of two local children celebrated during a special Make-A-Wish reveal at The Carousel House. Through a partnership between Make-A-Wish Mississippi and Boswell Media, Addyson’s wish to v
  
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• Entergy Mississippi Launches Online Tracker for Attala County Grid Upgrades

  12-11-2026 14:22 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
  Attala County residents can now track ongoing power grid upgrades in real time following a recent push for better electrical reliability in the area.
  Northern District Public Service Commissioner Chris Brown announced that Entergy Mississippi has launched a dedicated online dashboard detailing the utility’s improvement projects and completion timelines across the county.The rollout follows September’s packed town hall meeting in Carmack, where more than 200 residents voiced frustration over
  
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• Kosciusko Lions Club Launches Annual Christmas Basket Project; accepting donations

  12-11-2026 12:04 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
  The Kosciusko Lions Club’s annual Christmas Basket Project is underway, and the organization is asking the community for support to help local families and residents in need this holiday season.
  Each year, the Lions Club assembles and delivers Christmas food baskets to needy citizens across Kosciusko and Attala \
  Applications for families and individuals in need of assistance will be accepted from Monday, Nov.16 – Friday, Dec. 4.
  Application forms can be picked up at the Kosciusko-Attala Par
  
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• DeSoto County moved more voters to inactive in the leadup to Election Day than any other. Here’s what happened.

  12-11-2026 11:00 via Mississippi Today
  
  This story was published by Votebeat in partnership with Mississippi Today. Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration. Mississippi Today is a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to covering justice, voting rights, politics, education, health and culture. Sign up for Votebeat’s free newsletters here and Mississippi Today’s free newsletters here.HERNANDO – Dozens of people crowded into the old Trustmark Bank building in downtown on Wednesday a
  
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• Farm Bureau Coaches Show – November 12, 2026

  12-11-2026 08:30 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
  On this week’s episode of the Farm Bureau Coaches Show – Kosciusko Whippets head football coach Casey Orr recaps the game against Itawamba AHS, highlights this week’s Players of the Game, and discusses Friday night’s Round 2 Playoff game against Corinth.The Farm Bureau Coaches Show airs on Breezy 103 Thursday mornings at 7:35 am.The show is also now available on Spotify. (Just search “Boswell Media Sports)
   
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• Colom Clinches Historic Win in Senate Race

  12-11-2026 08:26 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
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  You can call him Senator-elect Scott Colom now….
  “It’s not something that I did, y’all.  It’s something that we did,” Colom said during his victory speech at Tougaloo College last night after he was declared the winner of Mississippi’s Senate race.
  “All I did was have the courage to imagine a night like this.  I had the courage to believe in Mississippi.  I had the courage to understand that we can show the country that Mississippi matters.”
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• Freeze Watch Issued for Local Area

  12-11-2026 07:05 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
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  Temperatures are forecast to drop into the mid 30s in this part of central Mississippi tonight.  But that’s only the beginning of our cold snap.  The lows Friday night are expected to be in the lower 30s, and the National Weather Service has issued a freeze watch from late Friday night into Saturday morning.  Saturday night’s lows will range from 30-33 degrees with mid to upper 30s Sunday night before falling back to the low to mid 30s Mond
  
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• Freeze Expected Locally This Weekend

  12-11-2026 07:05 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
  The first in a series of cold fronts over the next few days is forecast to push temperatures down into the upper 30s in this part of central Mississippi tonight.  But that’s only the beginning of our cold snap.  The lows Friday night are expected to be near 30, maybe dipping into the upper 20s in the Kosciusko area.   Saturday night’s lows will range from 30-33 degrees with low to mid 30s Sunday night.
  The National Weather Service says the gusty winds associated with the fronts will cont
  
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• Democrat Scott Colom celebrates Senate victory: ‘In Mississippi, our prayers often change the course of history’

  12-11-2026 06:16 via Mississippi Today
  
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  Jubilant supporters of Scott Colom hugged, danced and wiped away tears Wednesday night on the campus of Tougaloo College as they celebrated his election as Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since a few years after the Civil War.“For me, this journey started with
  
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• Band Boosters Hosting Celebration for KHS Percussion

  12-11-2026 06:00 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
  History was officially made on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, at the MHSAA-MBA State Band Championship held at Pearl High School, as the Kosciusko High School Percussion Team captured the 1st Place crown in Class 4A.
  In a monumental milestone for the district, this marks the very first time in school history, since statewide championships were established, that a Kosciusko ensemble has placed in the Top 3 bracket for overall percussion, a fiercely contested and strictly judged performance division.
  Th
  
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• Why AP called Mississippi’s US Senate race for Scott Colom

  12-11-2026 00:27 via Mississippi Today
  
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  WASHINGTON — The Associated Press on Wednesday declared Democrat Scott Colom the winner in the race for U.S. Senate in Mississippi after several counties reported updated results — including those of last-to-count provisional ballots.Colom led Republican incumbent Se
  
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• Colom wins: Mississippi picks another senator

  12-11-2026 00:01 via Mississippi Today
  
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  This article will be updated.Democrat Scott Colom has won a hard-fought U.S. Senate race in Mississippi, breaking Republicans’ dominance of statewide offices, ousting one of the state’s sitting senators for the first time since the 1940s and becoming the state’s fi
  
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• Colom wins

  12-11-2026 00:01 via Mississippi Today
  
  This article will be updated.Democrat Scott Colom has won a hard-fought U.S. Senate race in Mississippi, breaking Republicans’ dominance of statewide offices, ousting one of the state’s sitting senators for the first time since the 1940s and becoming the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction.Colom, a district attorney in north Mississippi, defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and independent Ty Pinkins. Colom on Wednesday secured a come-from-behind triumph that has stunned
  
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