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• Barbour, Ezell talk hurricane reflections and lessons as Isaias approaches Coast

  09-10-2026 00:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  BILOXI – Coast residents and officials filed into the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s hospitality center to talk about disaster preparedness as Hurricane Isaias, an expected Category 2 storm as of Thursday, approached the state’s shores. The state’s Public Service Commission put on the timely “From Recovery to Resilience” summit, announced a few weeks ago, just before Isaias’ expected landfall on Friday evening. The hurricane’s pat
  
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• Isaias makes landfall along the US Gulf Coast as a dangerous Category 2 hurricane

  10-10-2026 04:30 via mississippitoday.org
  
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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 mississippitoday.org
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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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• Louisville Wildcats Defeat Whippets in Major Regional Rivalry

  09-10-2026 23:59 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko Whippets hosted the Louisville Wildcats in the pre-eminent regional rivalry game of the season.
  The Wildcats scored first with a touchdown.  Kosciusko added points, and almost a scuffle, with the first quarter ending 13-3, Wildcats.  In further furious play, the Wildcats led at halftime, 26-10.
  Continuing to shut down the home team’s efforts, the Wildcats finished with the win, 59-38.
  Braden Ray was named the Autumn Ridge Player of the Game.  Now, that’s
  
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• Mississippi college board extends commissioner’s contract and boosts his pay

  09-10-2026 22:26 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Al Rankins Jr. will continue leading Mississippi’s public university system for another four years under a new contract approved by the state’s college board. The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees in August unanimously approve
  
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• Curtis Flowers battled diabetes during his wrongful imprisonment

  09-10-2026 21:08 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  As the cause of Curtis Flowers‘ death is under investigation, an attorney who represented him during multiple appeals, eventually leading to his exoneration and release from death row, said his former client struggled with diabetes the entire time he knew him &ndas
  
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• Boswell Media Radiothons Raise Record-Breaking $51,000+ for Make-A-Wish Mississippi

  09-10-2026 20:09 via breezynews.com
  
  Boswell Media and communities across Central Mississippi have made history, raising a record-breaking $51,164.96 for Make-A-Wish Mississippi during three Radiothon events held in Carthage, Philadelphia, and Kosciusko.
  The fundraising effort kicked off October 2 in Carthage, where $16,894.12 was raised. Philadelphia followed on October 8, bringing in $7,640.84, and Kosciusko wrapped up the Radiothons on October 9 with an impressive $26,630.00.
  Each event brought together local businesses, communi
  
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• Boswell Media Radiothons Raise Record-Breaking $50,000 for Make-A-Wish Mississippi

  09-10-2026 20:09 via breezynews.com
  
  Boswell Media and communities across Central Mississippi have made history, raising a record-breaking $50,019.96 for Make-A-Wish Mississippi during three Radiothon events held in Carthage, Philadelphia, and Kosciusko.
  The fundraising effort kicked off October 2 in Carthage, where $16,894.12 was raised. Philadelphia followed on October 8, bringing in $7,640.84, and Kosciusko wrapped up the Radiothons on October 9 with an impressive $25,485.
  Each event brought together local businesses, community
  
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• VIDEO STREAM – Louisville vs Kosciusko

  09-10-2026 20:00 via breezynews.com
  
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• Nell Grace helps revitalize Jackson’s once-thriving Farish Street District

  09-10-2026 19:26 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Stepping into Nell Grace is less like walking into a restaurant and more like melting into the soft, unhurried warmth of Big Mama’s embrace.The restaurant is a hidden gem located at 111 East Church St., in downtown Jackson’s historic Farish Street District. A
  
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• Kosciusko Raises More Than $26,000 for Make-A-Wish Mississippi

  09-10-2026 16:46 via breezynews.com
  
  $26,630.00 was raised today in Kosciusko for Make-A-Wish Mississippi at the Boswell Media Radiothon at Kangaroo Crossing on Hwy 12. That total includes in person and online donations.
  People throughout the community showed up to donate and help grant wishes for critically ill children in our local communities. You can also donate by clicking here!The “Jail & Bail” portion of the Make-A-Wish MS Radiothons is a crowd favorite. Local officials and community members were “locke
  
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• Kosciusko Raises More Than $25,000 for Make-A-Wish Mississippi

  09-10-2026 16:46 via breezynews.com
  
  $25,485.00 was raised today in Kosciusko for Make-A-Wish Mississippi at the Boswell Media Radiothon at Kangaroo Crossing on Hwy 12. That total includes in person and online donations.
  People throughout the community showed up to donate and help grant wishes for critically ill children in our local communities. You can also donate by clicking here!The “Jail & Bail” portion of the Make-A-Wish MS Radiothons is a crowd favorite. Local officials and community members were “locke
  
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• Kosciusko Jailbirds Need YOUR Help Making Bail!

  09-10-2026 16:46 via breezynews.com
  
  The jail is filling up at Kangaroo Crossing on Highway 12 in Kosciusko, and these jailbirds need YOUR help!
  Breezy News is rounding up some familiar faces for our Make-A-Wish Mississippi Jail & Bail fundraiser, and these detainees are working hard to raise money to help grant wishes for children battling critical illnesses!
  And there’s a little friendly competition going on! Kosciusko is trying to beat Carthage’s fundraising total, and we need your help to make it happen!
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• America at its best has an ever-expanding circle of ‘we,’ Tony Award winner writes

  09-10-2026 16:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• Mississippi Today summit centers on learning in the classroom and on the job

  09-10-2026 02:24 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Local and national changemarkers joined Mississippi Today staff in Jackson to examine how to best build on Mississippi’s gains in education and workforce development.The discussions were part of Mississippi Today’s “All In On Mississippi” summit, which commemorated the publication’s 10-year anniversary. The event attracted hundreds of attendees to the state’s capital to learn more from the people behind the headlines.Mississippi miracle? More like marathonThe
  
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• Holmes Bulldogs Fall to Northwest Rangers 41-26

  08-10-2026 23:48 via breezynews.com
  
  The Holmes Community College Bulldogs were back in Goodman tonight hosting the nationally ranked Rangers of Northwest Mississippi Community College from Senatobia. The game remained very close in the first half of the game with the Rangers leading by 1 point, 17-16. In the 2nd half, the Rangers scored a couple of touchdowns in the 3rd quarter to 1 touchdown for Holmes to increase their lead to 8 points, 31-23 going into the final quarter. The Rangers added an additional 10 points in the 4th quar
  
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• ‘We are in the new nuclear age.’ Swisher and Lack meet in Jackson to discuss the future of AI

  08-10-2026 22:53 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  The impacts of artificial intelligence are, in many ways, contingent on the decisions of a small, powerful group of tech elites, but ordinary people have a central role to play in demanding reasonable regulation of the technology, Kara Swisher told Andrew Lack on Thursda
  
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• Unable to rid blight on its own, Jackson wants property owners to foot the bill

  08-10-2026 20:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Bright yellow signs papered windows two months ago at a west Jackson apartment complex, condemning the Grand Chateau as uninhabitable and warning trespassers they could be fined. Despite the city’s efforts, several squatters remain in the dilapidated building.
  
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• Unable to rid blight on its own, Jackson officials want property owners to foot the bill

  08-10-2026 20:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Bright yellow signs papered windows two months ago at a west Jackson apartment complex, condemning the Grand Chateau as uninhabitable and warning trespassers they could be fined. Despite the city’s efforts, several squatters remain in the dilapidated building.
  
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• Ham Jam Canceled Because of Bad Weather Potential

  08-10-2026 19:58 via breezynews.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA, Miss.–The Ham Jam Arts Festival scheduled for Saturday, has been canceled.
  Organizers posted Thursday afternoon that the decision was made because of the potential for bad weather from Hurricane Isaias.
  The post says that the safety of the people who may have attended is their priority.
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• Wind Advisory for Some Local Counties, Tropical Storm Warning for Others

  08-10-2026 19:37 via breezynews.com
  
  Attala and Leake counties are now under a wind advisory until Saturday evening with gusts up to 50 miles an hour possible.  A wind advisory will take effect for Holmes, Carroll and Montgomery early Saturday.  A tropical storm warning has been posted for Neshoba, Winston and Choctaw counties.
  Attala County has also joined some other local counties under a flood watch from this evening through Saturday evening as Hurricane Isaias moves closer to landfall.  Locally heavy rainfall is
  
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• Tropical Storm Watch for Winston and Neshoba, Flood Watch For Other Local Counties

  08-10-2026 19:37 via breezynews.com
  
  As Hurricane Isaias moves closer to the northern Gulf Coast, a tropical storm watch has been issued for a couple of local counties– Neshoba and Winston.  A flood watch will be in effect from Friday evening through Saturday evening for Winston, Carroll, Montgomery and Choctaw counties.  The storm is still expected to come ashore late Friday night near the Alabama-Florida line, then track inland, weakening to a tropical depression as it moves north through western Alabama, close en
  
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• Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane on collision course with the Gulf Coast

  08-10-2026 19:37 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  MIAMI (AP) — Isaias strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane as it barreled toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Thursday, prompting orders for tourists to abandon beaches for safer spots inland, sending locals scurrying for gas and groceries and leading fishing crews to
  
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• Isaias closes in on the US Gulf Coast as a dangerous Category 3 hurricane

  08-10-2026 19:37 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Residents along the U.S. Gulf Coast boarded up windows and picked up last-minute supplies on Friday as Isaias strengthened into a major hurricane and carved a path toward the Alabama-Florida line.The Category 3 hurricane — the first of
  
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• Hurricane Isaias is expected to strengthen as it barrels toward the US Gulf Coast

  08-10-2026 19:37 via mississippitoday.org
  
  BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. (AP) — Isaias surged toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Thursday as the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, prompting mandatory evacuations, school closures and local government shutdowns in parts of Florida.Isaias was forecast to intensify rapidly and bring strong winds and a life-threatening storm surge to the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall along the northern Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday. Heavy rain and
  
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• Flood Watch Extended to Attala County

  08-10-2026 19:37 via breezynews.com
  
  Attala County will now be under a flood watch from this evening through Saturday evening as Hurricane Isaias moves closer to landfall which is still expected near the Alabama-Florida line tonight or early Saturday.   Locally heavy rain is forecast after midnight tonight in Attala County.  The flood watch also covers Winston, Carroll, Montgomery and Choctaw counties.  There’s a tropical storm watch in effect for Neshoba and Winston counties.  Winds could gust up to
  
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• Multiple Fires in Attala Thursday Afternoon

  08-10-2026 18:54 via breezynews.com
  
  Around 2:50 PM, Central and Zama volunteers responded to a report of a side-by-side on fire on Attala Rd. 5106. Upon arriving, units found the vehicle was fully engulfed, and the flames were extending out into the woods by about a tenth of an acre. The fire was ruled an accident, and no injuries were reported.While units were in route to respond to the side-by-side fire, Sallis volunteers responded to a hay bailer that caught fire near McAdams. They arrived to find the machine completely involve
  
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• Burglary, Shoplifting, and DUI – Child Endangerment in Carthage and Leake County

  08-10-2026 17:30 via breezynews.com
  
  SHAKAYLA A CAMPBELL, 21, of Philadelphia, Hold for Other County – Neshoba County Justice Court, Bench Warrant – Leake County Justice Court, LCSO.  Bond N/A, N/A.
   WILLIAM E CHIPLEY, 70, Disorderly Conduct – Disturbing the Peace, Willful or Malicious Trespass, LCSO.  Bond $500, $500.
   DEVON L CRISLER, 32, of Walnut Grove, Burglary of a Commercial Building or Vehicle, Bench Warrant – Walnut Grove Municipal Court, WGPD.  Bond $2,500, $2,000.
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• More than $7,000 Raised for Make-A-Wish MS in Philadelphia

  08-10-2026 16:44 via breezynews.com
  
  $7,640.84 was raised today in Philadelphia for Make-A-Wish Mississippi at the Boswell Media Radiothon at Philadelphia Market & Deli. That total includes in person and online donations.
  People throughout the community showed up to donate and help grant wishes for critically ill children in our local communities. You can also donate by clicking here!The “Jail & Bail” portion of the Make-A-Wish MS Radiothons is always a crowd favorite. Local officials and community members were
  
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• Journalism ‘exposes the corruption of the system,’ John Grisham says

  08-10-2026 15:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Best-selling author John Grisham said Wednesday that journalism plays a critical role in Mississippi and the nation.Grisham, the keynote speaker at Mississippi Today’s 10th Anniversary Celebration, told an audience of more than 200 people that the work of journalis
  
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