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• Book reimagines Emmett Till’s life had he lived

  01-08-2026 12:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  CARROLLTON – What if Emmett Till had made it safely back to his home in Chicago?That’s the question best-selling author Sarah Lewis seeks to answer in her new book, “If Emmett Till Lived,” a collection of essays and photographs meant to illustrate possibilities of the life of Till, who would have recently celebrated his 85th birthday.Up to 100,000 attended his funeral at Roberts Temple Chur
  
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• Alleged synagogue arsonist will undergo psych exam, federal judge rules 

  25-08-2026 22:19 via mississippitoday.org
  
  A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Madison County man accused of setting fire to Mississippi’s largest synagogue early this year will undergo a psychiatric examination. U.S. Magistrate Judge LaKeysha Greer Isaac granted a request from Stephen Spencer Pittman’s attorney, who wrote in a sparsely worded court filing last week that he believed Pittman is suffering from a mental illness. “As such, the defense counsel believes this undefined mental disease makes the de
  
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• Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations, has died at 80

  25-08-2026 20:42 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old.Parton died peacefully Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee, her publicist said in a statement.Known for her curvy physique, massive blonde wigs and skin-tight outfits that served her self-deprecating wit, she was among the most beloved personalities in music and
  
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• Treasurer David McRae urges parents to make saving for child’s future part of back-to-school routine

  25-08-2026 17:30 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mississippi Today Ideas is a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share their ideas about our state’s past, present and future. Opinions expressed in guest essays are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of Mississippi Today. You can read more about the section hereThe hustle and bustle of a new school year has already begun, at least in the McRae household. It’s a time filled with new teachers, new school supplies and, of course, new routines.As Mississ
  
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• Meet the Whippets set for Thursday

  25-08-2026 17:08 via breezynews.com
  
  The Historic Downtown Kosciusko Square will host the annual “Meet the Whippets 2026” rally Thursday, Aug. 27, bringing together local residents to celebrate area students, athletes, coaches, and band members.
  The community event is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. and will feature a variety of family-friendly activities throughout the evening, including face painting, photo opportunities, and festivities designed to build local school spirit ahead of the upcoming season.
  Among the highlight
  
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• COUNTRY MUSIC LOSES ITS QUEEN: DOLLY PARTON DIES AT 80

  25-08-2026 15:59 via breezynews.com
  
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  (Brian Montgomery) The country music world has lost one of its greatest voices, songwriters and personalities.
  Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80.
  Over a career that lasted nearly six decades, Dolly became far more than a country music star. She was an entertainer, actress, businesswoman, philanthropist and one of those rare people who seemed capable of connecting with everybody.
  I had the privilege of meeting Dolly several times while I was in Sacramento, and
  
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• Accidents Tuesday Morning in Kosciusko

  25-08-2026 14:50 via breezynews.com
  
  Around 9:00 on Tuesday Morning, first responders were notified of a fender bender in the Walmart parking lot on Veterans Memorial Dr. There were no injuries reported.
  Later, at about 11:15 AM, there was an accident near the intersection of E. Jefferson St. and Veterans Memorial Dr. The vehicles involved pulled into the parking lot of the old Gateway Theater. EMS was called to the scene, but the extent of the injuries are currently unknown.
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• Cows Get Loose Tuesday Morning in Attala

  25-08-2026 14:32 via breezynews.com
  
  At about 5:40 AM, Attala County Sheriffs were notified of a cow in the road on Attala Rd. 2111 near the Yockanookany Wildlife Management Area between Ethel and McCool.
  Upon arrival, the cow was nowhere to be found but soon reports came in that there were now four disrupting traffic. Their numbers later increased to as many as seventeen before the owner managed to start wrangling them at about 7:15 AM.
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• Why is Democrat Cliff Johnson challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Trent Kelly?

  25-08-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Democratic nominee for Mississippi’s U.S. House District 1 outlines why he is running against incumbent Republican Rep. Trent Kelly. Johnson, a longtime attorney, is director of the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi where he pushed to shut down the state’s anachronistic debtor’s prisons. Johnson said his focus if elected to Congress would be on affordability, access to affordable healthcare, fighting political corruption and protecting people’s ri
  
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• Holmes and Attala County Greek Organizations Host 5th Annual Greekfest Saturday

  25-08-2026 12:06 via breezynews.com
  
  The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. (Eta Eta Sigma Chapter) and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. (Rho Nu Zeta Chapter) will host the 5th annual Greekfest Saturday, Aug. 29, at Jason Niles Park.
  The free community event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  Planned activities include games, music, food, and family fellowship.
  Attendees are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs, tables, and tents.
  For more information, contact (662) 770-1033.
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• Cheaper health insurance changed their lives. Then it went away

  25-08-2026 11:02 via mississippitoday.org
  
  EDWARDS — Every now and then a freight train rumbles through, creaking and groaning on the rusted tracks that run along the edge of the largely deserted downtown. On some days, that train is just about the only thing moving.Grandma’s Ice Cream Shoppe, an ice cream parlor owned by a retired preacher and his wife, gets only one or two customers per day. There is a small barber shop, and the empty ruins of a former thrift store. The sugary, smoky red meat at Lee’s Heavenly Barbec
  
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• Felony Child Abuse, Malicious Mischief, and Petit Larceny in Kosciusko and Attala Arrests

  25-08-2026 11:00 via breezynews.com
  
  DENNIS A BECKLEY, 31, of Kosciusko, Contempt of Court – Kosciusko Municipal Court, KPD.  Bond $0.
   LEW A BROWN, 61, of Sallis, Felony Indictment, ACSO.  Bond N/A.
   MICHEAL J BULLUCK, 26, of Kosciusko, Felony Fleeing or Eluding a LEO in a Motor Vehicle with Reckless or Willful Disregard for Safety, Felony Malicious Mischief, Resisting Arrest, DUI – 2nd, No Insurance, Revoked or Suspended Driver’s License, Improper Equipment, Failure to Obey Traffic Control, K
  
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• Blood drive planned at Kosciusko Walmart this week

  25-08-2026 07:00 via breezynews.com
  
  Mississippi Blood Services is issuing an urgent appeal for blood donors amid a critical shortage across the state, with a community blood drive scheduled in Kosciusko later this week.
  The Rescue Attala County Blood Drive will take place Friday, Aug. 28, in the Walmart parking lot in Kosciusko from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome.
  Mississippi Blood Services says donors, especially those with A, B, and O blood types, are needed immediately to help ensure local hospitals have adequate supp
  
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• Reminder: Little Whippets Cheer Camp participants to perform Friday night

  24-08-2026 15:57 via breezynews.com
  
  Campers that attended Little Whippet Cheer Camp in May will have their time to shine at the Whippets 1st home football game this Friday night (Aug. 28.)
  All participants should be at Landrum Field/Whippet Stadium by 5:45 pm to prepare for the pregame performance.
  Little Whippet cheerleaders will also help form the spirit line and cheer with the high school cheerleaders during the 1st quarter.
  If you have any questions, contact Manza Blaine at 662-289-3737 or [email protected].
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• Former Student Pays It Forward: Modern Woodmen Grant Supports Kosciusko-Attala Tech Center

  24-08-2026 15:53 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko-Attala Career Tech Center is grateful to have received a Do-Good Grant from Modern Woodmen of America to provide much-needed shop supplies for our Automotive Service program.
  Charlie Plunkett, FICF, FFSC, with Modern Woodmen of America, presented the supplies to Automotive Service Instructor Alex Blanton and the program.
  This gift is especially meaningful because Mr. Plunkett is a former student of the Automotive Service program. His return to support the program is a wonderful rem
  
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• ‘We paid the price’: End of Rankin County schools desegregation order worries Black residents

  24-08-2026 13:01 via mississippitoday.org
  
  BRANDON — Before her kids’ first day of second grade in the mid-1980s, Janie McLaurin sat them down in the living room to tell them about hers. She recalled what her history teacher called her: “negress.” She recounted her classmates’ welcome on the morning bus: slaps and shoves.She shared these memories, not because they’d face the same obstacles, but to impress upon them what she fought against to ensure they could attend Rankin County schools. McLaurin sai
  
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• Storm Threat Shifts South, Could Return Wednesday

  24-08-2026 07:53 via breezynews.com
  
  Today’s severe storm risk shown above
  Temperatures will be dropping back to their summertime normals across the local area today with highs in the lower 90s.  In some locations, showers and thunderstorms will help to limit the heat stress and no heat advisory will be in effect today.   The threat of isolated severe storms across parts of the local area has moved to the south now and has ended for today.  However, isolated severe storms may be possible on Wednesday for p
  
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• Less Heat Today But Storms Possible for Some

  24-08-2026 07:53 via breezynews.com
  
  Temperatures will be dropping back to their summertime normals across the local area today with highs in the lower 90s.  Showers and thunderstorms will help to limit the heat stress and no heat advisory will be in effect today.  But some of those storms could produce damaging winds this afternoon.  There’s a Level-1 “marginal” risk of isolated severe storms across southern Leake and southwestern Holmes counties.
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• Kicks Picks is Back! Make Your Selections Here

  24-08-2026 07:47 via breezynews.com
  
  Boswell Media Sports’ weekly football pick’em “Kicks Picks” is back for its 23rd season on Breezynews.com and Kicks96news.com.
  Make your picks each week for the best high school and college football games in the state. If you get the most right, then you’re a winner.
  The weekly winner will take home a $15 gift card from Sonic, the official Football Friday Food Stop.
  The player that gets the most picks correct throughout the season, will win the grand prize, a Turtle
  
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• Approximately 100 detainees protest inside CoreCivic-owned Natchez ICE facility after hot food and hot water are halted

  24-08-2026 00:42 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mukta Joshi is an investigative reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining immigration and criminal justice issues. She can be reached at [email protected] a hundred men held in an immigrant detention center in Natchez began a protest over the weekend against poor living conditions and spoiled, measly meals in the facility, according to those being held there. The protest began after facility staff put signs on res
  
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• Aggravated Assault, Burglaries, Felony Drug Arrests, and More DUIs in Philadelphia and Neshoba County

  23-08-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  ORLANDO BELL, 48, of Choctaw, Failure to Appear, Disorderly Conduct, NCSO.  Bond $0, $600.
   JOHNATHAN CABRERA, 37, of Philadelphia, DUI – Other Substance, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Paraphernalia, NCSO.  Bond $1,500, $0, $600.
   CHARLIE A DARNELL, 20, of DeKalb, Hold for Other Agency, NCSO.  Bond $0.
   ROBERT D GARTH, 26, of Louisville, Possession of Marijuana, PPD.  Bond $1,500.
   CHRISTIAN HOLLEY, 22, of Walnut Grove, Felony P
  
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• Andy Gipson’s Muslim rhetoric doesn’t match the Woodie Guthrie classic he sings

  23-08-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Andy Gipson, Republican agriculture commissioner and gubernatorial candidate, sings a Woody Guthrie song on his latest compact disc – “God Bless America!”Gipson, who is also a part-time country crooner and a Baptist minister, belts out Guthrie’s iconic song “This Land Is Your Land.” The decision of Gipson to include folk legend Guthrie’s song amongst his patriotic collection of music is of note considering his recent comments about Muslim Americans.Not
  
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• Person Shot in Durant Saturday Night

  23-08-2026 10:28 via breezynews.com
  
  DURANT, Miss.–A person was shot in Durant Saturday night.
  The shooting happened on Mulberry St. and was called in to 911 about 11 p.m.
  An ambulance was disspatched to the scene, but it was unclear how badly the victim may have been hurt. It was also unclear if any arrests were made.
  The post Person Shot in Durant Saturday Night appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Injuries Reported in Wreck Saturday Afternoon

  23-08-2026 09:44 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A wreck Saturday afternoon was responsible for several injuries on Hwy. 12 in Kosciusko.
  The wreck happened about 2:50 p.m. and was originally reported as a hit and run, with a Honda Accord hitting another car on Hwy. 12. It was initially believed by the person calling the wreck in that the Accord drove away. The are actually went a short ways and went off the road and hit a tree, according to a second report.
  Police who responded reported injuries in both cars, including
  
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• Temperatures Easing Some, Storms Return Tuesday

  23-08-2026 09:21 via breezynews.com
  
  HEAT ADVISORY shown in orange on map above
  We haven’t many stretches of normal summertime weather lately.   But the relentless heat we’ve endured for weeks will be easing up starting Monday.   Holmes County will be back under a heat advisory today with the heat index forecast to reach 105 in Durant.  The high in Carthage today is expected to be in the upper 90s with mid 90s forecast in Kosciusko and Philadelphia.  But Monday’s highs will drop into
  
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• Light Pole Catches Fire, Causes Woods Fire

  23-08-2026 09:06 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–An Attala County deputy out on a call observed a fire on a light pole Friday night and called it in about 9:30 p.m.
  The fire spread from the pole to the gound and caused a woods fire, according to the deputy.
  That was on Hwy. 35 north of Kosciusko in the Carmack area, near a house. The house was not in danger.
  The fire was also seen on the power line. Entergy was called to cut the electricity. The fire was put out not long after firefighters arrived. No injuries were repor
  
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• Grass Fire Reported East of Kosciusko

  23-08-2026 08:53 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A grass fire was reported Friday night in the eastern part of Attala County. The person who called it in to 911 believed the fire was endangering a structure.
  That was just after 6:30 p.m. on Attala Rd. 5216. That is near Hwy. 14, between Kosciusko and Louisville.
  It was unclear how extensive the damage may have been.
  No one was reported hurt.
  The post Grass Fire Reported East of Kosciusko appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss welcomes pressure that comes with fame and aims to refine his game

  22-08-2026 17:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  When Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss watches the Houdini acts from last season that made him a college football sensation, there is a part of him that would rather avoid doing that again.The ability to escape converging pass-rushers, and seemingly ad-lib his way into clutch gains on the ground or through the air, was never more evident than during the Rebels’ CFP quarterfinal victory over favored Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.When Chambliss saw the post-game highlights, o
  
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• Kosciusko High School Football Season Tickets Now Available

  22-08-2026 14:39 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko High School Athletics Department has announced details for purchasing season tickets for the upcoming football season at Landrum Field.
  Reserved seats for Whippet football home games are priced at $60 each. Ticket sales will take place in two distinct windows:
  Current Ticket Holders: Fans holding season tickets from last year can renew their seats August 20 – 21.
  General Public: All remaining reserved seats will open to the general public on a first-come, first-served basis s
  
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• Aggravated Assault, Domestic Violence, and Possession of a Machine Gun Conversion Kit in Carthage and Leake County Arrests

  22-08-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  COURTNEY BLAYLOCK, 38, of Carthage, Domestic Violence – Simple Assault, LCSO.  Bond $2,000.
   BILLY R GREENWOOD, 67, of Carthage, Aggravated Assault – Manifesting Extreme Indifference to Life, Resisting Arrest, Disorderly Conduct – Failure to Comply with LEO, Possession of Paraphernalia, LCSO.  Bond $10,000, $1,000, $1,000, $1,000.
   COY W KITCHENS, 32, of Carthage, DUI – Other Substance, Seatbelt Violation, No Insurance, Warrant – Philadelphia Mun
  
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