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• DUIs and Drug Arrests in Attala and Leake

  16-04-2024 23:00 via breezynews.com
  
  JERMEL D BALL, 24, of Kosciusko, Disorderly Conduct – Failure to Comply with LEO, KPD.  Bond $1,100.   ANTHONY A CALLAHAN, 42, of Carthage, Bench Warrant – Leake County Justice Court, LCSO.  Bond N/A.   DARIN R COTTON, 29, of Kosciusko, Contempt of Court – […]
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• Burglary and Aggravated Assault on a LEO in Attala and Leake Arrests

  14-05-2024 22:12 via breezynews.com
  
  TORI CHIPLEY, 24, of Carthage, Disorderly Conduct – Disturbance of Family, LCSO.  Bond $0.   JOSHUA D CONRAD, 33, of Moorhead, Burglary of a Commercial Building or Vehicle, Aggravated Assault on LEO in the Line of Duty, Felony Fleeing or Eluding a LEO in a […]
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• At an uneasy town hall, Delta State’s president unveils ‘dramatic, upsetting’ restructuring 

  14-05-2024 22:12 via mississippitoday.org
  
  CLEVELAND — Last summer, record-sized hail caused millions of dollars in roof damage across Delta State University’s aging campus. Had school been in session, the regional college in the Mississippi Delta would not have had enough cash to recover and stay open, Daniel Ennis, the president, told a packed room of students, faculty, staff and community members on Monday. “That’s frightening,” he said. “That’s like running a family and having no m
  
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• EPA highlights issues within MSDH, Jackson in water system audit

  14-05-2024 20:48 via mississippitoday.org
  
  About a week after the Environmental Protection Agency determined that two Mississippi state agencies didn’t discriminate against Jackson in providing water funds, the EPA released another report examining issues in state and local governance ahead of the capital city’s 2022 drinking water crisis.
  The EPA’s Office of Inspector General launched an audit in November 2022, a couple months after the water crisis that led to a federal takeover of the system. The agency, which relea
  
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• Mississippi judicial candidates receive almost $400k in donations for November election 

  14-05-2024 20:44 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The 10 candidates competing in contested judicial elections this year have collectively raised nearly $400,000 in donations since January, and some have injected a substantial amount of their own money into the race, setting the stage for a competitive November election.  Amy St. Pe, a Pascagoula-based attorney running for a seat on the Court of Appeals, accepted $107,300 in donations since January, making her the candidate who amassed the most in campaign donations. She only spent $9
  
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• Ribbon cutting planned for Wednesday

  14-05-2024 20:35 via breezynews.com
  
  On Wednesday, May 15 at 10:00 am, Gentiva Hospice will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new facility. The new business is located at 128 W Washington Street on the north side of the square in downtown Kosciusko. The public […]
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• Marshall Ramsey: Crystal Welch

  14-05-2024 19:20 via mississippitoday.org
  
  And rest in peace Ida Welch (Crystal’s mom) and her sister Vicky Welch.The post Marshall Ramsey: Crystal Welch appeared first on Mississippi Today.
  
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• Leake County Development Association Announces Plans for Workforce Development Center

  14-05-2024 17:05 via breezynews.com
  
  From Leake County Development Association – The Leake County Development Association (LCDA) is pleased to announce that a Workforce Development Center will be constructed at the Leake County Industrial Park on Highway 25 in Carthage. This addition signals a new chapter for Leake County’s economic […]
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• Stolen Corvette Recovered in Kosciusko

  14-05-2024 16:28 via breezynews.com
  
  On Monday evening, Attala County Sheriff’s Deputies and Kosciusko Police responded to reports of a stolen 2015 black Chevrolet Corvette Stingray heading towards Kosciusko on Hwy 12 E. OnStar was able to shut off the vehicle’s engine, bringing it to a stop. The suspect was […]
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• Athletic honors handed out at 2nd annual Whippy Awards

  14-05-2024 14:37 via breezynews.com
  
  The best in Kosciusko Whippets’ sports from the 2023 – 2024 season were honored Monday night at the 2nd annual Whippet ESPYs. Athletes from all 17 Kosciusko athletics programs were honored at the awards ceremony held at the Skipworth Performing Arts Center. See below for […]
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• Reeves vetoes bills. Lawmakers won’t return to challenge them

  14-05-2024 02:24 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Gov. Tate Reeves has vetoed several bills passed by the Legislature, but lawmakers will not reconvene Tuesday to attempt to override them.On Monday, the last day for him to address bills passed in the 2024 legislative session, the governor vetoed a bill transferring money between state agencies, and part of another similar transfer bill. He vetoed four bills restoring voting rights to people convicted of felonies. He let 16 such bills restoring voting rights pass.Before legislators adjourned ea
  
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• Finalists Announced for Mississippi Songwriter of the Year 2024

  13-05-2024 23:40 via breezynews.com
  
  The finalists have been announced for the 2024 Mississippi Songwriter of the Year. A panel of elite music industry judges listened to the songs and judged the lyrics to all submitted songs at the famous Wishbone Studio in Muscle Shoals, AL. Fifteen finalists have been […]
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• What is “Big Deals”?

  13-05-2024 21:58 via breezynews.com
  
  Big Deals is a brand new online store powered by Boswell Media. Big Deals is a store where you can shop and buy gift certificates to dozens of local businesses right here in Central Mississippi. Stores include restaurants, entertainment, car care, services for yourself and […]
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• Mental Health Program Offered at Attala County Library

  13-05-2024 19:33 via breezynews.com
  
  Stress impacts each of us uniquely, sometimes leading to unhealthy responses. The Attala County Library, with the MSU Extension Office, is offering a program to explore how to manage and cope with stress and its impact on our well-being. This program is for adults and […]
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• AUDIO REPLAY: Ethel softball South State Championship Series

  13-05-2024 17:06 via breezynews.com
  
  You can relive the first Boswell Media Sports broadcasts of Ethel Tigers softball with the audio replays of the South State Championship Series linked below. Ethel vs Stringer Game 2 (Complete Game Audio)   Stringer vs Ethel Game 1 (Complete Game Audio)
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• Podcast: House Minority Leader reflects on breakdown of Medicaid expansion negotiations

  13-05-2024 13:30 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Rep. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, the House minority leader, talks with Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison and Taylor Vance on how efforts to expand Medicaid broke down during the chaotic final days of the 2024 legislative session. He hopes those efforts are revived in the 2025 session.
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• Storm Threat Locally Diminishes, Rain Still a Concern

  13-05-2024 12:44 via breezynews.com
  
  The National Weather Service has backed off on the threat of severe weather in this part of central Mississippi tonight.  While storms which have moved across the southern half of the state this morning could redevelop to the north, the chances for that appear to […]
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• Lawmakers move to limit jail detentions during civil commitment

  13-05-2024 12:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Mississippi Today. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.Mississippi lawmakers have overhauled the state’s civil commitment laws after Mississippi Today and ProPublica reported that hundreds of people in the state are jailed without criminal charges every year as they wait for court-ordered mental health treatment.Right now, anyone going t
  
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• More Storms on the Way for Monday Night

  12-05-2024 23:33 via breezynews.com
  
  After a weekend break from the stormy weather, there’s a threat of damaging winds up to 70 mph, large hail and tornadoes in the forecast in this part of central Mississippi for Monday night.  The local area is now under a Level-2 “slight” risk of […]
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• More Storms on the Way for Monday

  12-05-2024 18:38 via breezynews.com
  
  After a weekend break from the stormy weather, there’s a threat of damaging winds, hail and maybe a tornado in the forecast in this part of central Mississippi on Monday.  The local area is under a Level-1 “marginal” risk of isolated severe storms through Monday […]
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• Attala Deputies Asked to Assist in Leake Co. Chase

  12-05-2024 17:34 via breezynews.com
  
  LEAKE COUNTY, Miss.–Leake County deputies arrested two people following a high-speed chase Friday night. The chase began on Hwy. 35 north, near Singleton Rd., at 11:26 p.m. A deputy radioed in that he was chasing a Black Dodge Challenger. He did not say why the […]
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• Attala Co. Residents Call 911 About Northern Lights

  12-05-2024 16:37 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–Seeing the northern lights or the aurora borealis in Mississippi is such a rare occurrence that when the phenomena became visible Friday night some Attala County residents called 911. The calls came in from several different areas of the county about a red glow. […]
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• Deputies Chase Car From Hesterville to Grenada County

  12-05-2024 15:27 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A car chase started Friday afternoon near Hestrville when an Attala County deputy saw a gold Toyota Corolla cross a double yellow line in a construction zone on a bridge on Hwy. 35. At one point before they left Attala County speeds reached 110 […]
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• If you didn’t like MAEP, you may not like the new public school funding formula

  12-05-2024 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  House and Senate members often adjourn a legislative day in memory of a constituent or other well known person who recently died.On the day the Mississippi House took its final vote to adopt a new school funding formula, Rep. Karl Oliver, R-Winona, asked “to adjourn in memory of the Mississippi Adequate Education plan…the failed plan.”Oliver continued: “It has always failed and never met its expectations. Today we laid it to rest.”House Speaker Jason White, R-West
  
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• A Stolen Firearm and Child Endangerment Arrests in Attala and Leake

  12-05-2024 01:22 via breezynews.com
  
  KACY J BELL, 24, of Philadelphia, Resisting Arrest, Disorderly Conduct – Failure to Comply with LEO, LCSO.  Bond $500, $500.   CODY R BURNS, 28, of Kosciusko, Possession of Paraphernalia, Contempt of Court – Kosciusko Municipal Court, KPD.  Bond $1,400, $0.   MARCIE EDWARDS, 37, […]
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• Ethel Lady Tigers Season Ends Falls to Stringer 6-3

  11-05-2024 03:39 via breezynews.com
  
  The Ethel Lady Tigers softball season came to an end tonight in game 2 of a best 2 out of 3 series playing the Stringer Lady Red Devils in the South State Championship. The Lady Tigers lost tonight’s game 6-3 and dropped game 1 last […]
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• Lawmakers may have to return to Capitol May 14 to override Gov. Tate Reeves’ potential vetoes

  10-05-2024 19:50 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Legislators might not have much notice on whether they will be called back to the Mississippi Capitol for one final day of the 2024 session.Speaker Jason White, who presides over the House, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, who presides over the Senate, must decide in the coming days whether to reconvene the Legislature for one final day in the 2024 session on Tuesday at 1 p.m.Lawmakers left Jackson on May 4. But under the joint resolution passed during the final days of the session, legislators g
  
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• Aggravated Assault, Domestic Violence, and Multiple Felony Drug Arrests in Leake and Attala

  10-05-2024 19:31 via breezynews.com
  
  MICHAEL ARMSTRONG, 26, of Kosciusko, Domestic Violence – Aggravated Assault, Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Controlled Substance, ACSO.  Bond $50,000, $5,000, $1,000.   QUINTON BROWN, 29, Disorderly Conduct – Disturbance of Family, CPD.  Bond $399.25.   KODI M CLARK, 44, of […]
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• Marshall Ramsey: Cicadas

  10-05-2024 19:24 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• Paving Contractor Hangs Around to Do More Kosciusko Work

  10-05-2024 13:41 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–If you have bought anything online, you’ve helped pay for paving work in Kosciusko, and the contractor that just finished up last year’s project is sticking around to do more. Mayor Tim Kyle told Breck Riley on the Breckfast Show that you’ll be seeing […]
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