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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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• Judge: Juries, not judges, should rule on officers’ ‘bad acts’

  24-05-2024 20:51 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Desmond Green spent about two years behind bars charged with a capital murder he didn’t commit.A Jackson police detective “used a lying, drug-impaired jailhouse informant to lock Green up,” U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves wrote Monday in response to Green’s 2023 lawsuit. “The detective also steered the informant to select Green’s face from a photo lineup. It was a horrifying wrong.”Reeves wrote that the horror continued in the Hinds County Detenti
  
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• SBA deadline approaching for working capital loans in Mississippi

  24-05-2024 20:01 via breezynews.com
  
  The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations that June 24 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans in Mississippi due to drought that began Oct. 17, 2023. […]
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• Attala County Library Summer Reading Programs

  24-05-2024 20:01 via breezynews.com
  
  The Attala County Library is gearing up for summer with something for everyone in the Summer Reading Program. It all kicks off June 6th from 6-8pm with a Touch-a-Truck event at the Attala County Coliseum. Stop by or contact the library for more information at […]
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• Storms Possible in This Area Through the Weekend

  24-05-2024 16:57 via breezynews.com
  
  The Memorial Day weekend is shaping up as hot and potentially stormy in the local area.  The National Weather Service says isolated severe storms will be possible across this part of central Mississippi today and tonight with a better chance of stronger storms in the […]
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• Photos: Kosciusko native graduates with Mississippi Highway Patrol Cadet Class #68

  24-05-2024 16:57 via breezynews.com
  
  A Kosciusko native graduated from the Mississippi Law Enforcement Academy Thursday. Garrett Dickerson was among 29 cadets that graduated in Pearl Thursday in Cadet Class #68. The ceremony, which can be viewed here, featured speeches by the Department of Public Safety Commissioner of the  Sean […]
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• Greenlee Elementary announces end of the year honor roll

  24-05-2024 16:57 via breezynews.com
  
  Greenlee Elementary has announced its end of the year Honor Roll students:  Superintendent’s Honor Roll: Cory Alston, James Atchley, Levi Bain, Lillan Bell, Ethan Black, Joshua Black, Lawson Branch, Emma Chandler, Vera Chisolm, Mazlynn Cochran, Adam Daniel, Zirean Davis, Lila Dean, Camden Dees, Collin Dees, […]
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• MDOT travel safety tips for Memorial Day weekend

  24-05-2024 16:01 via breezynews.com
  
  JACKSON, MISS. – – As the summer travel season of 2024 approaches, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) encourages drivers to prepare their vehicles for safe and pleasurable journeys leading up to Memorial Day Weekend. “It’s important to prepare your car for the upcoming travel […]
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• Minute with the Mayor – May 24, 2024

  24-05-2024 15:34 via breezynews.com
  
  This week on Minute with the Mayor: Kosciusko Mayor Tim Kyle recaps Tuesday night’s meeting of the Kosciusko Board of Aldermen.
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• Tree Down Near Sallis, Deputies Called

  24-05-2024 13:32 via breezynews.com
  
  SALLIS, Miss.–People on Hwy. 12 near Sallis, had to stop Thursday afternoon about 6 for a tree that was down and partially blocking the highway. Attala County deputies responded for traffic control and said no power lines had been hit. The Mississippi Dept. of Transportation […]
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• Weekend Storms Possible in This Area

  24-05-2024 13:01 via breezynews.com
  
  The Memorial Day weekend is shaping up as hot and potentially stormy, at least in parts of the local area.  The National Weather Service says isolated severe storms will be possible on Saturday and again Sunday night as weather disturbances move across Mississippi.  Damaging wind […]
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• Marshall Ramsey: Oscar & FBI

  24-05-2024 12:36 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• Lawmakers criticize talk of turning former casino hotel into housing for migrant children

  24-05-2024 11:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Two state lawmakers are criticizing the pending purchase of a defunct Tunica County casino that could potentially be used to house unaccompanied migrant children, though the deal has not been finalized. State Rep. Dan Eubanks, a Republican from DeSoto County, and state Rep. Cedric Burnett, a Democrat from Tunica County, have openly panned an apparent plan to turn the old Harrah’s Casino building in Tunica into housing for migrant children. “We need to protect the gaming in
  
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• Structure on Sand Road Damaged by Gunfire in Attala

  24-05-2024 00:12 via breezynews.com
  
  A building on Sand Road in Attala County was recently struck by bullets, prompting concern from local authorities. The Attala County Sheriff’s Office issues a reminder to residents to be mindful of the direction you are shooting to prevent incidents like these. If anyone has […]
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• KHS Yearbooks Now for Sale

  23-05-2024 22:56 via breezynews.com
  
  Kosciusko School District yearbooks are for sale at Kosciusko High School. The cost per yearbook is $60. For more information, contact Kosciusko High School at 662-289-2424.  
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• Marshall Ramsey: Reading to Learn

  23-05-2024 22:26 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• Mississippi falls short of an eighth-grade literacy miracle

  23-05-2024 17:04 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Much has been made nationally of Mississippi’s improvement in fourth-grade reading scores. Whether being celebrated or scrutinized, attention has been squarely focused on elementary students and their reading instruction. Mississippi students and educators have closed the gap and reached the national average on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. This growth can be attributed to several factors, but chief among them is a 2013 state law that created a more robust infrastr
  
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• Storm Threat Continues in Local Area

  23-05-2024 16:28 via breezynews.com
  
  An unsettled weather pattern continues with the possibility of severe storms in this part of central Mississippi today and through at least Sunday in portions of the local area.  While damaging winds and hail will be the primary threats, the National Weather Service says tornadoes […]
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• New law allows low-income pregnant women to receive prenatal care earlier

  23-05-2024 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Low-income pregnant women can access timely prenatal care regardless of their Medicaid application status thanks to legislation passed by lawmakers this year.The change brings Mississippi in line with 29 other states and Washington, D.C. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has long championed the practice for its ability to improve maternal health outcomes.“Presumptive eligibility simply removes some of the red tape so that individuals can have immediate access to this
  
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• Wanted in Neshoba: Jennifer Leigh Kinard

  23-05-2024 03:06 via breezynews.com
  
  The Neshoba County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Jennifer Leigh Kinard who is wanted for felony identity theft. Anyone with information regarding Jennifer Leigh Kinard’s whereabouts is urged to call East MS Crimestoppers at 1-855-485-8477. Tips that lead to an […]
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• Marshall Ramsey: Raid

  22-05-2024 22:11 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• Judge to Step Down in July

  22-05-2024 22:08 via breezynews.com
  
  A judge who’s served the local area for 14 years is stepping down from the bench at the end of July.  Chancellor Joseph Kilgore of Philadelphia has accepted a position with a Jackson law firm.  Kilgore has been a judge in the Sixth Chancery Court […]
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• 6,000 U.S. doctors urge the Supreme Court to keep abortions in medical emergencies legal

  22-05-2024 20:24 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Originally published by The 19th
  Nearly 6,000 doctors, hailing from all 50 states, have drafted a letter asking the Supreme Court to uphold a federal law that requires hospital emergency departments to provide abortions when they are needed to stabilize patients.
  The letter, organized by the left-leaning Committee to Protect Health Care and shared first with The 19th, concerns the case Idaho v. United States, which the high court heard in April.
  In that case, the federal government has argued th
  
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• Storm Threat Expanded in Local Area

  22-05-2024 19:53 via breezynews.com
  
  The western part of the local area could see some isolated severe storms later today.  The National Weather Service says  Holmes County and most of Attala County have a Level-1 “marginal” risk of damaging winds and hail this afternoon and evening.  There’s a better chance […]
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• Vehicle Fire Tuesday Evening in Attala

  22-05-2024 18:13 via breezynews.com
  
  Attala County Fire Department and Carmack Volunteers responded to a vehicle fire on Attala Rd 3102 at 9:21 p.m. on Tuesday. The fire, which started under the hood of a 2015 Chevy Suburban, was quickly contained. The occupants of the vehicle noticed smoke and pulled […]
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• FBI raids Hinds County DA’s business, office

  22-05-2024 18:01 via mississippitoday.org
  
  On Wednesday morning, the FBI raided a cigar business owned by Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens II as well as his office at the courthouse.Downtown Cigar Company is located just blocks from the Hinds County Courthouse, where Owens serves as prosecutor.“The FBI is executing federal search warrants at multiple locations,” FBI spokeswoman Marshay Lawson said in a statement. “The affidavit in support of the search warrants has been sealed by the court, and so I am pr
  
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• Podcast: Tournament time for Mississippi baseball.

  22-05-2024 17:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The SEC Tournament is underway in Birmingham. The Sun Belt Tournament has begun in Montgomery. And, closer to home, the MHSAA State Tournament has begun at Trustmark in Pearl. The Cleveland boys have thoughts on all of it, but not before Tyler tells his dad, “See, I told you so.”Stream all episodes here.
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• How many students are retained by the ‘third-grade gate’? No one knows

  22-05-2024 17:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mississippi has seen significant improvement in its reading scores over the last decade, bringing  much national attention and leading other states to attempt to replicate the success. Mississippi’s success, first drawing national eyes in 2019, is usually attributed to a state law from earlier in the decade that reformed reading instruction and testing, piquing the interest of other states. As reading reforms have become particularly popular, 38 states have added to or updated t
  
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• Believe it or not, Ripley’s Ty Long spins a three-hit gem at Sumrall

  22-05-2024 16:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Ripley’s Ty Long delivers a pitch during his complete-game three-hit shutout victory over Sumrall Tuesday at Trustmark Park in the MHSAA Baseball Championships(Photo by Keith Warren)PEARL — So somebody asked me after Ripley’s 5-0 Tuesday afternoon victory over Sumrall in the Class 4A championship series victory: “Have you ever seen a better pitching performance in a high school baseball game?Rick Cleveland
  Answer: If so, I do not remember it. Ripley’s Ty Long, Miss
  
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• Mandy Hudgins Promoted to Assistant Branch Manager at Citizens National Bank in Kosciusko

  22-05-2024 15:36 via breezynews.com
  
  Mandy Hudgins was recently promoted to the position of an Assistant Bank Manager at Citizens National Bank’s Kosciusko Main Office on the Square. Mandy originally joined the Bank in August 2020 as a Personal Banker at the Highway 12 Branch and continued to serve in […]
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