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• Federal Disaster Declaration Requested for MS

  02-04-2025 13:18 via breezynews.com
  
  Storm victims in 14 Mississippi counties, some of them in this part of the state, could soon be eligible for federal disaster assistance.  Gov. Reeves is asking President Trump for a disaster declaration for both individual and public assistance.  If the request is approved, people […]
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• Welfare director texted wrestler who was his high-paid aide about ‘money bags,’ testimony shows

  13-01-2026 14:26 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mississippi’s former welfare director and his former professional wrestler buddy sometimes discussed how their ideas – funded with millions of federal public safety-net funds – might help the lives of others. But they mostly talked about their own prosperity, exhibits read in federal court Monday demonstrated.Ted DiBiase Jr. and his wife Kristen Tynes, enter the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026,in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Toda
  
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• Flu Rate Eases in MS

  13-01-2026 13:15 via breezynews.com
  After a Christmas flu spike in Mississippi, most areas are now seeing fewer cases.  The Health Department says the statewide flu rate has dropped slightly, now under 5 per cent.  For the week ending Jan. 3, health care providers across Mississippi reported 761 suspected flu […]
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• Jackson Mayor John Horhn and ‘the prototype for what ails America’

  13-01-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Jackson Mayor John Horhn gives an update on city issues to “The Other Side,” including an arrest in the Beth Israel Congregation arson attack, the latest on the water system, the search for a new police chief as crime rates move in a positive direction and what the city hopes to get from the state legislative session. Hohrn says
  
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• Mississippi prison killings have not stopped. 5 things to know.

  13-01-2026 12:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  This article is part of a collaborative investigation into Mississippi’s Deadly Prisons.An investigation by The Marshall Project-Jackson, Mississippi Today and other local reporting partners found that understaffing and gang violence in Mississippi’s prisons led to dozens of incarcerated people being killed in the last 10 years. Their killers seldom face consequences, and
  
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• Hinds DA Jody Owens alleges federal agents plied him with alcohol, entrapping him in bribery scheme

  13-01-2026 05:08 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens filed hundreds of pages of documents in federal court Monday containing salacious quotes from undercover agents, an interview with a now-convicted felon, a transcript of a federal grand jury interview and a photograph of an undercover FBI agent smiling at an open fridge full of alcoholic drinks. The federal government swiftly filed an emergency request for the judge in Owens’ federal bribery case to permanently seal the motion and the attache
  
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• Back-to-Back Shootings Reported Sunday Night on Old Canton Rd.

  12-01-2026 23:40 via breezynews.com
  Two shootings were reported within minutes of each other Sunday night, Jan. 11, along Old Canton Rd. The first shooting was reported at 11:38 p.m. at a home near Hayes St. within the city limits. Carthage Police Officers arrived to find a woman who had […]
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• Bond denied for suspect in shooting deaths of 6 people in Clay County

  12-01-2026 23:37 via mississippitoday.org
  
  A 7-year-old girl who is one of the victims of a mass shooting in Clay County was the intended victim of sexual assault by the man accused of killing her and five adults.Daricka Moore, 24, pleaded not guilty Monday to three counts of capital murder, three counts of first-degree murder and other charges in the Friday shootings, local TV stations reported. He has been held at the Clay County jail since the weekend and was denied bond. A judge also ordered a mental health evaluation.Before the cou
  
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• Jackson plastic surgeon Dr. Adair Blackledge surrenders medical license

  12-01-2026 22:58 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Dr. Adair Blackledge, a physician who practiced facial plastic surgery in the Jackson area for 22 years and was the subject of a five-month Mississippi Today investigation in September, surrendered his state medical license Dec. 31, according to an order accepting the surrender published by the Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure. Blackledge was under investigation by the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure — the state agency that licenses and regulates physicians —
  
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• Stalking and Domestic Violence in Kosciusko Arrests

  12-01-2026 22:25 via breezynews.com
  MARK ALLEN, 33, Speeding, Driving with Revoked or Suspended Driver’s License, KPD.  Bond $500, $1,300.   MARTINA R GONZALEZ, 35, of Kosciusko, Domestic Violence – Simple Assault, Hold – KPD, KPD.  Bond $3,100, $0.   HECTOR MARQUEZ-TELLO, 36, of Kosciusko, Domestic Violence – Simple Assault, […]
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• Suspect in Mississippi synagogue fire laughed as he confessed to his dad, authorities say

  12-01-2026 21:07 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  The man suspected of setting fire to Mississippi’s largest synagogue allegedly confessed his crimes to law enforcement and referred to the building in northeast Jackson as the “synagogue of Satan,” according to a federal court document filed Monday.Stephen Spencer Pittman, 19, of Madison, is facing federal charges for using fire to maliciously damage or destroy a bu
  
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• Two-Vehicle Crash Reported Sunday in Attala

  12-01-2026 20:57 via breezynews.com
  First responders were called to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Hwy 19 S and Hwy 35 S in Attala just before 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 11. Attala County Fire Department, Attala Deputies, EMS, and MS Hwy Patrol responded to the scene. One […]
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• Will teacher pay be a bargaining chip in school-choice battle? Legislative recap

  12-01-2026 17:30 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Republican House and Senate leaders promptly fired the first rounds in a public education policy battle as the 2026 legislative session opened last week, then retreated behind their ramparts.The Senate passed bills to provide a $2,000 teacher pay raise and only a mild nod to “school choice” — allowing students to more easily transfer between public schools — v
  
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• Photo: Career Tech Center announces January Students of the Month

  12-01-2026 15:40 via breezynews.com
  The Kosciusko-Attala Career Tech Center has announced January Student of the Month for its programs. These students were selected by their program instructors for showing outstanding participation, effort, and dedication in their classes.
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• Kosciusko baseball releases 2026 schedule

  12-01-2026 15:40 via breezynews.com
  The Kosciusko High School baseball team has released its 2026 schedule. Notable out of district opponents for the Whippets this season include Neshoba Central, Germantown, New Hope, and West Lauderdale. The first game of the regular season is set for Monday, Feb. 13 at Neshoba […]
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• Happening today: Blood drive at Attala County Co-Op

  12-01-2026 15:40 via breezynews.com
  Mississippi Blood Services is urging residents to donate blood during an upcoming community blood drive in Attala County as supplies across the state remain dangerously low. The blood drive is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 12, at the Attala County Co-op in Kosciusko. Donations will be […]
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• Where Are You in Your Homebuying Journey?

  12-01-2026 08:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Homeownerships is one of the largest investments consumers will make in their lives – and one of the most exciting. But, the housing market has experienced a lot of highs and lows over the past few years, and many buyers are sitting on the sidelines wondering if now is the right time for them to buy.Here are a few questions and considerations to determine where you are in your homebuying journey and your next steps to securing the keys to your new home.When is the right time to buy?The ma
  
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• Security camera catches person splashing liquid inside Mississippi synagogue before fire ignited

  12-01-2026 00:51 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  A person splashed liquid along a wall and onto a couch inside the lobby of Mississippi’s largest synagogue shortly before a fire ignited and destroyed parts of the building in northeast Jackson, according to internal security-camera video footage reviewed by Mississippi Today.The predawn fire Saturday reduced the Beth Israel Congregation’s library and administrative offic
  
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• Suspect arrested after a fire damages a historic Mississippi synagogue - The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

  11-01-2026 22:49 via news.google.com
  Suspect arrested after a fire damages a historic Mississippi synagogue  The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
  
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• Mississippi Synagogue Fire - WV News

  11-01-2026 22:43 via news.google.com
  Mississippi Synagogue Fire  WV News
  
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• Reminder: Blood drive set in Attala County Monday

  11-01-2026 18:19 via breezynews.com
  Mississippi Blood Services is urging residents to donate blood during an upcoming community blood drive in Attala County as supplies across the state remain dangerously low. The blood drive is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 12, at the Attala County Co-op in Kosciusko. Donations will be […]
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• The Mystery and Danger of the Sparking Pole

  11-01-2026 13:43 via breezynews.com
  SALLIS, Miss.–An Attala County deputy discovered a light pole that was sparking early Saturday morni g while on a call in the Sallis area. That was about 2 a.m. on Attala Rd. 4202. When the deputy called it in, as a precaution fire trucks were […]
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• Car Hits Downed Tree on Hwy. 12

  11-01-2026 13:43 via breezynews.com
  McADAMS, Miss.–Shortly after 4 Saturday morning an Attala County deputy was notified by dispatchers that a tree had fallen across both lanes of traffic on Hwy. 12 near McAdams. Upon arrivinbg the deputy notified dispatch in return that a car had already hit the tree. […]
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• Democrats have found success in other states. Can they find it here against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith?

  11-01-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  One variation of an old saying goes, “If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there’d be no work for tinkers,” and another goes, “If a frog had wings he wouldn’t bump his backside when he jumps.”Those sayings are meant to dissuade people from hypothesizing about an event that is not likely to happen.They are adages for a reason. They hold elements of t
  
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• Elon Musk's xAI Lands US$20bn Mississippi Data Centre Deal - Business Chief

  11-01-2026 11:02 via news.google.com
  Elon Musk's xAI Lands US$20bn Mississippi Data Centre Deal  Business Chief
  
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• Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins

  11-01-2026 04:07 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  A fire heavily damaged Mississippi’s largest synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship in northeast Jackson that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights.The Jackson Fire Department, the FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested a suspect Saturday night in the latest blaze after the fi
  
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• Man charged with murder after 6 are killed in a shooting rampage in northeast Mississippi

  11-01-2026 02:35 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  A Friday night shooting rampage in separate Clay County locations has left six people dead, including a 7-year-old girl.Daricka Moore, a 24-year-old man related to at least four of the victims, is in custody charged with first-degree murder. He is being held without bail in the Clay County Jail in West Point.Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott said at a news conference Saturday that a ca
  
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• US Mississippi Shooting - Columbia Missourian

  11-01-2026 00:12 via news.google.com
  US Mississippi Shooting  Columbia Missourian
  
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• Six dead, including child, after shooting in Mississippi near Alabama border - Sky News

  10-01-2026 22:52 via news.google.com
  Six dead, including child, after shooting in Mississippi near Alabama border  Sky News
  
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• Mississippi Rocked By Coordinated Gunfire; 6 Killed As U.S. Town Bleeds In Spate Of Attacks - Times of India

  10-01-2026 19:25 via news.google.com
  Mississippi Rocked By Coordinated Gunfire; 6 Killed As U.S. Town Bleeds In Spate Of Attacks  Times of India
  
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