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• Large Fire on Hwy. 43 Was a Controled Burn

  06-09-2026 10:19 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–a large fire that was burning Saturday evening in Attala County was determined to have been a controled burn.
  The fire was called in at first as a house fire, then as a woods fire about 9:20 p.m. It was on Hwy. 43 north.
  Before firefighters arrived it was determined that it may have been a controled burn, with a landowner burning on the propert on purpose. When firefighters got to the scene they confirmed it was a large brush and debris pile, making an impressive display.
  
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• Death row men lose personal tablet access after advocate shares their stories online

  08-09-2026 21:13 via mississippitoday.org
  
  For the past year, men from Mississippi’s death row have been able to share with the public who they are and their experiences while incarcerated through an online platform.The nonprofit organization Humans Remain, which several of the men formed a year ago with England-based advocate Liz McCann, hosts the platform. McCann runs the website, creates the videos and shares them on the group’s social media pages. Personal tablets enabled users to make video calls and send electronic mes
  
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• The Other Side: 10 years and counting

  08-09-2026 20:46 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mississippi Today welcomes back Adam Ganucheau to look back on the early days of the newsroom and the origins of The Other Side. Plus, Mary Margaret White joins editor-in-chief Emily Wagster Pettus to look ahead to 10-year anniversary celebrations and what audiences can expect in years to come.
  
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• Mississippi Today welcomes new data reporter Julie Lee to investigative team

  08-09-2026 20:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Julie Lee is joining Mississippi Today and the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center as a data reporter.Julie LeeLee, who earned a master’s degree in investigative journalism and a doctorate in neuroscience, will analyze complex data sets and tell the stories behind the numbers. “I was drawn to journalism because I wanted to have an impact,” said Lee, who began work Tuesday. “I am honored to have the opportunity to do that two-fold, by putting my data skil
  
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• Mississippi could face $75 million SNAP cost as food pantry demand rises

  08-09-2026 20:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
   Mississippi could be responsible for an estimated $75 million a year in SNAP benefit costs under new federal requirements as food pantries across the state report increased demand for assistance.Mississippi Food Network reported in August that visits across its network were up 36% from a year ago. The increase comes as Mississippi prepares to shoulder a larger share of the costs of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.Beginning Oct. 1, states will be responsib
  
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• Congress must ensure Pell Grants for Mississippi students, college access advocate says

  08-09-2026 17:47 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 here.It is back to school season, and over 67,000 college students in Mississippi are relying on Pell Grants to help pay for college. But, the program is facing a $15 billion funding shortfall that wil
  
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• Kosciusko-Attala Career Tech Center September Staff Spotlight: Tessa Horn

  08-09-2026 16:32 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko-Attala Career Tech Center is proud to recognize Educator Prep instructor Tessa Horn as the September Staff Spotlight.
  In her role at the center, Mrs. Horn helps students explore careers in education while developing the essential skills needed to become future teachers. Her commitment to career and technical education provides local students with valuable classroom experience and guidance toward future teaching careers.
  KACTC congratulates Mrs. Horn and thanks her for her dedicatio
  
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• Martha Jo Leslie State Veterans Home Seeking Candy Donations for Annual Trick-or-Treat Event

  08-09-2026 14:32 via breezynews.com
  
  The Martha Jo Leslie State Veterans Home is reaching out to the community for candy donations ahead of its annual trick-or-treat celebration.
  Each Halloween, hundreds of local students visit the facility to collect treats, show off their costumes, and visit with residents.
  Facility staff say the beloved tradition is a highlight of the season for veterans, but community support is essential to make it possible.
  Individual candy donations can be dropped off at the Veterans Home, located at 310 Aut
  
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• First Degree Murder Arrest and Conviction, Child P*rn, and Burglary in Kosciusko and Attala Arrests

  08-09-2026 14:14 via breezynews.com
  
  QUENTIS M CARPENTER, 39, of Kosciusko, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Obstruction – Tampering with Physical Evidence, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance, KPD.  Bond $2,300, $10,000, $20,000, $10,000.
   MALCOLM J GENTRY, 34, of Kosciusko, Contempt of Court – Kosciusko Municipal Court, KPD.  Bond $0.
   VINCENT HOWARD, 60, of Kosciusko, Shoplifting – 2nd, KPD.  Bond $2,300.
   RODERICK ICKOM, 3
  
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• AG Lynn Fitch could have ‘virtually unlimited latitude’ to set how Mississippi’s $189 million Meta settlement can be spent

  08-09-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  As Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch prepares a plan for how Mississippi can spend $189 million of national Meta lawsuit funds, legal experts told Mississippi Today that the settlement raises questions about whether the money will be used to directly address children’s mental health.Fitch is drafting the plan as Meta, the corporation that runs Facebook and Instagram, prepares to pay billions of dollars to states after attorneys general accused the company of endangering children acr
  
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• Attala County Farmer’s Market Celebrates 16 Years

  08-09-2026 12:13 via breezynews.com
  
  The Attala County Farmers Market will proudly celebrate serving the community for 16 years with a birthday celebration this Saturday. The market is open from 8-2, and plans to have a Western theme with music and decorations. Join in on the fun and vote for the best decorated table.The post Attala County Farmer’s Market Celebrates 16 Years appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Photo: Ethel announces 2026 Homecoming Court

  08-09-2026 12:00 via breezynews.com
  
  Ethel High School has announced its 2026 Homecoming Court:Senior maids- Jodie Black, Meredith Moudy, Hadlee Fancher and Natalie Massey
  Junior maids- Cadence Merritt and Ella Pender
  Sophomore maids- Derrinae Oats and Abigail Steed
  Freshman Maids- Alexius Clark and Marlee Rush
  8th grade maids- Khloe Fortenberry and Kamariah Patrick
  7th grade maids- Kyrie Mabry and Hadlee EdwardsHomecoming festivities will begin at 6:00 pm Friday, Sept. 18, prior to the football game against Greenville Christian.
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• Commissioner Discusses Attala Power Issues

  08-09-2026 07:52 via breezynews.com
  
  We told you last week about the town hall meeting that’s planned later this month to address frequent power outages in northern Attala County.  Public Service Commissioner Chris Brown will be among the state leaders who’ll be attending the September 21st meeting.
  “We are working to try to, number one, discern exactly what’s causing the outages.  So, we are leaning on Entergy to try to correct those problems.”
  Brown says the company has already been trimmin
  
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• Local Law Enforcement Mourns Deputy’s Death

  08-09-2026 07:30 via breezynews.com
  
  Law enforcement agencies across the state are mourning the death of a Claiborne County sheriff’s deputy who was killed in the line of duty early Monday as he was trying to disperse a crowd following a festival in Hermanville.  The Leake County sheriff’s office posted a message on Facebook saying that “law enforcement is one close family.  When a badge falls anywhere, we all feel the heavy weight of that loss.”  The Attala County sheriff’s department o
  
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• Kicks Picks Week 2 Winner is… Doug Wiskus of Kosciusko!

  08-09-2026 07:30 via breezynews.com
  
  Week 2 of Kicks Picks was a nail-biter! It was a tight race til the very end, but there can be only one winner.. This week’s champ is Doug Wiskus of Koscisuko!
  Congratulations Mr. Wiskus, you are the winner of our weekly Friday Night Food Spot Prize, a $15 gift card to Sonic!
  You, too, could be a winner. Just be sure to submit your picks by 6:00 p.m. on Friday to be eligible!
  Week 3 picks can be found here.
  Remember to play each week for a chance to win the season prize, a Turtlebox Grande
  
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• Kicks Picks Week 2 Winner is… Doug Wiskus of Carthage!

  08-09-2026 07:30 via breezynews.com
  
  Week 2 of Kicks Picks was a nail-biter! It was a tight race til the very end, but there can be only one winner.. This week’s champ is Doug Wiskus of Carthage!
  Congratulations Mr. Wiskus, you are the winner of our weekly Friday Night Food Spot Prize, a $15 gift card to Sonic!
  You, too, could be a winner. Just be sure to submit your picks by 6:00 p.m. on Friday to be eligible!
  Week 3 picks can be found here.
  Remember to play each week for a chance to win the season prize, a Turtlebox Grande
  
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• Heat Advisory For Part of Local Area Today

  08-09-2026 07:24 via breezynews.com
  
  HEAT ADVISORY shown in orange on map above
   
  While much of the local area will avoid the worst of the hot temperatures and humidity today, a heat advisory has been posted for Holmes, Carroll and Montgomery counties.   With this afternoon’s high in Durant forecast to be in the upper 90s, the heat index there could reach 109.  The National Weather Service says somewhat drier air that’s not as hot could be oozing into Mississippi this week keeping the heat stress foc
  
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• Angela Freeman case highlights changes in missing person investigations

  07-09-2026 20:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  PETAL — More than three decades after 17-year-old Angela Freeman disappeared in Petal, a new Mississippi law is changing how law enforcement agencies respond when someone is reported missing. The law, passed as House Bill 377 and effective July 1, prohibits law enforcement agencies from requiring a waiting period before accepting a credible missing person report. It also establishes requirements for investigating missing and unidentified people. Freeman
  
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• Football weekend that was: Ole Miss survives while State, USM and JSU romp

  07-09-2026 18:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Let’s look back at Mississippi’s first big college football weekend. And let’s start with No. 9 Ole Miss, which survived No. 24 Louisville, 41-38, in a thriller that began with a first half defensive struggle that turned into a second half shootout.Rick Cleveland“Hotty Toddy” is the usual Ole Miss refrain after a hard-fought victory, especially a nationally televised win over a really good team. But that wasn’t the case Sunday night in Nashville when the most
  
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• Multiple Attala County football players named Statewide Top Performers

  07-09-2026 15:52 via breezynews.com
  
  Six local football players across Attala County have been named Statewide Top Performers by Capital Sports MS following their standout performances in Week 3.
  The honors come after big Friday night wins for Kosciusko, McAdams, and Ethel:
  Kosciusko High School
  C.J. Sandifer, RB: Rushed 21 times for 149 yards and three touchdowns to help power the Whippets past Florence, 46-16.
  L.D. McBride, WR/DB: Hauled in seven receptions for 110 yards and a touchdown on offense while adding an interception on
  
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• A complex jaw reconstruction surgery reaches Mississippi

  07-09-2026 15:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Since losing his teeth, Herbert Griffith has tried just about every smoothie on the market that his older sister could find for him. 
  Thanks to a newly available surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry, Griffith, a 65-year-old oral cancer survivor and fishing enthusiast living in Laurel, has graduated to mashed potatoes. 
  Beverly Cole, left, and Herbert Griffith, right, stand with their late mother. Credit: Courtesy of Beverly ColeGriffith lost most
  
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• Tigers down Saints in dominant 41-6 win

  06-09-2026 20:45 via breezynews.com
  
  The Ethel Tigers bounced back in a big way Friday night, racking up 521 total yards to overpower St. Andrew’s Episcopal 41-6 for their first win of the season.
  After St. Andrew’s opened with a 25-yard touchdown pass, Ethel erupted for 28 unanswered points in the second quarter. Zantavious Clark sparked the rally with 4-yard and 3-yard touchdown runs. Quarterback Taylon May then took over, scoring on a 24-yard run and hitting Caden Merritt for a 28-yard touchdown pass before halftime.
  
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• Bulldogs bounce back: McAdams dominates West Lowndes 44-14

  06-09-2026 16:53 via breezynews.com
  
  The McAdams Bulldogs even their season record at 1-1 with a commanding 44-14 road victory over the West Lowndes Panthers.
  Driven by a relentless rushing attack that produced 429 total yards on the ground, McAdams controlled the contest from start to finish to hand West Lowndes its second loss of the season.
  Overall Player of the Game Andre Brown (#4) powered the Bulldogs’ offense, racking up 203 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns on just 9 carries. Brown also added 23 passing yards and a touch
  
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• New campus health center set to open at Holmes Community College in Goodman

  06-09-2026 14:57 via breezynews.com
  
  Holmes Community College students and nearby residents will soon have expanded local healthcare services available directly on campus.
  G.A. Carmichael Family Health Center and Holmes Community College have partnered to open the new G.A. Carmichael Community Student Health Center in Goodman. A grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the facility is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at the Goodman campus, with the community invited to attend.
  The facility aims to make medi
  
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• Child Endangerment and Aggravated Assault Arrests in Philadelphia and Neshoba County

  06-09-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  CENIKA J BLACK, 43, of Philadelphia, Indictment, NCSO.  Bond $300,000.
   JOHN SCOTT CARTER II, 26, of Philadelphia, Hold for Drug Court, DC.  Bond $0.AUSTIN MICHAEL DEMPSEY, 28, of Philadelphia, Hold for Drug Court, DC.  Bond $0.
   AVIA GRAFFREEY, 37, of Carthage, Child Endangerment, Aggravated Assault, NCSO.  Bond $800, $7,500.
   JERMAINE DONTRELL JACKSON, 35, of Louisville, Failure to Appear, Hold for MDOC, NCSO.  Bond $0, $0.
   CARLEE JIMMIE, 29, of Ph
  
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• Mississippi’s last competitive US House races occurred in 2010. Will 2026 change the trend?

  06-09-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  For a brief two-year period from 2008 until 2010, Democrats, despite not having won a presidential election in Mississippi since 1976, held three of the state’s four U.S. House seats.But Mississippi’s 2026 U.S. House races are happening in November against the backdrop that since 2010 Republicans have held three of the four seats.In 2010, Democrats Travis Childers, who held the 1st District seat in north Mississippi for one two-year term, and Gene Taylor, who held the 4th District s
  
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• Deputy Chases, Arrests Person on Hwy. 19

  06-09-2026 09:25 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A short chase on foot ended with a man custody early Saturday morening in Attrala County.
  A deputy was responding to a call about 4:15 a.m. at a business on Hwy. 19. A few minutes later he reported that someone was running from him.
  The Canton man was successfully arrested and had several back warrants out for his arrest.
  The post Deputy Chases, Arrests Person on Hwy. 19 appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Storms, Heat Forecast Today

  06-09-2026 08:08 via breezynews.com
  
  As temperatures climb toward the century mark today and the humidity makes it feel even more miserable, thunderstorms could help to cool things off– but could come at a price.  There’s a Level-1 “marginal” risk of isolated severe storms with damaging winds up to 60 miles an hour.
  Highs today should range from the upper 90s in Kosciusko to near 100 elsewhere in the local area.  The heat index is forecast to reach 109 in Kosciusko, 110 in Durant and 111 in Carthag
  
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• Petit Larceny, Forgery, and Assault in Carthage and Leake

  05-09-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  MARDOQUEO GARCIA, 37, of Carthage, Hold for ICE, Simple Assault – Attempt by Physical Menace to Create Fear, CPD.  Bond N/A, $1,639.25.
   CLAUDE L JIM, 60, of Conehatta, Contempt of Court – Philadelphia Municipal Court, Hold for LCSO, PPD.  Bond $0, $1,385.
   KABRINA B JORDAN, 22, of Carthage, Bench Warrant – Carthage Municipal Court, Failure to use Child Restraint Device, CPD.  Bond $0, $163.
   JONATHAN MCCULLOUCH, 28, of Brandon, DUI – 1st, Im
  
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• Hot Saturday Followed by Stormy Sunday in This Area

  05-09-2026 07:34 via breezynews.com
  
   
  HEAT ADVISORY shown in orange on map above
  Much of Mississippi including the local area will be back under a heat advisory today, with the afternoon heat index ranging from 105 in Philadelphia to 106 in Kosciusko and Carthage and 108 in Durant.   The heat stress is forecast to increase on Sunday with heat indices reaching 108 in Kosciusko and Philadelphia, 109 in Carthage and 110 in Durant.
  Also on Sunday, a Level-1 “marginal” risk of severe storms has been posted fo
  
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