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• MDOT makes progress on bridge projects in Attala and Carroll Counties

  16-04-2025 17:23 via breezynews.com
  
  BATESVILLE, MISS. – The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has announced several construction and maintenance project updates in north Mississippi. Bridge replacement on State Route 35 in Attala County A project to replace a bridge on State Route 35 just north of Kosciusko in Attala […]
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• MDOT to suspend work, urges safe driving for holiday travel

  19-12-2025 12:08 via breezynews.com
  JACKSON, MISS. – ‘Tis the season for holiday travel!  In 2025, AAA projects a record 122.4 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home during the holidays. This forecast is a 2.2% increase over 2024, breaking the previous record of 119.7 million travelers. […]
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• UPDATE: 13-year-old Who Went Missing in Leake Has Been Located

  19-12-2025 05:38 via breezynews.com
  UPDATE: The child has been found safe & is getting medical attention according to the Leake County Sheriff’s Office. Carter Yoder, a 13-year-old from Leake County, is missing. He is 5’2, weighs approximately 110 lbs., and may have blood sugar issues. Carter left walking from […]
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• BOLO: 13-year-old Carter Yoder Missing from Leake County

  19-12-2025 04:25 via breezynews.com
  Carter Yoder, a 13-year-old from Leake County, is missing. He is 5’2, weighs approximately 110 lbs., and may have blood sugar issues. Carter left walking from his home on Red Dog Rd. in the St. Anne Community and has been spotted on game cameras in […]
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• The number of vacancies among teachers is going up in Mississippi, new survey shows

  19-12-2025 01:37
  Nearly 4,000 teaching positions remain unfilled in Mississippi, hundreds more than last year. The Mississippi Department of Education released results from the latest iteration of its annual teacher shortage and educator recruitment surveys Thursday at the state Board of Education’s last meeting of 2025. The surveys paint a sobering picture of the education sector in Mississippi, and validate what teachers have been ringing the alarm bell about for years — low pay is driving th
  
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• IHL board will allow JSU’s interim president to vie for the permanent role

  19-12-2025 00:11
  Denise Jones Gregory, Jackson State University’s interim president, is now eligible to apply for the permanent position thanks to a one-time policy waiver. The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees, which oversees the state’s public universities, voted Thursday to waive part of a policy that would prevent an interim president from applying for the permanent position at the institution they lead, according to a news release from IHL.The waiver only applie
  
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• Mississippi Department of Mental Health says fewer people who need mental health services are being held in county jails

  18-12-2025 23:41
  OXFORD – The Mississippi Department of Mental Health said significantly fewer people they oversee who needed mental health services in the state ended up in county jails over the last year, findings it attributed to a 2024 bill lawmakers passed to reduce how often people are placed in that position.Sharing statistics from the department’s fiscal year 2025 annual report at the agency’s board meeting Thursday, Executive Director Wendy Bailey said there was a 31% decrease in stat
  
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• Greenwood Leflore Hospital reaches deal with state Medicaid officials to repay remainder of its $5.5 million debt

  18-12-2025 22:37
  Greenwood Leflore Hospital and the Mississippi Division of Medicaid reached an agreement Thursday in a dispute that hospital leaders said could otherwise force the facility to close.The compromise, reached during a Hinds County Chancery Court hearing, gives both sides more time to negotiate a plan for the hospital to repay $5.5 million in Medicaid overpayments made last year. The agency has already recouped about $2 million of the funds. Under the deal, the Greenwood public hospital must secure
  
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• Envíanos información sobre avisos de ICE

  18-12-2025 20:52
  Cientos de agentes fronterizos llegaron a Nueva Orleans y Mississippi la semana
  pasada en lo que se conoce como “Operación Catahoula Crunch,” según The
  Associated Press. Se dice que los funcionarios federales tienen como objetivo a
  personas con antecedentes penales, aunque los datos muestran que más del 70% de
  los inmigrantes detenidos actualmente en todo el país no tienen antecedentes penales.Se espera que los agentes del orden permanezcan en la zona dur
  
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• It’s time to put away all distractions, time for Rebels, Tulane to spot the ball

  18-12-2025 18:49
  Mississippi linebacker Suntarine Perkins (4) chases down Tulane quarterback Jake Retzlaff (12) during the first half of an NCAA football game on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Oxford, Miss. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)On Saturday afternoon, Ole Miss will become the first Mississippi team – ever – to compete in the NCAA FBS College Football Playoffs. We’ve got the Rebels vs. the Tulane Green Wave, 2:30 p.m., at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. I’s time to put aside all the game&rsqu
  
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• Attala Woman Wins $500 Christmas Stocking from 98.3 The Christmas Station

  18-12-2025 16:19 via breezynews.com
  The Christmas cheer is shining bright for Brittany McDaniel of Attala, who has been named the winner of the $500 Christmas Stocking and Ballet Magnificat Giveaway from 98.3 The Christmas Station. Listeners entered the contest by calling the MS Beef Council Merry Christmas Line at […]
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• Happening today: KJHS FBLA to Host “A December to Remember” Family Holiday Event

  18-12-2025 15:40 via breezynews.com
  The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter at Kosciusko Junior High School is inviting local families to kick off the holiday season with a special event the students are calling “A December to Remember.” The event will be held at The Carousel House in […]
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• Federal review begins for major natural gas pipeline project affecting Attala County

  18-12-2025 15:40 via breezynews.com
  A proposed natural gas pipeline that would pass through Attala County and nearby areas has entered the federal review process. The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has started an environmental review of the Kosciusko Junction Pipeline, a 111-mile natural gas project planned across several […]
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• ‘Far west Jackson’: Natives of Mississippi’s capital end up in Texas for jobs, recreation, and a few less troubles

  18-12-2025 15:00
  Houston might as well be considered far west Jackson. After moving to the nation’s fourth-largest city in 2021, Jackson native Elizabeth Evans said she’s had an easier time meeting new people because of Houston’s offerings – popular concert tours, Texans NFL games, fitness-driven outdoor functions, Jazzy Sundays in the park. Many of these new Houston friends hail from Jackson State University. Jackson native Elizabeth Evans said she moved to Houston to experien
  
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• Hull Exhibition Expected to Boost Kosciusko’s Visitors

  18-12-2025 13:18 via breezynews.com
  A big spotlight will soon be shining on the life and legacy of Kosciusko folk artist L.V. Hull when a major exhibition of her work opens at the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson next spring.  One of the co-curators of that exhibition is Yaphet […]
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• Lots happening in the Crooked Letter State…

  17-12-2025 23:27
  We talk Tulane-Ole Miss, the Blake Anderson hire at Southern Miss, Coach Larry Ladner’s legacy in Mississippi basketball, and the New Orleans Saints and their new franchise quarterback.Stream all episodes here.
  
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• Auditor: Half of state education money should go toward raising teacher pay

  17-12-2025 21:56
  Mississippi teachers are among the lowest paid in the country. State Auditor Shad White wants state lawmakers to change that next year. In a report released Wednesday, White re-ups a request he made last year: The Mississippi Legislature should dedicate half of the state’s K-12 education budget to raising teacher salaries. Shad White discusses his family, career, and education at Sandersville City Hall on Feb. 6, 2025.The report underscores that the low pay, an average of $53,70
  
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• Two Whippets to play in football All-Star game this weekend

  17-12-2025 18:48 via breezynews.com
  Two Kosciusko Whippets football players will play in an all-star game this weekend. Linebacker Rokari Covington and offensive lineman Jeremiah Wynter will represent Kosciusko in the Bernard Blackwell North/South All-Star Game Saturday, Dec. 20 in Gulfport. Both will play for the north team. During the […]
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• BOLO: JARIUS CAMPBELL – Wanted for Shooting in Attala

  17-12-2025 17:54 via breezynews.com
  The Attala County Sheriff’s Office needs your help locating Jarius Campbell who is wanted in connection to a shooting that happened on Attala Rd. 1137/Horne Rd. Authorities describe Campbell as a 29-year-old black male, 187 lbs, and has ties to the Durant, MS area. Anyone […]
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• ‘Being creative represents a form of freedom’ for those behind bars

  17-12-2025 17:00
  In the harsh and colorless confines of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, nine men hunkered down over an array of vibrant hues and used pencils, crayons, kindergarten scissors, cloth and milk jugs to create masks and a headdress, pencil drawings and wall hangings, shell necklaces and Gullah dolls. Michael Orrell, one of the incarcerated men, in a diary chronicling his art journey, thanked his “big sisters,” instructor Sally Lott McLellan and Kathy Neff of Oxford, a
  
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• Mississippi woman battles a curable disease in prison as friend amplifies her story

  17-12-2025 16:31
  STARKVILLE — Tears well up in Donna Steelman’s eyes as she looks out at her flower garden, wilted from the first November frost, remembering her three closest friends. One passed away from cancer two years ago. Another is currently battling a terminal illness. The third is incarcerated in a facility 80 miles away, with an infection she fears could one day kill her, though it is highly curable. Steelman prays her friend — “one of the few I’ve got left alive&rdq
  
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• Ethel volleyball players named to All-State team

  17-12-2025 15:46 via breezynews.com
  Several Ethel Tiger volleyball players have been named to the 2025 Mississippi High School Volleyball Coaches’ All-State Team. The Lady Tigers had a historic season that saw the team win the South State Championship, advance to play for the 1A State Title and finish with […]
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• Young Man Shot in Chest; Attala Co. Sheriff’s Office Searching for Suspect

  17-12-2025 15:26 via breezynews.com
  A shooting was reported at 12:27 a.m. on Wednesday, December 17, at a residence on Attala Rd. 1137/Horne Rd. According to authorities, a young male was shot in the chest by another male at the residence, who immediately fled the scene. The shooter has not […]
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• Minute with the Mayor – December 17, 2025

  17-12-2025 15:26 via breezynews.com
  This week on Minute with the Mayor: Kosciusko Mayor Tim Kyle recaps topics from this week’s meeting of the city Board of Aldermen. My Kosciusko App Download Links: Iphone Anrdoid
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• Attorney with ties to Schumer, Warren launches Democratic primary challenge of Rep. Bennie Thompson

  17-12-2025 13:00
  Evan Turnage worked for years as a top aide for some of the most powerful Democrats in Congress. Now, the Yale-educated attorney from Jackson is launching a primary challenge aimed at ousting one of the body’s most long-entrenched members.  Turnage, 33, a former aide to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Senate Conference Vice Chair Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, will challenge U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson. Thompson has represented the 2nd Congressional Distri
  
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• Appeals court denies AG request to vacate decision that freed man from illegal sentence

  17-12-2025 00:46
  Missisisppi’s appeals court on Tuesday rejected the state attorney general’s office request to vacate its decision to free a man, who later received clemency, for spending five more years in prison than the maximum for his crime. On Dec. 11, a day after Gov. Tate Reeves commuted the sentence of Marcus Taylor, the attorney general’s office asked the Court of Appeals to vacate its Nov. 18 opinion and dismiss Taylor’s post-conviction appeal, arguing clemency rendered t
  
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• Veterans Enjoy a Christmas Celebration

  16-12-2025 23:42 via breezynews.com
  The residents of the Martha Jo Leslie Veterans Home were treated to a Christmas party today. The staff of the home decked the halls with Christmas cheer. Some members of the Rotary Club and the Lions Club jumped in to help with the event too. […]
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• Legislators discuss increasing numbers of Mississippians attaining jobs and education beyond high school

  16-12-2025 22:27
  State lawmakers and leaders of Mississippi’s public colleges and universities are examining ways to increase the number of adults who complete some form of education after high school, land a job, and earn a living wage. The initial conversations, held Wednesday and Thursday during a joint meeting of the state House and Senate committees on universities and colleges, will likely continue during the 2026 legislative session. Here are four key takeaways from the committee meetings
  
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• Statewide Residential Safe Room Grant Program Update #2

  16-12-2025 20:32 via breezynews.com
  Pearl, Miss. – All Mississippi residents who applied for the Statewide Residential Safe Room Grant Program have been notified if they have been selected for a reimbursement grant. Applicants selected in the lottery were notified via email from [email protected] with instructions on how to continue the application in […]
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• Kosciusko Artist L.V. Hull to be honored in major museum exhibit opening in Jackson

  16-12-2025 19:50 via breezynews.com
  Jackson, MS — For the first time, the Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA) is dedicating a major exhibition to the life and work of L.V. Hull, the self-taught artist from Kosciusko whose creative vision transformed her small-town home into a vibrant art environment. LV Hull: […]
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