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• Prayer Walk for schools planned for August 2

  28-07-2026 09:33 via breezynews.com
  
  As local students and educators prepare for the start of a new school year, community members are invited to gather in support and fellowship for the upcoming Community Prayer Walk For Our Schools.
  The event will take place on Sunday, Aug. 2nd, at 6:00 PM, beginning outside Kosciusko High School.
  Organizers encourage all area residents—including students, teachers, administrators, staff, and families—to attend and join together in lifting up local schools in prayer for a safe, succes
  
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• Sen. Brice Wiggins on youth court reform

  28-07-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Senate Judiciary A Chairman Brice Wiggins has worked for years to reform Mississippi’s notoriously opaque youth courts. He sat down with Mississippi Today to discuss why the courts are now somewhat open to the public, what happened during the the recent special legislative session and why having a uniform youth court system is crucial to to the state.
  
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• Sewage Pipe Cleaning on N. Natchez St. in Kosciusko

  28-07-2026 12:41 via breezynews.com
  
  A section of N. Natchez St. near Wambles in Kosciusko has been blocked off so Video Industrial Services Inc. can examine the sewage pipes. Over the past week, the company has stationed in Northern Kosciusko at different manholes to clean the sewers and inspect the pipes for any damages.
  To learn more about the project, check out this article.The post Sewage Pipe Cleaning on N. Natchez St. in Kosciusko appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Still no report: Lawmakers question why firm hasn’t provided review of prison health care

  28-07-2026 12:30 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  In December of 2025 Kristen Windham, director of policy for Gov. Tate Reeves, emailed a state lawmaker with a “report” on the status of a long-awaited review of Mississippi’s prison health care system. The document that Windham called a report was a letter that barely stretched beyond a page. And her update was that the monitoring report lawmakers were expecting still did not exist.
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• Multiple DUIs and Felony Possession Arrests in Philadelphia and Neshoba County

  28-07-2026 10:00 via breezynews.com
  
  SELMI LOPEZ AGUILAR, 29, of Philadelphia, No Driver’s License, Hold for Other Agency, NCSO.  Bond $300, $0.
   EDGAR DON CROCKER, 26, of Philadelphia, Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance, NCSO.  Bond $10,000.
   LEE BRANNON FRAZIER, 40, of Walnut Grove, DUI – 1st, Speeding, MHP.  Bond $1,500, $300.
   YESICA CAROLINA GOMEZ SORTO, 33, of Baton Rouge, LA, No Driver’s License, Hold for Other Agency, NCSO.  Bond $300, $0.
   VALERIE M HINES,
  
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• Heat Wave Forecast to Peak Today

  28-07-2026 07:44 via breezynews.com
  
  HEAT ADVISORY shown in orange on map above
  EXTREME HEAT WARNING shown in purple
   
  We’ve had some hot days in Mississippi this month but today may be one of the hottest.  While a heat advisory is once again posted for most of the local area, the western edge including Holmes and Carroll counties will be back under an extreme heat warning today.
  It looks like our current heat wave could be peaking today, with temperatures areawide topping out in the upper 90s with the afternoon hea
  
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• Mississippi public defender system varies widely by county, court plans show

  27-07-2026 21:30 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  If you are arrested and charged with a felony crime in Mississippi and cannot afford a lawyer, you will be appointed one. But how soon you receive your criminal defense lawyer depends on where in Mississippi you are arrested and charged.In some Mississippi counties, like Pearl River and Hinds, you could expect to be assigned a full-time public defender whose sole job is to represent criminal defendants. Ideally, t
  
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• Mississippi public defender system varies widely by county, court plans show

  27-07-2026 21:30 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  If you are arrested and charged with a felony crime in Mississippi and cannot afford a lawyer, you will be appointed one. But how soon you receive your criminal defense lawyer depends on where in Mississippi you are arrested and charged.In some Mississippi counties, like Pearl River and Hinds, you could expect to be assigned a full-time public defender whose sole job is to represent criminal defendants. Ideally, t
  
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• Gov. Reeves appoints DeSoto County Judge Celeste Wilson to state Supreme Court

  27-07-2026 20:39 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday appointed Celeste Embrey Wilson, a circuit court judge in DeSoto County, to fill a vacant seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court. “Judge Wilson has dedicated her career to serving the people of Mississippi with integrity, fairness and a steadfast commitment to the rule of law,” Reeves said in a news release. Wilson has served as a circuit court judge in northwestern
  
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• Gov. Reeves appoints DeSoto County Judge Celeste Wilson to state Supreme Court

  27-07-2026 20:39 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday appointed Celeste Embrey Wilson, a circuit court judge in DeSoto County, to fill a vacant seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court. “Judge Wilson has dedicated her career to serving the people of Mississippi with integrity, fairness and a steadfast commitment to the rule of law,” Reeves said in a news release. Wilson has served as a circuit court judge in northwestern
  
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• How one man’s Olympic moment brought new life to Jackson rugby

  27-07-2026 18:08 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Mitchell McGinnis owns two music academies and teaches vocal lessons in his spare time. He goes regularly to the gym, but that was as far as his athletic prowess and interest in sports went – until he found himself in Paris, at Stade de France during the 2024 Olympics, watching a sport he knew almost nothing about.The game looked vaguely familiar: players chasing an oval-shaped ball and piling atop one anoth
  
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• How one man’s Olympic moment brought new life to Jackson rugby

  27-07-2026 18:08 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Mitchell McGinnis owns two music academies and teaches vocal lessons in his spare time. He goes regularly to the gym, but that was as far as his athletic prowess and interest in sports went – until he found himself in Paris, at Stade de France during the 2024 Olympics, watching a sport he knew almost nothing about.The game looked vaguely familiar: players chasing an oval-shaped ball and piling atop one anoth
  
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• Statutory R@pe, Felony Malicious Mischief, and Burglary Arrests in Kosciusko and Attala County

  27-07-2026 17:53 via breezynews.com
  
  JOHN C ALLEN, 22, of Kosciusko, Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance, Failure to Give Traffic Signal, ACSO.  Bond $5,000, $1,000.
   JASMINE D BEEMAN, 22, of Weir, Burglary – B&E, Willful or Malicious Trespass, ACSO.  Bond $5,000, $1,000.
   RODNEY W BROCK, of McCool, Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance, ACSO.  Bond $10,000.
   AMY N BUSTAMENTO SPENCER, 36, of Kosciusko, Felony Indictment, ACSO.  Bond N/A.
   DARIN R COTTON, 31, of Koscius
  
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• Kosciusko Attala Partnership Names Leslie Edwards as Tourism Coordinator

  27-07-2026 12:33 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko Attala Partnership (KAP) has announced the promotion of Leslie Edwards to the position of Tourism Coordinator.
  Since joining the KAP team, Edwards has demonstrated a strong commitment to the organization’s mission, bringing creativity, local expertise, and enthusiasm to her work. In her new role, she will oversee local tourism efforts, manage initiatives at the Visitors Center, and work to promote Attala County to visitors across the region and beyond.
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• Ethel Set to Host Preseason Football Jamboree on August 21

  27-07-2026 09:00 via breezynews.com
  
  High school football action returns to Ethel Friday, Aug. 21, as the Tigers host a multi-team preseason jamboree to close out their summer preparations.
  The exhibition event will give local fans their first look at the 2026 Ethel Tigers in live action before the regular season official kickoff Aug. 28.
  The jamboree features a double-header schedule, bringing together regional rivals for a night of scrimmage action on the hill:
  Jamboree Schedule (August 21)
  6:00 PM: Nanih Waiya vs. Pisgah
  Follow-
  
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• Audio: 2026 Football Preview – Ethel Tigers

  27-07-2026 07:00 via breezynews.com
  
  On this episode of the Boswell Media Sports 2026 Football Preview: Second year Ethel head football coach Junior Graham joins host Breck Riley to recap the 2025 season, discuss his coaching staff, take a look ahead at the 2026 Tigers’ football schedule and season. 
   
  The post Audio: 2026 Football Preview – Ethel Tigers appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Will the tobacco lawsuit settlement provide lessons for current leadership?

  26-07-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  In a 2005 special session, the Mississippi Legislature was on the verge of selling a significant portion of its future annual tobacco lawsuit settlement funds for an immediate sum of money when a single phone call from the powerful House speaker stopped the process.Then-state Treasurer Tate Reeves, a Republican who is now in his second term as governor, had explained to legislative leaders how the process to sell
  
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• Will the tobacco lawsuit settlement provide lessons for current leadership?

  26-07-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  In a 2005 special session, the Mississippi Legislature was on the verge of selling a significant portion of its future annual tobacco lawsuit settlement funds for an immediate sum of money when a single phone call from the powerful House speaker stopped the process.Then-state Treasurer Tate Reeves, a Republican who is now in his second term as governor, had explained to legislative leaders how the process to sell
  
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• Heavy Equipment Mishap Saturday Afternoon

  26-07-2026 09:37 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–Just before 1 p.m. Saturday, Attala County deputies and emergency workers were called to Hwy. 19 south where some heavy equipment ended up in a pond.
  According to the caller, a bush hog slid off of a trailer and into a pond, across from Century Heating and Cooling.
  Dispatchers were told that no one was hurt. But, a wrecker would be needed to get the equipment out of the pond.
  The post Heavy Equipment Mishap Saturday Afternoon appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko Ne
  
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• The Week Starts With Dangerous Heat

  26-07-2026 08:00 via breezynews.com
  
  HEAT ADVISORY is shown in orange on map above
  EXTREME HEAT WARNING is shown in purple
   
  This part of central Mississippi remains under a heat advisory until 9 pm tonight.  The extreme heat warning has been expanded, and in the local area, will now include Holmes and Carroll counties on Tuesday.  The rest of the area will be back under a heat advisory Tuesday.
  The National Weather Service is forecasting highs in the upper 90s today and Tuesday with a heat index this afternoon rangi
  
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• Heat Stress Forecast to Increase into Next Week

  26-07-2026 08:00 via breezynews.com
  
  HEAT ADVISORY is shown in orange on map above
  EXTREME HEAT WARNING is shown in purple
   
  The dangerously hot weather we’re experiencing in the local area this weekend will only get worse during the upcoming work week.  A heat advisory is posted from 11 am today through 9 pm Monday with an extreme heat warning to the northwest.  The advisory is likely to be extended through midweek and the warning could be expanded into other parts of the state.
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• Lawmakers vow to carry on Brown’s and Wallace’s legislative priorities

  25-07-2026 15:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  When a lawmaker dies, a district loses more than an elected official. It loses an advocate who understood its communities, built relationships with over years of public service and often became the driving force behind issues that mattered to the people they represented. After the deaths of Reps. William “Bo” Brown and Price Wallace last month, fellow legislators say they plan to keep alive the ca
  
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• Lawmakers vow to carry on Brown’s and Wallace’s legislative priorities

  25-07-2026 15:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  When a lawmaker dies, a district loses more than an elected official. It loses an advocate who understood its communities, built relationships with over years of public service and often became the driving force behind issues that mattered to the people they represented. After the deaths of Reps. William “Bo” Brown and Price Wallace last month, fellow legislators say they plan to keep alive the ca
  
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• DUIs, Assault on a Minor, and Shoplifting Arrests in Philadelphia and Neshoba

  25-07-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  MATTHEW CAIN, 38, of Philadelphia, Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance, MBN.  Bond $7,500.
   BRAYDEN CADE DEES, 22, of Philadelphia, Disorderly Conduct, Simple Assault on a Minor, Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, NCSO.  Bond $600, $2,000, $600.
   THOMAS D FOWLER, 28, of Union, Shoplifting, Contempt of Court – Default in Payment of Restitution, PPD.  Bond $1,000, N/A.
   REAGAN MICHELLE HICKMAN, 29, of Philadelphia, DUI – 1st, NCSO.  B
  
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• Another Hot Weekend in the Local Area

  25-07-2026 07:44 via breezynews.com
  
  Although a heat advisory hasn’t been posted for this area yet, it’s likely to happen before the weekend is over.  For today, afternoon highs in this part of central Mississippi will be in the lower 90s, climbing to the middle 90s on Sunday with heat indices approaching 105.  And it gets even worse next week.  Highs in the upper 90s are expected Monday and Tuesday with Monday’s heat index ranging from 106 in Kosciusko to 107 in Philadelphia and Carthage and 109 in
  
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• Canton schools switch to new free meal program because it makes more financial sense

  25-07-2026 00:12 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Students in Canton public schools will be fed free meals come August. But for that to continue, district officials say, parents now need to verify their income — a requirement for a federal program that will help cover related costs.A statement posted Wednesday to Canton Public School District’s Facebook page was not entirely accurate. The district later revised the message.On Wednesday, the district p
  
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• Canton schools switch to new free meal program because it makes more financial sense

  25-07-2026 00:12 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Students in Canton public schools will be fed free meals come August. But for that to continue, district officials say, parents now need to verify their income — a requirement for a federal program that will help cover related costs.A statement posted Wednesday to Canton Public School District’s Facebook page was not entirely accurate. The district later revised the message.On Wednesday, the district p
  
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• What young Kamario Taylor gives Mississippi State is a fighting chance

  24-07-2026 21:50 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor has started two college games, but you’d never know that from listening to coaches and media pundits talk about his skill level and his potential as a difference maker in the Southeastern Conference.Rick ClevelandAll that praise, much of it at SEC Media Days this past week, may surprise many. It does not surprise me. These eyes first saw Taylor on Dec. 2, 202
  
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• What young Kamario Taylor gives Mississippi State is a fighting chance

  24-07-2026 21:50 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor has started two college games, but you’d never know that from listening to coaches and media pundits talk about his skill level and his potential as a difference maker in the Southeastern Conference.Rick ClevelandAll that praise, much of it at SEC Media Days this past week, may surprise many. It does not surprise me. These eyes first saw Taylor on Dec. 2, 202
  
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• In Hazlehurst public schools, students with disabilities lose out on required help

  24-07-2026 21:25 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  HAZLEHURST — Cyn’tra sat in the back of his third-grade reading class at Hazlehurst Elementary. A worksheet lay before him: blank. He seemed confused, looking around at classmates, who were writing responses, and at the teacher. The teacher repeated the questions and provided hints and tips. The 8-year-old was easily distracted. He gave up after slowly reading through the questions.“He requi
  
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