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• Red Flag Warning Issued for Friday

  15-10-2026 18:19 via breezynews.com
  
  RED FLAG WARNING shown in pink on map above
   
  The Fire Weather Watch for much of Mississippi including the local area for Friday has been upgraded to a Red Flag Warning indicating a significant risk of wildfires.  The National Weather Service says a strong cold front will produce north winds up to 25 miles an hour with gusts as high as 35 mph which will combine with low humidity and critically dry vegetation to create conditions favorable for wildfires.   The warning will be
  
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• SPLC president during Jackson visit says organization is ready to fight DOJ prosecution

  19-10-2026 23:17 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Southern Poverty Law Center President Ryan Haygood told Mississippi Today on Monday that his organization is prepared to fight the Trump Justice Department’s indictments in a trial set for April.Haygood was in Jackson for the start of the organization’s &ldqu
  
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• Attorney General clears Senatobia police officer who shot, killed Kohen Wiley

  19-10-2026 19:50 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Joseph Cranney is a reporter with the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center in collaboration with The New York Times. Mukta Joshi is an investigative reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining
  
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• Attorney General clears Senatobia police officer who shot, killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley

  19-10-2026 19:50 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Joseph Cranney is a reporter with the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center in collaboration with The New York Times. Mukta Joshi is an investigative reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining
  
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• Kicks Picks Week 8 Winner is… Connor Bell of Carthage!

  19-10-2026 19:01 via breezynews.com
  
  Week 8 of Kicks Picks was a close one! It was a tight race til the very end, but there can be only one winner.. This week’s champion is Conor Bell of Carthage!
  Congratulations Conor, 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 9 picks can be found here.
  Remember to play each week for a chance to win the season prize, a Turtlebox Grande Blue
  
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• DOJ reaches settlement with Lexington Police Department over civil rights violations

  19-10-2026 17:59 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The U.S. Department of Justice has announced it reached a settlement forcing reforms in a Mississippi city and its police department, which the DOJ found discriminated against Black people, used excessive force and retaliated against critics.The settlement announced Friday comes after a scathing 2024 DOJ report said the Lexington Police Department routinely violated citizens’ civil rights in the rural, poor, majority-Black city located about 65 miles north of the state’s capital. Po
  
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• Audio: Katherine Ellard talks 2026 Holmes CC Homecoming

  19-10-2026 16:50 via breezynews.com
  
  Holmes Community College Coordinator of Alumni Affairs speaks with The BreckFast Show’s Breck Riley to discuss all the Homecoming activities planned on the Goodman Campus for Thursday, Oct. 22
  Highlights include:Morning Events: Visual Art Show, Baseball/Softball highlights, and the Career & Transfer Fair at McDaniel Hall.
  Workforce & Tech Expo: Touch-a-Truck displays featuring the lineman truck, welding trailer, and emergency vehicles.
  Alumni Honorees: Recognizing Alumni of the Yea
  
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• Community Send-Off Planned for Saturday as Kosciusko Big Red Band heads to State Competition

  19-10-2026 16:28 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko Big Red Band will compete in the State Championship competition this Saturday, Oct. 24, at Pearl High School with their show, “In the End.”
  A community send-off is scheduled for Saturday morning at Kosciusko High School. Supporters are asked to gather along both sides of the KHS driveway at 11:20 AM as the band departs. Attendees are welcome to bring signs, posters, and noisemakers.
  The championship performance will take place at Pearl High School at 3:30 PM. Spectators
  
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• Shooting into an Occupied Dwelling, Many Felony Drug Arrests, and Domestic Violence in Kosciusko and Attala County Arrests

  19-10-2026 16:07 via breezynews.com
  
  GARRETT ALSTON, 28, of Kosciusko, Domestic Violence – Simple Assault, KPD.  Bond $1,130.
   DEMARRIUS J CARR, 22, of Kosciusko, Shooting into an Occupied Dwelling, Possession of Firearm by Convicted Felon, KPD.  Bond $100,000, $50,000.
   KENDRICK R CARTER, 43, of Kosciusko, Shoplifting – 2nd, KPD.  Bond $2,300.
   SKUYLER J ELLINGTON, 18, of Kosciusko, Shooting into an Occupied Dwelling, KPD.  Bond $100,000.
   JESSICA L GOOLSBY, 39, of Morton, Felony
  
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• Bill Clinton and others pay tribute to women ‘Warriors of the Civil Rights Movement’

  19-10-2026 15:59 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  SAN FRANCISCO – These eight women and their families fought in a war known as America’s Civil Rights Movement. Over the weekend, they gathered, perhaps for the last time, as former President Bill Clinton and others cheered their courage and their grace.&ldquo
  
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• Mississippi tops US for Medicaid enrollees prescribed birth control some say is linked to brain tumors

  19-10-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Marlena Jenkins is a public high school teacher who loves helping kids ask the right questions. Jenkins, 47, knows what happens when kids don’t learn that skill. At 18, Jenkins had a baby after graduating high school in Hattiesburg in 1997 with no sex educatio
  
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• Long Creek Elementary announces first 9-Weeks honor roll students

  19-10-2026 10:46 via breezynews.com
  
  Long Creek Elementary school has announced honor roll students for the first nine weeks of the school year.
  School Honor Roll Announcement★ Superintendent’s Honor List
  First Grade: Faith Moore, Kayson Price, Aleah Scott
  Second Grade: Emily Mayers, Journee Miller, Austin Rayford
  Third Grade: Kyden Riley, Malachi Teague
  Fourth Grade: Lily Mayers
  Fifth Grade: Mickayla Roby
  Sixth Grade: Jamarris Barnes, Morgan Harmon, Mariyah Wash★ Principal’s Honor List
  First Grade: John All
  
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• Wildfire Danger Continues This Week

  19-10-2026 07:08 via breezynews.com
  
  Conditions will again be favorable for wildfires across Mississippi this week.   The National Weather Service says the fire danger threat is the result of low humidity and dry vegetation, with light winds forecast over the next several days.
  Burn bans remain in effect for 34 counties in Mississippi including Attala, Leake, Holmes, Winston, Carroll and Montgomery.
  The post Wildfire Danger Continues This Week appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Jason White’s poll on vouchers ignores strong test results in Mississippi public schools

  18-10-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  House Speaker Jason White – or at least the poll he commissioned – does not seem to be embracing what has become known as the “Mississippi miracle” that references the state’s dramatic gains on some national education tests.While Mississippi
  
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• Two-Car Wreck on the Putskirts of Kosy Saturday Night

  18-10-2026 11:10 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A two-car wreck was called in by an Attala County deputy just after 11 Saturday night on Jefferson St. extention at Hwy. 12.
  An ambulance was called, as well as Kosciusko Police.
  Airbags were reported to have deployed anbd one person was holding their face.
  The post Two-Car Wreck on the Putskirts of Kosy Saturday Night appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Two-Car Wreck on the Outskirts of Kosy Saturday Night

  18-10-2026 11:10 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A two-car wreck was called in by an Attala County deputy just after 11 Saturday night on Jefferson St. extention at Hwy. 12.
  An ambulance was called, as well as Kosciusko Police.
  Airbags were reported to have deployed anbd one person was holding their face.
  The post Two-Car Wreck on the Outskirts of Kosy Saturday Night appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Grass Fire in Sallis Saturday Morning Involves Broken Pole

  18-10-2026 10:44 via breezynews.com
  
  SALLIS, Miss.–A grass fire was reported shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday in the Sallis area. That was reported on Attala Rd. 4147.
  When Attala County firefighters arrived on scene they asked for assistance from the Mississippi Forestry Commission and also asked for the power company to be notified.
  Firefighters reported that a power pole was broken and on the ground.
  Firefighters put water on the fire for several more hours, finally returning to the station just before 5 p.m.
  The post Grass
  
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• Changes Coming to the Lexington Police Dept. in Settlement

  18-10-2026 10:00 via breezynews.com
  
  LEXINGTON, Miss.–The Lexington Police Department has agreed to change some of its policies in a settlement reached with the U.S. Dept. of Justice. The settlement is to answer complaints about the department’s treatment of citizens during pullovers and arrests, which came to a head in 2024 with a report from the DOJ concluding the department abused peoples civil rights.
  The settlement requires Lexington PD to change some of its policies, including prosedures during stops, searches, ar
  
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• Woods Fire in Southeastern Attala County Friday Night

  18-10-2026 09:48 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–Attala County firefighters responded to the call of a woods fire near the intersection of Hwy. 19 south and Attala Rd. 5115.
  The call was just before 10:30 Friday night.
  Once firefighters spotted the fire deep in the woiods they called for the Mississippi Forestry Commission to bring in equipment to help.
  They were able to get conbtrol of the fire and the fire was out by 2:30 Saturday morning.
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• No Red Flag Warning Today But Fire Danger Continues

  18-10-2026 06:45 via breezynews.com
  
  With winds easing up, the National Weather Service won’t be issuing a Red Flag Warning today but is cautioning the public to heed burn bans because dangerous fire conditions, including low humidity and critically dry vegetation, still exist.   NWS says there’s a limited risk of wildfires today but the danger is expected to increase during the coming week with no rain forecast.
  Thirty-five Mississippi counties, including Attala, Leake, Holmes, Carroll, Montgomery and Winston
  
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• Kosciusko Defeats Greenwood in Friday’s Football Action

  16-10-2026 23:34 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko Whippets football team, still smarting from their first loss of the season last week to forever-rival Louisville, traveled to Greenwood to play the Bulldogs Friday night.
  The home team scored first.  Kosciusko led at the end of the first quarter, 14-6.  Greenwood took the lead and led 20-14 at the half.
  Kosciusko came back in the third quarter and led 28-20 going to the fourth.  It got close, but the home team pulled out a 31-28 win.
  Lakendrick Winters was named the
  
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• JXN Water pushes for independent oversight of Jackson’s water system

  16-10-2026 23:33 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Jackson’s water and sewer systems would remain outside city officials’ control under a proposal by a federally appointed manager that would establish an independent, customer-governed authority to oversee the troubled utilities.The 36-page transition plan JXN Water released Thursday blamed Jackson leaders for “decades of failure and the ultimate collapse of the water system.”The manager, Ted Henifin, was especially blunt: “At bottom, there is no case to be made to
  
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• JXN Water pushes for independent oversight of Jackson’s water and sewer systems

  16-10-2026 23:33 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Jackson’s water and sewer systems would remain outside city officials’ control under a proposal by a federally appointed manager that would establish an independent, customer-governed authority to oversee the troubled utilities.The 36-page transition plan JXN
  
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• Richard E. Holmes, first Black student at Mississippi State University, dies at 82

  16-10-2026 23:10 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Richard E. Holmes, the first Black student to enroll at Mississippi State University, died Friday. He was 82. Holmes enrolled at the previously segregated university in Starkville on July 19, 1965, three years after James Meredith integrated the University of Missis
  
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• Colom out-raises Hyde-Smith, but incumbent has more cash on hand

  16-10-2026 22:02 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Scott Colom, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, raised almost twice as much money as his Republican opponent over the last three months, according to federal campaign finance reports.But incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith still far outpaces him in cash on ha
  
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• Mississippi has its own history book of ‘Laughter and Forgetting,’ professor writes

  16-10-2026 20:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Mississippi Today Ideas is a platform for thoughtful ideas to be shared 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 th
  
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• Tindell to step down as public safety commissioner. Gov. Reeves appoints Capitol Police chief to succeed him

  16-10-2026 18:53 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Sean Tindell will step down next month after serving six years as Mississippi’s public safety commissioner and will be replaced by Capitol Police Chief Bo Luckey, Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Friday.Tindell, a Republican, is running for attorney general, and he co
  
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• SpaceX ‘pinky promises’ no bad impacts for Louisiana locals — then forced to backtrack

  16-10-2026 18:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  PECAN ISLAND, La. – At the front of a dimly lit cafeteria, half a dozen SpaceX high-level managers sat before a photo of a rocket. Facing them sat the residents of Pecan Island — fishers and hunters, many of whom could trace their family’s presence
  
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• Mississippi State, Ole Miss and USM combine to host prestigious men’s golf tourney at Fallen Oak

  16-10-2026 17:14 via mississippitoday.org
  
  BILOXI – Ole Miss, Southern Miss and Mississippi State men’s golf teams will combine to host the Fallen Oak Collegiate Invitational this weekend for what has become one of the most prestigious autumn tournaments in college golf.Rick ClevelandJoining the three Mississippi teams at the highly acclaimed Tom Fazio-designed Fallen Oak course will be top-ranked Arkansas, No. 4 Alabama, Florida State, No. 14 Georgia, No. 12 Illinois, No. 20 Ohio State, Iowa, LSU, South Carolina, No. 9 Tenn
  
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• Visit Jackson unveils 5-year plan to boost tourism amid funding challenges

  16-10-2026 17:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
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  Visit Jackson has unveiled a five-year strategy aimed at attracting more visitors to Mississippi’s capital city, but the agency acknowledged serious obstacles: inadequate lodging, poor perceptions of the city’s attractions and uncertainty over funding.Visit J
  
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