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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.
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• Nigerian extradited in sextortion case leading to teen’s death

  29-08-2026 00:22 via mississippitoday.org
  
  A Nigerian man will face federal prosecution for sextortion of a Mississippi teenager, leading to the 16-year-old’s death by suicide. On Friday, Adebola Festus Adekunle, 26, of Lagos, Nigeria, appeared in federal court in Oxford. He is charged with a number of crimes, including the sexual exploitation that resulted in the death of Walker Montgomery of Starkville and production of child sexual abuse material. In 2022, Walker died by suicide after Adekunle, allegedly posing a
  
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• Filmmaker Curtis Nichouls made a home in Jackson, and his love for the city lives on in his legacy

  29-08-2026 00:01 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Curtis Nichouls had a love for Jackson, and it extended deep within the community.In the wake of the filmmaker’s death last week, those who knew him are fighting to continue Nichouls’ legacy.“I believe he laid a lot of groundwork,” said Wes Miller, a director and one of the many trying to keep that legacy alive.  “It’s for us to figure out where that ended with his passing, and where we can pick up that mantle and keep it going.”Miller and Nichouls
  
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• Civil rights groups make urgent plea for voting rights in DC, ahead of midterm elections

  28-08-2026 22:13 via mississippitoday.org
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting rights, the work of the civil rights movement and racial justice took center stage on the National Mall Friday, with protesters gathering ahead of midterm elections and following a wave of changes to voting laws and redistricting that some have condemned as detrimental to Black Americans.Hundreds of people gathered near the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for the 2026 “Defend the Vote” March on Washington, organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Lut
  
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• Opioid settlement advisory council to open portal for fund applicants Monday

  28-08-2026 21:01 via mississippitoday.org
  
  With reformed policies and outside help, the Mississippi Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council will open its second annual grant application Monday for tens of millions of lawsuit dollars intended to address the state’s overdose crisis. The council, along with the state Legislature, oversees most of the $430 million of Mississippi funds paid by corporations accused of catalyzing hundreds of thousands of overdose deaths. Now, the council instructs organizations to apply for grants t
  
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• VIDEO STREAM – Neshoba Central vs Kosciusko

  28-08-2026 20:00 via breezynews.com
  
   
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• Mississippi’s rural mental health crisis needs immediate action, social worker says

  28-08-2026 19:30 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.   Mississippi continues to face persistent gaps in mental health service delivery, but these challenges are most noticeable in rural and underserved communities where resources remain l
  
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• Colom calls on Hyde-Smith to participate in debate and town hall before election 

  28-08-2026 18:27 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Scott Colom, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, has called on Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith to participate in town halls and a debate before November’s midterm election.A Hyde-Smith campaign spokesman said she has been busy traversing the state announcing funding she’s secured for Mississippi and other accomplishments as a senator.Colom at a Thursday press conference in downtown Jackson launched his “Where’s Cindy” tour, in which he plans to
  
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• Service will memorialize site of Emmett Till’s slaying

  28-08-2026 16:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  On Saturday, the barn where Emmett Till was tortured and killed will take its first step toward becoming a public memorial.“For the first time since his lynching, this site is no longer someone’s shed, where they kept their personal belongings, but it will be used as a reverent memorial for Till’s life and legacy,” said Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center.Since the 2024 publishing of Wright Thompson’s best-selling book, “T
  
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• Intimidating a Witness, Disorderly Conduct, and Drug Arrests in Philadelphia and Neshoba

  28-08-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  MARCUS BOBO JR, 19, of Philadelphia, Exhibiting a Weapon in a Threatening Manner, Open Container, PPD.  Bond $500, $500.
   SHELBY G COPAS, 47, of Louisville, Obstruction – Intimidating a Witness, Disorderly Conduct – Disturbance in a Public Place, PPD.  Bond $500, $500.
   LANCE W GARNER, 48, of Philadelphia, Hold for Other Agency, PPD.  Bond N/A.
   RONALD DWANE JIM, 60, of Conehatta, Probation Violation, NCSO.  Bond $0.
   EDILIO LOPEZ-SANCHEZ, 40,
  
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• ICE detains Coast immigrant working to gain green card

  28-08-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Ever since Catherine Cool and Heriberto Reyes-Ochoas married over a decade ago, she has worried about immigration officials detaining her husband. Each time Reyes, nicknamed Eddie, drove from their home in Hancock County to work at a marine construction company in Slidell, Louisiana, she felt anxious that he wouldn’t make it back home. That fear struck last week when Reyes got into a fender bender about 10 minutes from home in Kiln. Nobody was injured, but the Mississippi Highwa
  
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• Holmes Bulldogs Drop Road Game to Pearl River Wildcats 56-33

  28-08-2026 00:44 via breezynews.com
  
  The Holmes Community College Bulldogs began their 2026 football season with a long road trip to Poplarville to play the Wildcats of Pearl River Community College. The Bulldogs had a 4 point lead after the opening quarter, 13-9 but the 2nd quarter belonged to the Wildcats scoring 19 points to the Bulldogs 7 points to take a 28-20 lead into halftime. In the second half, the Wildcats added 7 points to go up by 15 points in the 3rd quarter while keeping the Bulldogs off the scoreboard. In the final
  
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• Mississippi State student ‘shell-shocked’ after being detained for an alleged threat

  27-08-2026 23:57 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mississippi State University campus police detained a student Wednesday after an employee reported that he had threatened to blow up the financial aid office, an allegation the student and his attorney deny. Zayden Leonard, 21, a junior majoring in biological sciences, was trying to resolve an issue with his financial aid. He went to the university’s financial aid office to get his questions answered in person, and while waiting for help, six campus police officers approached hi
  
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• Lax recordkeeping prompts state audit of Hinds District Attorney’s Office, the first on record since 2013

  27-08-2026 20:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Days before Brad McCullouch would be appointed the Hinds County district attorney in July, he sat down in a tan Shaquille O’Neal executive chair in a mostly empty corner office on the fifth floor of the Hinds County Courthouse. Prompted by a public records request from Mississippi Today, McCullouch decided to look for financial and payroll records. He tried to find invoices, accounting software, usernames and passwords for the office’s bank accounts, and audits. What he fo
  
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• Mississippi healthcare providers work to reduce overdoses linked to maternal deaths

  27-08-2026 19:15 via mississippitoday.org
  
  More than 100 Mississippi healthcare providers gathered Wednesday to confront a growing challenge: how to better support pregnant and postpartum mothers struggling with substance use. Nurses, doctors, counselors and social workers explored treatment approaches that prioritize rehabilitation, keeping mothers with their babies and replacing punitive measures with care, on Wednesday. The conference was organized by Mississippi Public Health Institute, a nonprofit that develops projects to enh
  
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• NABJ honors Mississippi Today for prison homicides project

  27-08-2026 18:07 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The National Association of Black Journalists has honored Mississippi Today, The Marshall Project and the Clarion Ledger with an NABJ Salute to Excellence Award for coverage of deaths inside Mississippi prisons.The year-long project, which involved Mississippi Today’s senior investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell and criminal justice reporter Mina Corpuz and Justice Editor Debbie Skipper, also included the contributions of the Hattiesburg American and Mississippi Link. It chronicled dozens
  
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• Accidents Wednesday Evening in Attala

  27-08-2026 17:49 via breezynews.com
  
  At about 4:45 PM, the Attala County Sheriff’s Office was alerted to a crash on Hwy 35 S. in front of Dicken Circle. Two vehicles were involved, but no injuries occurred.
  Later, at 7:25 PM, there was an accident on Hwy 12 in Ethel. A trailer came loose from its hitch, and the equipment on it tipped over. There were no injuries, entrapments, or road blockages.
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• Minor Collision Between School Bus and FedEx Truck Wednesday Evening in Attala

  27-08-2026 16:56 via breezynews.com
  
  Around 5:00 Wednesday evening, the Attala County Sheriff’s Office received a notification from the school resource officer that there had been a collision between a school bus and a FedEx truck on Attala Rd. 5041.
  When deputies arrived on scene, they found that the vehicles had side-swiped each other, causing only minor damages to one another. There were no injuries, and it is unlikely there were any children on the bus at the time.
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• Assault on Police, Breaking and Entering, and Trespassing in Carthage and Leake Arrests

  27-08-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  ELIZABETH D CHAMBLEE, 22, of Walnut Grove, Simple Assault on Policeman / Fireman / School Official, Disorderly Conduct – Disturbance of Family, LCSO.  Bond $0, $1,000.
   BRANDY A GOODIN, 46, of Carthage, No Insurance, No Driver’s License, Bench Warrant – Carthage Municipal Court, LCSO.  Bond $500, $500, $0.
   STEVEN L KINCAID, 62, of Carthage, Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance, LCSO.  Bond N/A.
   TRACY A NORWOOD, 45, of Carthage, Burglary &n
  
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• Willie Manning awaits his execution. Can new evidence halt it?

  27-08-2026 12:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  STARKVILLE — The case against Willie Manning hangs on a restroom token. It is the link authorities made between a burglary and the killings of two Mississippi State University students, putting him on death row at age 26.Two weeks before Christmas in 1992, deputies shone flashlights on a dark remote road until they saw something bright — a token between two puddles of blood. Court records show that within 24 hours, they concluded the brass token, about the size of a quarter, was sto
  
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• How the car used in the slayings of two MSU students wound up in a deputy’s hands

  27-08-2026 12:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  STARKVILLE — During Mississippi Today’s investigation into the case against death row inmate Willie Manning, reporters interviewed retired Oktibbeha County Sheriff Dolph Bryan.The former sheriff investigated the 1992 killings of Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller. He believes Manning, convicted in 1994 in the murders, took the couple in her two-seat Toyota MR2 from a fraternity house at Mississippi State University to the site where he killed them.Bryan mentioned that the 1986 MR2 was
  
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• Death penalty exonerations in the 16th Circuit Court District

  27-08-2026 12:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Kennedy Brewer: In 2008, the state of Mississippi exonerated him and Levon Brooks. Each had been accused of sexually assaulting and killing a 3-year-old girl. Brewer was sentenced to death in 1995, and Brooks to life in 1992. Pathologist Dr. Steven Hayne brought in purported bite-mark expert Michael West to examine the girls’ bodies. In each case, West claimed he found bite marks on the girls and identified Brewer and Brooks as the culprits. The bite marks turned out to be bites from pond
  
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• Attala County family set to appear on upcoming season of ‘Family Feud’

  27-08-2026 10:56 via breezynews.com
  
  A local Attala County family is taking the national spotlight this fall on one of television’s most popular game shows.
  The Newell family, from Sallis, announced on social media that they will be contestants on the upcoming season of Family Feud.
  In a public post sharing the news, family members expressed their excitement about representing their home county on the big stage, describing the taping as an unforgettable experience filled with competition, laughter, and local pride.Family Feud
  
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• Farm Bureau Coaches Show – August 27, 2026

  27-08-2026 09:35 via breezynews.com
  
  On this week’s episode of the Farm Bureau Coaches Show – Kosciusko Whippets head football coach Casey Orr recaps the 2025 season and discusses Friday night’s game against Neshoba Central.
   The Farm Bureau Coaches Show airs on Breezy 103 Thursday mornings at 7:35 am.The show is also now available on Spotify. (Just search “Boswell Media Sports)
   
   
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• Tougaloo College President Corey Wiggins promises transparency after years of leadership  concerns

  27-08-2026 00:56 via mississippitoday.org
  
  At his first convocation as Tougaloo College’s president, Corey Wiggins reflected on a question he’d asked himself before the event: What prepared him for this moment?“And strangely enough, my mind didn’t go to a job I had, a title I’ve carried, or even a degree I’ve earned,” Wiggins said during his speech. “It went home.” Wiggins, who took over as the college’s president on July 1, talked about growing up in Copiah County, and ho
  
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• Amazon challenge of data centers’ value could reduce tax payments to Madison County by millions

  26-08-2026 22:57 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Madison County residents were told that Amazon’s data centers would pay significant property taxes that would boost school and government budgets. But the actual amount may be lower than was projected, with Amazon challenging the tax valuation of its properties.Amazon Web Services recently challenged the Madison County tax assessor’s valuation of its data centers in Canton claiming that the county’s assessment is too high. The lower assessment Amazon is claiming would mean $5
  
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• ‘These are your people.’ Mississippians reflect on their special connection with Dolly Parton

  26-08-2026 22:43 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Even in his first conversation with Dolly Parton in the early 1980s, Sam Haskell leaned on his Mississippi roots to connect with the country music icon.Haskell’s job, working with the Beverly Hills talent group William Morris Agency, didn’t seem to interest her much. What piqued Parton’s interest, Haskell said, was when he told her he was from a small town called Amory and went to the University of Mississippi.“She said, ‘Ole Miss, that’s my husband’s f
  
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• Mississippi to get at least $189 million from landmark Meta settlement

  26-08-2026 21:21 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mississippi will receive $189 million over 10 years as a result of a settlement announced on Wednesday between technology giant Meta and 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories that sued claiming the company’s social media platforms harmed children.The agreement nationwide comes out to $17.1 billion, the largest settlement ever paid by a social media company to states. Mississippi’s share of the payout was announced by Attorney General Lynn Fitch, who said Meta is s
  
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• Can an NFL athlete come back to play in college? Lawsuits by a pair of players from Mississippi could answer the question

  26-08-2026 21:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  These used to be among the fundamental facts about going to college in America: College lasts four years. And though that timeline had been flexible when it comes to sports, there was never much debate over the notion that once a player moved on to the pros, their days as a college athlete were over.A recent rule passed by the NCAA has resulted in confusion, lawsuits and the once unthinkable notion of players leaving college, signing with professional teams and then turning around to
  
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• Mississippi cattle producers and politicians lament Trump’s imported beef plan

  26-08-2026 19:10 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mississippi cattle producers and politicians are worried that President Donald Trump’s plan to suspend tariffs and cut a deal to import more cheap beef to the U.S. will hurt the state’s farmers and potentially cause long-term damage to an industry already facing high costs and record low herd numbers. “This policy does not help the U.S. herd-rebuilding efforts and could possibly do permanent damage,” the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation and its president, Mike McC
  
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