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• Storm Threat Diminishes But Winds, Downpours Still Possible

  29-04-2024 12:39 via breezynews.com
  
  A storm system that was forecast to bring damaging winds, flash flooding and possible tornadoes to parts of Mississippi today lost some of its punch as it approached the Mississippi River, reducing the chances of severe weather across the state.  There’s still a Level-1 “marginal” […]
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• Every university but Delta State to increase tuition this year

  17-05-2024 13:30 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Every university in Mississippi is increasing tuition in the fall except for Delta State University.The new rates were approved by the governing board of the eight universities, the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees, at its regular meeting Thursday. The average cost of tuition in Mississippi is now $8,833 a year, a roughly 3% increase from last year. Students can expect to pay tuition ranging from $7,942 a year at Mississippi Valley State University to $10,052 a year at Mis
  
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• Attala County Deputy Receives Top Cop Award from Central Mississippi Crime Stoppers

  16-05-2024 20:51 via breezynews.com
  
  Attala County Deputy Jacob Edwards was honored with the Top Cop Award by the Central Mississippi Crime Stoppers. The organization serves 10 counties in Central MS, including Attala, Copiah, Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, and Warren. Deputy Edwards was nominated by his peers […]
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• Marshall Ramsey: Fore!

  16-05-2024 19:28 via mississippitoday.org
  
  “Unfortunately, some only support it when it equates to campaign contributions. Sadly, through the line-item veto of the appropriation, Mississippians will once again wait another year for the opportunity to benefit from state investments for the greater public good.” – Secretary of State Michael Watson.Read the whole article here.The post Marshall Ramsey: Fore! appeared first on Mississippi Today.
  
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• Storms Forecast for Friday Night

  16-05-2024 18:45 via breezynews.com
  
  After a glancing blow from a weather system affecting mainly southwestern Mississippi this evening, more of the state including the local area could see some damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes Friday night.  Leake and Neshoba counties, most of Attala County and southeastern Holmes County […]
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• Federal panel prescribes new mental health strategy to curb maternal deaths

  16-05-2024 18:04 via mississippitoday.org
  
  For help, call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262) or contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Spanish-language services are also available.BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Milagros Aquino was trying to find a new place to live and had been struggling to get used to new foods after she moved to Bridgeport from Peru with her husband and young son in 2023.When Aquino, now 31, go
  
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• New law gives state board power to probe officer misconduct

  16-05-2024 17:59 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The state’s officer certification and training board now has the power to investigate law enforcement misconduct.Gov. Tate Reeves signed the bill making it official.Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell, who pushed for the legislation, said that House Bill 691 authorizes the Board of Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training “to launch its own investigations into officer misconduct. This change, along with the funding to hire two investigators, will improve the board’s
  
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• Photo: Kosciusko’s Todd Ables umpires softball state championship

  16-05-2024 17:04 via breezynews.com
  
  Todd Ables, Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Kosciusko, was in Hattiesburg Wednesday, umpiring for the MHSAA softball state championships. Ables, who has been officiating games for over 40 years, was the home plate umpire for Game 2 of the 2A Championship Game […]
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• Lawmakers punt to next year efforts to expand college aid for low-income Mississippians

  16-05-2024 16:49 via mississippitoday.org
  
  A bill to open a college financial aid program for the first time ever to Mississippians who are adult, part-time and very low-income students fell to the wayside in a legislative session dominated by fights over Medicaid and K-12 funding.The effort to expand the Mississippi Resident Tuition Assistance Grant, called MTAG, died in conference after it was removed from House Bill 765, legislation to provide financial assistance to teachers in critical shortage areas. The Senate had attached MTAG&r
  
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• Marshall Ramsey: Delta State Blues

  16-05-2024 13:26 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• Project SEARCH Intern Graduation Ceremony

  15-05-2024 22:05 via breezynews.com
  
  The Baptist Medical Center Attala hosted a graduation ceremony for Project SEARCH interns on Monday, May 13th, at 1 p.m. Project SEARCH is a year-long program designed to facilitate the transition from school to work for students facing intellectual or developmental challenges. Its main goal […]
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• House Fire Claims Mobile Home in Attala County

  15-05-2024 22:05 via breezynews.com
  
  A mobile home in Attala County was lost in a house fire on the evening of Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Attala County Fire Department and Sallis Volunteers were quick to respond to the call at the home’s location on Attala Rd. 4171. The homeowner was […]
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• PSC axes solar programs in light of EPA funds, advocates file lawsuit

  15-05-2024 19:10 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Advocates from some of the state’s conservation groups — such as Audubon Delta, Mississippi Sierra Club and Steps Coalition — spoke out Wednesday against a recent decision by the Mississippi Public Service Commission to suspend several solar programs, including “Solar for Schools,” less than two years after the previous commission put them in place.“This is particularly disappointing because the need for these incentives in the state of Mississippi is signifi
  
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• Reeves again blocks funds for LeFleur’s Bluff project in Jackson

  15-05-2024 17:02 via mississippitoday.org
  
  For the third consecutive year legislative efforts to direct state money to renovate LeFleur’s Bluffin Jackson have been stymied, thanks in large part to Gov. Tate Reeves.Earlier this week, the Republican governor vetoed a portion of a bill that directed $14 million to the office of Secretary of State Michael Watson for work on developing and improving a nature trail connecting parks and museums and making other tourism-related improvements in the LeFleur’s Bluff area.It is not clea
  
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• Podcast: In or out (of the NCAA Tournament)?

  15-05-2024 17:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  College baseball’s regular season is in its last week, which means baseball bracketology is a popular activity. State needs to finish strong to become a Regional host. Southern Miss probably has already punched its ticket as a 2- or 3-seed. Ole Miss, playing its best baseball presently, needs victories, period. Meanwhile, the State High School softball tournament is this week in Hattiesburg, and the state baseball tournament comes to Trustmark Park in Pearl next week.Stream all episodes h
  
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• Mississippi’s Jefferson Davis statue has new neighbor in U.S. Capitol: Arkansas civil rights leader

  15-05-2024 16:40 via mississippitoday.org
  
  A week ago, Arkansas officials unveiled a new statue at the National Statuary Hall to represent the state, civil rights leader Daisy Bates.Her statue now stands next to Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, one of two statues representing Mississippi.“This is absolutely embarrassing to the Mississippi that I love,” said Al Price, who has called for changing the state’s statues ever since he saw them in 2012 in Washington, D.C. He sought unsuccessfully in 2017 to g
  
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• Happening today: Ribbon cutting for new Kosciusko business

  15-05-2024 15:50 via breezynews.com
  
  On Wednesday, May 15 at 10:00 am, Gentiva Hospice will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new facility. The new business is located at 128 W Washington Street on the north side of the square in downtown Kosciusko. The public […]
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• Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Felony Child Abuse in Leake and Attala

  15-05-2024 15:07 via breezynews.com
  
  REGGIE T CLAYTON, 19, of Carthage, Attempted Murder, CPD.  Bond $150,000.   JAMARION K COOK, 27, of Carthage, Resisting Arrest, No Insurance, Motor Vehicle Lighting Violation, Possession of Paraphernalia, No Tag, Disorderly Conduct – Failure to Comply with LEO, LCSO.  Bond $500, $500, $500, $1,000, […]
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• No deja vu this time: Southern Miss bullpen slams the door on Ole Miss

  15-05-2024 14:40 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Rght fielder Carson Paetow noisily scores the tying run for Southern Miss, which erased a 4-0 Ole Miss lead, in a 7-4 USM victory at Hattiesburg Tuesday night. Paetow had three hits, including a triple, knocked in three runs and made a spectacular diving catch to help the Eagles win before a home crowd of 5,706. (Photo by Sean Smith)HATTIESBURG — Ole Miss was hoping for some baseball deja vu Tuesday night. Southern Miss, still with nightmares from about this time two years ago, was trying
  
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• Gov. Reeves vetoes four felony voting restoration bills, yet signs two into law for first time

  15-05-2024 13:34 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday night vetoed a handful of bills that would have restored voting rights to four people who had completed the terms of their prison sentences for grand larceny and burglary convictions. But Reeves, who has never approved of a suffrage restoration bill since taking office in 2020, signed two measures into law that restored suffrage for two people. He also allowed 12 other suffrage restoration bills to become law without his signature, which is his usual p
  
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• Local Storm Threat Updated

  15-05-2024 13:10 via breezynews.com
  
  The latest in a seemingly endless series of storm systems will move into Mississippi Thursday night but the National Weather Service says the worst of the weather may not arrive until Friday evening.  Thursday night’s focus will be on southwest Mississippi.  The storm threat increases […]
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• Stormy Weather Again Forecast Locally

  15-05-2024 01:33 via breezynews.com
  
  The latest in a seemingly endless series of storm systems will move into Mississippi Thursday night and the National Weather Service says tornadoes will be possible locally, especially across most of Leake County and in southern Neshoba County.  Those areas are under a Level-2 “slight” […]
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• Burglary and Aggravated Assault on a LEO in Attala and Leake Arrests

  14-05-2024 22:12 via breezynews.com
  
  TORI CHIPLEY, 24, of Carthage, Disorderly Conduct – Disturbance of Family, LCSO.  Bond $0.   JOSHUA D CONRAD, 33, of Moorhead, Burglary of a Commercial Building or Vehicle, Aggravated Assault on LEO in the Line of Duty, Felony Fleeing or Eluding a LEO in a […]
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• At an uneasy town hall, Delta State’s president unveils ‘dramatic, upsetting’ restructuring 

  14-05-2024 22:12 via mississippitoday.org
  
  CLEVELAND — Last summer, record-sized hail caused millions of dollars in roof damage across Delta State University’s aging campus. Had school been in session, the regional college in the Mississippi Delta would not have had enough cash to recover and stay open, Daniel Ennis, the president, told a packed room of students, faculty, staff and community members on Monday. “That’s frightening,” he said. “That’s like running a family and having no m
  
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• EPA highlights issues within MSDH, Jackson in water system audit

  14-05-2024 20:48 via mississippitoday.org
  
  About a week after the Environmental Protection Agency determined that two Mississippi state agencies didn’t discriminate against Jackson in providing water funds, the EPA released another report examining issues in state and local governance ahead of the capital city’s 2022 drinking water crisis.
  The EPA’s Office of Inspector General launched an audit in November 2022, a couple months after the water crisis that led to a federal takeover of the system. The agency, which relea
  
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• Mississippi judicial candidates receive almost $400k in donations for November election 

  14-05-2024 20:44 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The 10 candidates competing in contested judicial elections this year have collectively raised nearly $400,000 in donations since January, and some have injected a substantial amount of their own money into the race, setting the stage for a competitive November election.  Amy St. Pe, a Pascagoula-based attorney running for a seat on the Court of Appeals, accepted $107,300 in donations since January, making her the candidate who amassed the most in campaign donations. She only spent $9
  
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• Ribbon cutting planned for Wednesday

  14-05-2024 20:35 via breezynews.com
  
  On Wednesday, May 15 at 10:00 am, Gentiva Hospice will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new facility. The new business is located at 128 W Washington Street on the north side of the square in downtown Kosciusko. The public […]
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• Marshall Ramsey: Crystal Welch

  14-05-2024 19:20 via mississippitoday.org
  
  And rest in peace Ida Welch (Crystal’s mom) and her sister Vicky Welch.The post Marshall Ramsey: Crystal Welch appeared first on Mississippi Today.
  
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• Leake County Development Association Announces Plans for Workforce Development Center

  14-05-2024 17:05 via breezynews.com
  
  From Leake County Development Association – The Leake County Development Association (LCDA) is pleased to announce that a Workforce Development Center will be constructed at the Leake County Industrial Park on Highway 25 in Carthage. This addition signals a new chapter for Leake County’s economic […]
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• Stolen Corvette Recovered in Kosciusko

  14-05-2024 16:28 via breezynews.com
  
  On Monday evening, Attala County Sheriff’s Deputies and Kosciusko Police responded to reports of a stolen 2015 black Chevrolet Corvette Stingray heading towards Kosciusko on Hwy 12 E. OnStar was able to shut off the vehicle’s engine, bringing it to a stop. The suspect was […]
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