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• Storms, Heat Forecast Today

  06-09-2026 08:08 via breezynews.com
  
  As temperatures climb toward the century mark today and the humidity makes it feel even more miserable, thunderstorms could help to cool things off– but could come at a price.  There’s a Level-1 “marginal” risk of isolated severe storms with damaging winds up to 60 miles an hour.
  Highs today should range from the upper 90s in Kosciusko to near 100 elsewhere in the local area.  The heat index is forecast to reach 109 in Kosciusko, 110 in Durant and 111 in Carthag
  
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• Bulldogs bounce back: McAdams dominates West Lowndes 44-14

  06-09-2026 16:53 via breezynews.com
  
  The McAdams Bulldogs even their season record at 1-1 with a commanding 44-14 road victory over the West Lowndes Panthers.
  Driven by a relentless rushing attack that produced 429 total yards on the ground, McAdams controlled the contest from start to finish to hand West Lowndes its second loss of the season.
  Overall Player of the Game Andre Brown (#4) powered the Bulldogs’ offense, racking up 203 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns on just 9 carries. Brown also added 23 passing yards and a touch
  
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• New campus health center set to open at Holmes Community College in Goodman

  06-09-2026 14:57 via breezynews.com
  
  Holmes Community College students and nearby residents will soon have expanded local healthcare services available directly on campus.
  G.A. Carmichael Family Health Center and Holmes Community College have partnered to open the new G.A. Carmichael Community Student Health Center in Goodman. A grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the facility is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at the Goodman campus, with the community invited to attend.
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• Child Endangerment and Aggravated Assault Arrests in Philadelphia and Neshoba County

  06-09-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  CENIKA J BLACK, 43, of Philadelphia, Indictment, NCSO.  Bond $300,000.
   JOHN SCOTT CARTER II, 26, of Philadelphia, Hold for Drug Court, DC.  Bond $0.AUSTIN MICHAEL DEMPSEY, 28, of Philadelphia, Hold for Drug Court, DC.  Bond $0.
   AVIA GRAFFREEY, 37, of Carthage, Child Endangerment, Aggravated Assault, NCSO.  Bond $800, $7,500.
   JERMAINE DONTRELL JACKSON, 35, of Louisville, Failure to Appear, Hold for MDOC, NCSO.  Bond $0, $0.
   CARLEE JIMMIE, 29, of Ph
  
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• Mississippi’s last competitive US House races occurred in 2010. Will 2026 change the trend?

  06-09-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  For a brief two-year period from 2008 until 2010, Democrats, despite not having won a presidential election in Mississippi since 1976, held three of the state’s four U.S. House seats.But Mississippi’s 2026 U.S. House races are happening in November against the backdrop that since 2010 Republicans have held three of the four seats.In 2010, Democrats Travis Childers, who held the 1st District seat in north Mississippi for one two-year term, and Gene Taylor, who held the 4th District s
  
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• Large Fire on Hwy. 43 Was a Controled Burn

  06-09-2026 10:19 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–a large fire that was burning Saturday evening in Attala County was determined to have been a controled burn.
  The fire was called in at first as a house fire, then as a woods fire about 9:20 p.m. It was on Hwy. 43 north.
  Before firefighters arrived it was determined that it may have been a controled burn, with a landowner burning on the propert on purpose. When firefighters got to the scene they confirmed it was a large brush and debris pile, making an impressive display.
  
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• Deputy Chases, Arrests Person on Hwy. 19

  06-09-2026 09:25 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A short chase on foot ended with a man custody early Saturday morening in Attrala County.
  A deputy was responding to a call about 4:15 a.m. at a business on Hwy. 19. A few minutes later he reported that someone was running from him.
  The Canton man was successfully arrested and had several back warrants out for his arrest.
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• Petit Larceny, Forgery, and Assault in Carthage and Leake

  05-09-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  MARDOQUEO GARCIA, 37, of Carthage, Hold for ICE, Simple Assault – Attempt by Physical Menace to Create Fear, CPD.  Bond N/A, $1,639.25.
   CLAUDE L JIM, 60, of Conehatta, Contempt of Court – Philadelphia Municipal Court, Hold for LCSO, PPD.  Bond $0, $1,385.
   KABRINA B JORDAN, 22, of Carthage, Bench Warrant – Carthage Municipal Court, Failure to use Child Restraint Device, CPD.  Bond $0, $163.
   JONATHAN MCCULLOUCH, 28, of Brandon, DUI – 1st, Im
  
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• Hot Saturday Followed by Stormy Sunday in This Area

  05-09-2026 07:34 via breezynews.com
  
   
  HEAT ADVISORY shown in orange on map above
  Much of Mississippi including the local area will be back under a heat advisory today, with the afternoon heat index ranging from 105 in Philadelphia to 106 in Kosciusko and Carthage and 108 in Durant.   The heat stress is forecast to increase on Sunday with heat indices reaching 108 in Kosciusko and Philadelphia, 109 in Carthage and 110 in Durant.
  Also on Sunday, a Level-1 “marginal” risk of severe storms has been posted fo
  
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• Kosciusko Defeats Florence, Now 2-0

  04-09-2026 23:50 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko Whippets football team traveled to Florence to play the Eagles Friday night.
  The Whippets scored the first two touchdowns on their first two possessions.  Adding a safety, the first quarter was 15-0, Kosciusko.  The home team added a field goal at the beginning of the second quarter.  Continuing their domination, Kosciusko led 25-0 at the half.
  Florence opened the third quarter with a touchdown, 25-6.  But the Whippets held on for the win, 46-16.
  CJ Sandifer was
  
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• Counsel for death row inmate Willie Manning raises Batson challenge with Mississippi Supreme Court

  04-09-2026 23:49 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court has twice reversed Mississippi death-row convictions in the past seven years on the basis of racial bias in jury selection. Counsel for death row inmate Willie Manning say his conviction should be the next one overturned.In a filing Friday with the Mississippi Supreme Court, Manning’s legal team argued that decisions by the nation’s high court in the Terry Pitchford and Curtis Flowers cases enable Manning to seek post-conviction relief.The motion was filed eig
  
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• Fifth Circuit upholds dismissal of Jacksonians’ lawsuit against city over lead in water

  04-09-2026 22:44 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against Jackson alleging the city knowingly allowed residents to drink contaminated water. A group of residents filed the lawsuit in 2022, before it was dismissed in U.S. District Court in 2024.The plaintiffs — residents Priscilla Sterling, Raine Becker, Shawn Miller and John Bennett — alleged that the city’s actions and failures caused lead to enter Jackson’s drinking water and that city
  
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• Recording captures Attala County school officials admitting strip search of teen students might not have been legal

  04-09-2026 22:05 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Arma Cooper got an apology from school officials responsible for the strip search of her son. But she didn’t get accountability. LeRoy Wise, the school resource officer who allegedly inspected her son’s genitals, said in a recording submitted in a court case that the search might not have been legal. Mississippi Today could not confirm his employment status with the district. Dietrich Harmon, the McAdams High School principal who oversaw the searches, still leads the school.&ld
  
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• Trump appoints Adam Telle, longtime Thad Cochran adviser, to lead the Army 

  04-09-2026 21:21 via mississippitoday.org
  
  President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that Adam Telle, who is currently helping oversee the Army Corps of Engineers, will serve as acting Army secretary. Telle was a former longtime staffer and top adviser for the late U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, and helped lead federal efforts for the state’s recovery after Hurricane Katrina. More recently, Telle has been influential in advancing the Yazoo Backwater Area Water Management Project, or the “Yazoo pumps,” i
  
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• VIDEO STREAM – Kosciusko vs Florence

  04-09-2026 20:00 via breezynews.com
  
   
  *If the link above above isn’t working on your device, click HERE to find the broadcast on YouTube, click below to listen to the Breezy 103 online audio stream or tune your radio to 103.7.
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• New clinic opens in Leland, expands local access to healthcare in the Mississippi Delta

  04-09-2026 19:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  LELAND – Uninsured and underinsured residents of the Mississippi Delta can access affordable dentistry and physical, occupational and speech therapy through a new initiative based in Leland of Delta Health Alliance, a nonprofit organization that works to improve access to health services. A year after breaking ground, the Delta Cares Center opened its doors Thursday. Patients can pay for services on a sliding scale that starts at $3 – and can receive a free ride to and fro
  
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• Medicaid expansion would help overcome budget shortfall and harms of ‘big beautiful bill,’ physician says

  04-09-2026 17:23 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.This summer has been full of big moments. We celebrated our nation’s 250th birthday, and  more recently, Medicaid and Medicare – two health care safety net pillars that have helpe
  
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• Eligibility issues are not new in college sports. Here’s the proof.

  04-09-2026 17:22 via mississippitoday.org
  
  This could be another column about how we’re in the first big weekend of the college football season and how the sport has gone absolutely bat-dung crazy. I could write about the court case down In Baton Rouge where a judge ruled eligible for LSU two former Ole Miss players who were recruited right out of NFL training camps.Rick ClevelandOr I could write about how the SEC has filed a federal lawsuit in Birmingham against LSU and its coach, Lane Kiffin, the Snidely Whiplash of college foot
  
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• Crooked Letter Sports: It’s finally here!

  04-09-2026 16:15 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The Cleveland boys celebrate the end of the longest offseason ever and the return of meaningful football, plus we catch up with Mississippi’s most decorated volleyball player, Jackson native Parker Bracken.
  
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• Malicious Mischief, Drugs, and DUI Arrests in Philadelphia and Neshoba County

  04-09-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  ERIC D BISHOP, 42, of Philadelphia, Indictment, Failure to Appear, NCSO.  Bond $5,000, $0.
   MELISSA ANN CANNON, 35, of Union, DUI – 1st, NCSO.  Bond $1,500.
   WHITLEY S DEARING, 33, of Philadelphia, Contempt of Court – Philadelphia Municipal Court, PPD.  Bond N/A.
   WILLIAM FORTENBERRY, 31, of Philadelphia, Transfer, Distribution, or Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell, PPD.  Bond $50,000.
   GREGORY HUDSON, 45, of Philadelphia
  
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• Semi Truck Catches Fire on Highway 35 in Kosciusko

  04-09-2026 12:35 via breezynews.com
  
  A semi truck caught fire on Hwy 35 near Williamsville Rd. in Kosciusko shortly before 7 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4.
  The driver reported striking a bale of hay at the intersection of highways 35 and 19. He stopped near Dollar General and the River Bridge Store to inspect the damage when the truck began to burn and quickly became engulfed in flames.
  The Attala County Fire Department and Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to the scene. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, but the tractor portion of the
  
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• This Labor Day Weekend Will Be a Hot One

  04-09-2026 07:58 via breezynews.com
  
  HEAT ADVISORY shown in orange on map above
   
  As the Labor Day holiday gets underway, the local area will be back under a heat advisory but the worst is yet to come.   Today’s heat index will range from 105 in Kosciusko, Carthage and Philadelphia to 107 in Durant.  Saturday, it bumps up to 106 in Kosciusko and Carthage and 108 in Durant.  The forecast for Sunday is a heat index up to 110 areawide. 
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• SEC sues LSU as athletes plead in court to regain eligibility with college sports season underway

  04-09-2026 00:44 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Athlete after athlete took the stand in a state courtroom near LSU on Thursday to explain why they should be allowed to return to play college sports after turning pro while the commissioner of the powerful Southeastern Conference argued against them and the league doubled down by filing a lawsuit against the school in federal court.The extraordinary confrontation came just two days before the 11th-ranked Tigers open the football season at home against Clemson a few miles from the courthouse. E
  
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• Louisiana judge rules against NCAA, clearing path for former NFL players to join LSU roster

  04-09-2026 00:44 via mississippitoday.org
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Lane Kiffin’s chances of fielding former NFL players improved Thursday night when a Louisiana judge issued a preliminary injunction against the NCAA in a high-profile eligibility case.East Baton Rouge Parish Judge William Jorden issued his ruling the night before LSU was due to submit its 105-man roster to the Southeastern Conference, which last week announced heavy potential punishment for football and basketball teams that bring in ex-pros.The rul
  
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• Holmes Bulldogs Fall to Co-Lin Wolves 47-27.

  04-09-2026 00:04 via breezynews.com
  
  The Holmes Community College Bulldogs were back home in Goodman tonight to host the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wolves from Wesson. The Bulldogs trailed the Wolves by 7 points by halftime, 20-13. In the second half, the Wolves outscored the Bulldogs 3 touchdowns to 1 in the 3rd quarter to take a 20 point lead, 40-20 going into the final quarter. The Bulldogs scored very early in the 4th quarter to cut into the Wolves lead but the Wolves would respond later in the quarter with a touchdown of
  
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• At DELTA FEST, HBCU leaders discuss how to prepare students for the evolving Southern economy

  03-09-2026 23:11 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Leaders of historically Black colleges and universities want their institutions to prepare students for the rapidly changing workforce and careers in industries such as infrastructure, manufacturing, healthcare and education. They also said they want to ensure companies benefiting from the talent HBCUs produce also reinvest in those colleges and communities.The leaders discussed those issues in two panels Wednesday during the first day of DELTA FEST, a three-day event that brought dozens o
  
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• Two former top Jackson State University administrators settle sex discrimination lawsuits

  03-09-2026 22:46 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Jackson State University and the state college board have settled two sex discrimination lawsuits that were filed during Marcus Thompson’s brief tenure as the university’s president. On Aug. 25, the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board resolved a sex discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court by Debra Mays-Jackson, former JSU vice president and chief of staff. The details of the settlement are not publicly available, though Mississippi Today has filed a public r
  
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• Andrew Young visits Mississippi for Medgar Evers lecture

  03-09-2026 22:27 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Andrew Young wheeled through the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on Thursday, soaking in the history that he helped make.The former pastor and civil rights leader, who worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was there during the 1966 March Against Fear in Mississippi. He was there when Grenada public schools began to integrate. Two years later, he was there when King was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. When the bullet struc
  
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• Mississippi issues Lafayette burn ban after senator puts heat on agency amid drought

  03-09-2026 21:37 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The Mississippi Forestry Commission confirmed Thursday a burn ban is in place for Lafayette County after a lawmaker who represents the area publicly criticized the agency’s process.Sen. Nicole Boyd, a Republican from Oxford, sent a letter Wednesday to the commission questioning why it hadn’t issued a temporary burn ban for the county. In addition to little rainfall over the last month, Boyd said the county has had to handle 16 different fires since the beginning of August.“I u
  
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• Kosciusko Man Charged with Child Exploitation in Thursday Morning Arrest

  03-09-2026 19:35 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko Police Department executed a search warrant on Fairground St. early Thursday morning in a joint investigation with the Attorney General’s Office.
  During the investigation, Bradley Powell, 20, was arrested and charged with 1 count of child exploitation and is currently being held at Leake County Correctional Facility with a $200,000 bond.
  The Kosciusko Police Department offers its gratitude to the Internet Crimes Against Children division of the Attorney General’s Office
  
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