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• Triple Digit Heat Wave Continues, Storms Possible Today

  18-08-2026 07:36 via breezynews.com
  
  HEAT ADVISORY shown in orange on map above
  EXTREME HEAT WARNING shown in purple
   
  Another sizzler across Mississippi today. Expect afternoon highs in the triple digits– for the third day in a row in some places.  Monday, Columbus got up to 105 and it was 104 in Meridian and Greenville.  A heat advisory will be in effect for most of Mississippi.
  Most of the local area can expect afternoon highs near 100 today with a heat index ranging from 108 in Carthage and Kosciusko to 109
  
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• Congress is playing politics with Mississippi’s disaster recovery, nonprofit watchdog says

  18-08-2026 20:00 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.    In the U.S., the number of billion-dollar disasters is increasing each year. Wildfires, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and extreme weather events are hitting communities wit
  
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• Prado plans to turn vacant Jackson YMCA into mixed-use housing and recreation site

  18-08-2026 19:02 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The Jackson City Council has approved rezoning for the long-vacant YMCA on Fortification Street.The council approved the rezoning from light industrial to community mixed use. The plan is to eventually approve a mixed-use housing and recreation site called Prado Conservatory according to the developer Gabriel Prado, president and CEO of PraCon Global Investment Group.“Their vote gives us the opportunity to save a property that has been dilapidated for years and transform it into something
  
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• Mississippi Today’s work on podcast honored with prestigious journalism award

  18-08-2026 17:18 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mississippi Today, in partnership with Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and The New York Times, has won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for the podcast “Abuse of Power: Beyond the Goon Squad.”The project features more than 70 interviews with former inmates and officers at the Rankin County jail. Reporters from Mississippi Today and The New York Times discovered a system in which guards ordered beatings, inmates who participated were rewarded, and those trying to
  
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• Only one Mississippi team has ever played in Little League World Series, and what a team it was

  18-08-2026 14:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Only one Mississippi baseball team in history has advanced to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and the Little League World Series, which turns 74 years old this month and saturates August ESPN programing.The Hub City’s Pineview Little League All-Stars, an all-Black team, first won the 1977 Mississippi Little League championship at Biloxi. How that Hattiesburg team advanced from Biloxi, to the South Regional Championship in St. Petersburg, Florida, and finally to the Little League World Series
  
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• Gun Machine Manufacturing, Assault on a LEO, and Felony Fleeing or Eluding in Carthage and Leake County

  18-08-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  JAVYON ANDERSON, 23, of Goodman, Manufacturing of a Machine Gun, LCSO.  Bond $10,000.
   SHAKAYLA A CAMPBELL, 23, of Philadelphia, Speeding, No Tag, Failure to Use Child Restraint, No Driver’s License, No Insurance, Seatbelt Violation, Improper Equipment, MHP.  Bond $500, $500, $500, $500, $500, $500, $500.
   XAVIER L JACKSON, 19, of Farmhaven, Bench Warrant – Carthage Municipal Court, CPD.  Bond N/A.
   THOMAS LANGFORD, 47, of Carthage, Willful Obstruction o
  
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• Barbour: 2027 MS elections shaping up to be historic free for all

  18-08-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  State and national GOP strategist Henry Barbour runs through likely and confirmed candidates for Mississippi races this year and next, running down the ticket from U.S. Senate, stopping just shy of dog catcher.
  
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• Grammy-Winning Artist Nelly Headed to Silver Star Convention Center in October

  18-08-2026 12:56 via breezynews.com
  
  NESHOBA COUNTY, MS — Multi-platinum rapper and three-time Grammy Award winner Nelly is set to perform live at the Silver Star Convention Center inside the Pearl River Resort this fall.
  The concert is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. Tickets for the performance will officially go on sale to the general public on Thursday, Aug. 20.
  Nelly first broke into the mainstream in 2000 with his Diamond-certified debut album Country Grammar, which featured hit singles including the tit
  
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• Ed Blackmon redrew Mississippi’s political map. Now he’s watching the Supreme Court unwind it

  18-08-2026 12:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Ed Blackmon Jr. was 16 years old, locked in a Canton jail cell with the roar of a poultry truck engine still fresh on his mind, when he decided to become a lawyer. The police had just jailed him and dozens of others on trumped-up charges of participating in a parade without a permit after orchestrating a mass protest in the middle of the Civil Rights era in support of voting rights for Black Mississippians. The demonstrators had only marched 30 yards from a local church when police pu
  
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• Kosciusko to host Richland in preseason jamboree Friday

  18-08-2026 11:46 via breezynews.com
  
  Friday night lights will return this Friday, Aug. 21, as the Kosciusko Whippets host the Richland Rangers for a preseason jamboree at Landrum Field.
  Both programs enter the contest looking to build on strong 2025 campaigns.
  Richland comes into the matchup following a 6-5 season that saw them reach the first round of the state playoffs. Meanwhile, Kosciusko is coming off a13-2 run that carried them all the way to the 4A State Championship game.
  Jamboree games usually consist of two full quarters
  
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• Kosciusko to face Richland in preseason jamboree Friday

  18-08-2026 11:46 via breezynews.com
  
  Friday night lights will return this Friday, Aug. 21, as the Kosciusko Whippets go on the road to face the Richland Rangers for a preseason jamboree.
  Both programs enter the contest looking to build on strong 2025 campaigns.
  Richland comes into the matchup following a 6-5 season that saw them reach the first round of the state playoffs. Meanwhile, Kosciusko is coming off a13-2 run that carried them all the way to the 4A State Championship game.
  Jamboree games usually consist of two full quarters
  
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• Downed Power Line Sparks Woods Fire in Hesterville Monday Afternoon

  18-08-2026 10:52 via breezynews.com
  
  Just before 2 p.m. on Monday, the Attala County Fire Department responded to a woods fire on Attala Rd. 3120. The Mississippi Forestry Commission was requested to assist as firefighters worked to contain the blaze.
  A downed power line is believed to have sparked the blaze in the Hesterville community.
  Crews found it difficult to containing the fire because it repeatedly jumped containment lines they established around the burning grass and woods.
  The fire was eventually contained by the combined
  
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• Ethel Set to Host Preseason Football Jamboree This Friday

  18-08-2026 09:00 via breezynews.com
  
  High school football action returns to Ethel this 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
  Fo
  
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• Baptist Attala Hosting Open House for Newly Renovated Infusion Department

  18-08-2026 08:30 via breezynews.com
  
  Baptist Memorial Hospital-Attala will host an open house celebrating its newly renovated Infusion Department.
  It will be held Thursday, August 20, from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the hospital.
  The public is invited to tour the renovated department, learn more about the infusion services offered locally, and enjoy refreshments.
  The post Baptist Attala Hosting Open House for Newly Renovated Infusion Department appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Triple Digit Heat Wave Continues, Possible Relief in Sight

  18-08-2026 07:36 via breezynews.com
  
  HEAT ADVISORY shown in orange on map above
  EXTREME HEAT WARNING shown in purple
   
  Another sizzler across Mississippi today. Expect afternoon highs in the triple digits– for the third day in a row in some places.  Monday, Columbus got up to 105 and it was 104 in Meridian and Greenville.  A heat advisory will be in effect for most of Mississippi.
  Most of the local area can expect afternoon highs near 100 today with a heat index ranging from 108 in Carthage and Kosciusko to 109
  
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• Black legislators demand transparency from Mississippi law enforcement on fatal police shooting of 1-year-old in Senatobia 

  18-08-2026 01:27 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Joseph Cranney is a reporter with the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center in collaboration with The New York Times. Learn more about the center’s work here. Mukta Joshi is an investigative reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining immigration and criminal justice issues. She can be reached at [email protected] two months of silence from law enforcement officials on the police killing in June of a
  
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• Black legislators demand transparency from Mississippi law enforcement on fatal police shooting of 1-year- old in Senatobia 

  18-08-2026 01:27 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Joseph Cranney is a reporter with the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center in collaboration with The New York Times. Learn more about the center’s work here. Mukta Joshi is an investigative reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining immigration and criminal justice issues. She can be reached at [email protected] two months of silence from law enforcement officials on the police killing in June of a
  
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• House Ethics Chair Michael Guest violates the STOCK Act

  17-08-2026 22:58 via mississippitoday.org
  
  House Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest, whose committee enforces compliance of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, violated the insider trading and transparency law, a NOTUS review of congressional financial records indicates.Guest, a four-term Republican from Mississippi, was more than six months late disclosing three stock sales made by a family trust fund owned by his wife, Haley, involving shares of the oil giant Chevron, the lodging platform Airbnb and the cos
  
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• Amid Mississippi health disparities, Jackson event offers Black men free screenings

  17-08-2026 22:27 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Showing up to Black Men’s Wellness Day might have saved Joseph Holiday’s life, he said while attending the 5th annual event in Mississippi. Downtown Jackson was one stop on the national “Wellness Day Tour” hosted by the African American Male Wellness Agency, and local organizers said over 450 people joined this year’s celebration. Volunteers and vendors worked in the sweltering 90-degree heat, offering tests for blood glucose and cholesterol levels, eye exams
  
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• First Degree Murder, Larceny, Domestic Violence, and Felony Shoplifting in Kosciusko and Attala Arrests

  17-08-2026 22:23 via breezynews.com
  
  CHRISHADA CLAY, 29, of Sallis, Bench Warrant – Attala Circuit Court, ACSO.  Bond N/A.
   JAMES H DUNCAN, 55, of Kosciusko, Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana, Careless Driving, ACSO.  Bond $5,000, $1,000, $1,000.
   TERRENCE D ELMORE, 25, of Carthage, Contempt of Court – Kosciusko Municipal Court, KPD.  Bond $664.25.
   JAMES HOPKINS, 37, of Kosciusko, Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance, ACSO.  Bond N/A.
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• Public’s Help Requested in Leake County Cold Case

  17-08-2026 20:25 via breezynews.com
  
  It’s been more than five years.  But the Leake County sheriff’s office isn’t giving up on finding a missing man.  The cold case dates back to April 25, 2021 when “Chavez” Glenn, 19, was last seen when he left home to go for a walk.  Central Mississippi Crimestoppers is offering a reward for information on what happened to him.   (601-355 TIPS)
  FULL NAME: Khinyin “Chavez” Maurice Glenn
  AGE: 19
  HEIGHT: 5 ft 6 in
  WEIGHT: 165
  DISTING
  
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• Ole Miss at Texas A&M? The CFP bracket based on the preseason AP Top 25

  17-08-2026 19:59 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Ohio State, Oregon, Georgia and Notre Dame would be the top four seeds in the College Football Playoff based on the preseason AP Top 25 poll with Texas, Indiana, Miami and Texas A&M hosting first-round games.One of the first-round matchups would feature No. 9 seed Mississippi at No. 8 Texas A&M. The winner would then meet No. 1 Ohio State.The five highest-ranked conference champions — from the Power Four and one from the Group of Six — will qualify for th
  
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• Gov. Reeves appoints Oxford attorney Amanda Tollison to state Supreme Court

  17-08-2026 17:44 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday appointed Amanda Jones Tollison, a private-practice attorney in Oxford, to a vacant seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court. Tollison is currently a partner with the law firm Butler Snow, where she has practiced since 2012. Before this, she served as legal counsel to Governor Haley Barbour from 2008 to 2012. In that role she advised Barbour on legal, legislative, and policy matters, including judicial appointments, elections, budget issues, and disaster recovery ef
  
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• Redistricting hearings across the state are open to the public, with tight security planned

  17-08-2026 16:45 via mississippitoday.org
  
  When a panel of state lawmakers convenes in Tupelo on Tuesday to hear from the public on how, or whether, the state should redraw Mississippi’s legislative, judicial and congressional districts, the hearings will be open to the public. State and local authorities plan to provide security for the hearings before a joint House and Senate committee on redistricting on what has become an intensely debated topic.Alex Gibert, spokesperson for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, sa
  
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• Local Cases of West Nile Virus Confirmed

  17-08-2026 16:09 via breezynews.com
  
  Two more cases of West Nile virus in Mississippi, both of them in this area.  The State Health Department is reporting a new case in Neshoba County and another one in Winston County.  That makes a total of nine across the state so far this summer.  The earlier cases of the mosquito-transmitted disease were in Hancock, Madison, Rankin and Lincoln counties.
  The post Local Cases of West Nile Virus Confirmed appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Local News Hub awards $150,000 to Deep South Today to support reporting on women in politics

  17-08-2026 15:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Deep South Today, a nonprofit network of newsrooms in Louisiana and Mississippi that will soon launch a new newsroom in Arkansas, is pleased to announce it has received a $150,000 grant from Local News Hub to increase its coverage of women in politics across the communities it serves.“We are very pleased to be able to build upon our strong track record of nonpartisan political reporting to strengthen our coverage of how women participate in government and are impacted by it,” said D
  
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• Jackson State University pursues top research status 

  17-08-2026 13:05 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Professor Kamal Ali and his team of Jackson State University student researchers spent their summer tending to a crate of oysters, magnets and wires. The team has been developing tiny sensors that attach to oyster shells to collect data on how the creatures respond to changes in their environment. Jackson State Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Kamal Ali, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi TodayThe marine research project is part of t
  
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• Shoplifting, larceny, and other recent Kosciusko arrests

  17-08-2026 13:00 via breezynews.com
  
  08-16-2026 — Terrence De-Shon Elmore, a 24-year-old Black male from Carthage, was arrested for Failure to Appear in Court by Ofc. Nash.
  08-16-2026 — Shaquita Monquie Kern, a 24-year-old Black female from Kosciusko, was arrested for Contempt of Court by Ofc. Nash.
  08-15-2026 — Jimmy Darrell Huskey Jr., a 67-year-old White male from Belleville, IL, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Suspended Driver’s License by Ofc. Nash.
  08-14-2026 — Steve Hol
  
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• Happening today: Holmes CC annual Meet the Bulldogs

  17-08-2026 11:00 via breezynews.com
  
  With the start of the 2026 football season just around the corner, Holmes Community College will host its annual “Meet the Bulldogs” night Monday, Aug. 17.
  The event is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. inside Frank Branch Coliseum on the Goodman campus.
  Fans, students, and community members are invited to get an early look at the 2026 Holmes football squad and coaching staff as they prepare for the upcoming season opener.
  The evening will also highlight the full spirit contingent, fea
  
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• HARDY Announces “One Night in Starkville” Show Ahead of MSU-Alabama Football Weekend

  17-08-2026 10:30 via breezynews.com
  
  Philadelphia native and country-rock star HARDY is coming back to Starkville for a one-night-only performance Friday, Oct. 2, at Humphrey Coliseum.
  Titled “One Night in Starkville,” the show is powered by STATE 1878 and will feature support from musical acts TRIPPP and Will Terry. The event takes place on the eve of Mississippi State’s home football matchup against Alabama, setting up a massive weekend on campus.HARDY — born Michael Hardy in Philadelphia — is known
  
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