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Turnrow Books, along with Turnrow Art Co. and Turnrow Café, is reopening its doors on Wednesday after a fire nearly destroyed the downtown bookstore nearly three years ago. The business also is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
A valued member of the Greenwood downtown district returns to Howard Street on Wednesday.
Turnrow Books will hold its grand opening Wednesday afternoon. The official ribbon cutting is set for 3:45 p.m., and the grand opening will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
By Brent Maze - The Greenwood Commonwealth on
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In an effort to promote public decorum and protect community standards, the Town of D’Lo has enacted a new ordinance prohibiting the use of profane or obscene language on town property.
The measure, approved unanimously by the Board of Aldermen during its January 6 meeting, makes it unlawful for any person to use such language “on town property in the presence of another.” Town leaders say the ordinance is aimed at safeguarding public health, safety, and general welfare, particularly in shared public spaces.
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The City of Mendenhall joined a growing number of Mississippi communities taking action against kratom, approving an ordinance March 3 banning the sale of the controversial substance within city limits.
City officials cited concerns over public health and safety as the driving force behind the decision, echoing similar actions taken by other municipalities and counties across the state in recent months.
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The Simpson County School District accepted a bid from AirSouth to sell the land previously purchased as the site of the proposed consolidated high school. The land was purchased for approximately $515,000 and was sold for $551,000.
The Simpson County School Board met March 19 for its regular monthly meeting, when members voted to accept a bid for surplus property, received updates on district construction projects, and discussed academic priorities as the school year enters its final stretch.
The board opened bids for surplus land previously purchased as the proposed site of a consolidated high school. The district received a single bid of $551,000 from AirSouth. Board member Thomas Ray Floyd moved to accept the bid, seconded by Lillie Hardy. The motion passed unanimously.
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Alice Green, front, left, Magee Library branch manager, and Brenette Nicholes, MCRLS assistant director, thanked the Magee Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the continued support of local library services. They are pictured with Alderwoman Sue Honea, Alderwoman Allyson Berch, Alderwoman Lawana Thompson, Mayor Mark Grubbs, Alderwoman Suzie Bourn and Alderman Julian Harper.
The Magee Mayor and Board of Aldermen met March 17 for a regular meeting during which they heard project, department and budget updates and approved several bids.
Mayor Mark Grubbs opened his report offering “a shout out” to Co-Lin Simpson Center and their welding department for the fabrication of basketball goals at Marvin Jackson Park.
By Beth Pudas on
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Below is a political opinion column by Sid Salter:
Columnist Sid Salter says Hyde-Smith is the clear favorite in this race but expect Colom to continue to wage a bare-knuckle campaign.
After the March 10 primaries, Mississippi now enters the home stretch of the 2026 mid-term elections, amid renewed fighting in the Middle East, new global and domestic economic challenges influenced by that conflict, and American partisan differences that have not been deeper or more pronounced since the late 1960s.
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist on
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Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:
As Republicans surged to take control of state government in the 1990s and 2000s, no two Democratic Mississippi politicians were more despised by members of the upstart party than Ronnie Musgrove and Billy McCoy.
McCoy served from 2004 until 2012 as the last Democratic speaker of the Mississippi House while Musgrove served from 1996 until 2000 as the state’s last Democratic lieutenant governor and from 2000 until 2004 as Mississippi’s last Democratic governor.
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today on
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A wastewater treatment lagoon in the Wellsgate subdivision in Oxford, Miss., on Monday, March 10, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Across Mississippi, many of the thousands of water and sewer systems in the state have struggled to stay compliant with federal public health and environmental laws.
By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today on
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Gov. Tate Reeves talks about Mississippi's Rural Health Transformation Program plan during a press conference at the Walter Sillers Building in Jackson on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Lt. Gov. Hosemann responds that governor’s claim is ‘malicious, unnecessary and false.’
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday vetoed a bill that sought to provide low-interest loans to local governments impacted by this year’s deadly winter storm and accused Senate staffers of committing unconstitutional and potentially criminal acts with the legislation.
But the basis for Reeves’s allegations of criminal action is inaccurate.
By Taylor Vance - Mississippi Today on
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The Clarksdale Board of Commissioners voted Monday night to rezone a site for a potential data center along with a list of conditions for any developer.
“The vote that we’ve taken today does not approve a data center. It only is the beginning of the conversation regarding the possibility of data centers coming to Clarksdale,” said Mayor Orlando Paden.
By Katherine Lin - Mississippi Today on
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A voter reads over his ballot at Fondren Chruch in Precinct 16 during primary voting, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
The U.S. Supreme Court could soon end Mississippi’s practice of counting mail-in absentee ballots that arrive after Election Day, a decision that could have a ripple effect nationwide and sow confusion for November’s midterm elections.
By Taylor Vance - Mississippi Today on
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On Monday, in meetings a hundred miles apart, Clinton and Clarksdale officials heard from residents about potential data centers coming to their respective towns.
Clinton has signed a fee-in-lieu of taxes agreement with a developer but the Clarksdale project is in very early talks.
By Katherine Lin - Mississippi Today on
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House lawmakers are deliberating sending a bill to Gov. Tate Reeves that would make it illegal for doctors to prescribe medication that could be used to induce abortion to patients in Mississippi.
By Sophia Paffenroth - Mississippi Today on
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Northern District of Mississippi United States District Court building in Oxford is pictured on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Credit: Leonardo Bevilacqua/Mississippi Today
Former Hollandale Police Chief Brandon Addison pleaded guilty Thursday to charges involving the transportation and distribution of illegal drugs through portions of the Mississippi Delta and into Memphis via Highway 61.
He is the principal defendant in a federal drug trafficking case involving nine former Mississippi Delta law enforcement officers.
By Leonardo Bevilacqua - Mississippi Today on
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House Speaker Jason White has vowed to end the college-student-who-put-off-writing-a-paper method of setting most of a multi-billion dollar state budget late on a Saturday night.
Most sane people who have witnessed the way the Mississippi Legislature sets a final state budget – all willy-nilly in a flurry of last minute haggling late of a Saturday night – have come away thinking there has to be a better way.
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today on
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Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:
People all over the world flocked to Jackson to learn effective ministry from him and his organizations.
John Perkins was sui generis. Incomparable. Unique. One of a kind.
By Matt Friedeman - Magnolia Tribune on
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Robert St. John says his restaurant business and travel business aren’t two businesses. They’re the same business. It’s all hospitality.
There’s a moment — right before the northern lights appear — when the sky looks like it’s deciding whether, or not, to show you something. Then it does, and you understand why you traveled 4,000 miles. Twenty-five Americans stood beside me in the snow. Nobody spoke. The northern lights don’t require commentary.
By Robert St. John on
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“Election day means election day, not election week, not election month, not election season,” Mississippi Republican Party chairman and RNC General Counsel Mike Hurst contends.
The Republican National Committee and the Mississippi Republican Party will make their case before the U.S. Supreme Court Monday morning in the lawsuit filed to overturn a COVID-era state law that allowed for ballots to be received and counted up to five days after an election.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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The bill’s author, State Rep. Shanda Yates, described the bill as a “great piece of legislation.” She said landlords not paying utility bills when part of a person’s rent is an issue across the Magnolia State.
Legislation to ensure utilities are paid that are included in a person’s rent or lease has cleared its final hurdle in the Mississippi Legislature and is now on its way to the governor’s desk.
The measure seeks to hold landlords criminally responsible for collecting utility fees but not paying the bill.
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
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