3 weeks 6 days ago
Needing just one more win to book a trip to the Mississippi Coliseum, a.k.a. The Big House, for the chance at another state championship, the Yazoo City Indians had to like their chances with familiar foe Greenwood standing in the way.
The Indians had defeated the Bulldogs 2-out-of-three times already this season and looked to punch their Big House ticket with a quarterfinal win at Northeast Community College last Friday.
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3 weeks 6 days ago
Yazoo voters will head to the polls next week for the state’s federal primary elections.
On Tuesday, March 10, voters will choose party nominees for the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives in Mississippi’s congressional districts. Winners will advance to the November general election.
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3 weeks 6 days ago
Senators Wicker and Hyde-Smith, along with Congressmen Kelly and Ezell express support of President Trump’s decision to strike Iran, while Congressman Thompson says the operation puts the U.S. at greater risk of terrorist attacks.
In the early morning hours of Saturday, President Donald Trump (R) authorized the U.S. military, in coordination with Israel, to launch strikes on Iran after negotiations between the countries failed to produce an amenable resolution.
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3 weeks 6 days ago
Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said Thursday that he expects those numbers to climb as reporting continues.
The Mississippi Insurance Department reports that over 12,000 claims have been filed totaling in excess of $107 million related to damage from Winter Storm Fern.
The storm left much of North Mississippi blanketed in ice for days with over 100,000 without power. The impacts were felt in nearly half of the state’s counties, with 29 deaths reported as a result of the storm.
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3 weeks 6 days ago
“Operations are continuing as normal as there is no known ongoing threat at this time,” an Ingalls spokesperson said.
A note with a bullet was discovered at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula Thursday morning, reportedly in a bathroom, prompting the coast shipyard to call in local law enforcement to investigate.
Just after 8 a.m., a company spokesperson told Magnolia Tribune that “Ingalls Shipbuilding management discovered a written communication that was perceived as a potential threat.”
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3 weeks 6 days ago
The Senate Corrections Committee also kept a bill alive to create a Corrections Overview Task Force.
Inmates in Mississippi could benefit from a two-sentence bill passed by the Senate Correction Committee Thursday morning during a less than three-minute meeting.
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4 weeks ago
City Grocery isn’t simply a restaurant. It’s where celebrations begin, and long conversations stretch past closing time, where locals sit beside visitors, and nobody feels out of place.
There are restaurants you visit. And there are restaurants that become part of your story.
For me, City Grocery in Oxford is exactly that place.
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4 weeks ago
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1. Yates, Sparks recognized by Mississippi REALTORS
Mississippi REALTORS has named State Representative Shanda Yates (I) and Senator Daniel Sparks (R) 2025 Legislators of the Year.
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4 weeks ago
Roger Wicker, this state’s senior member of the U.S. Senate, is suddenly a hero to many Mississippians for his tough stance against an ICE detention center that a federal agency had proposed for the hamlet of Byhalia in the state’s northeast corner.
I agree that Sen. Wicker deserves a round of thanks.
The Republican lashed out against the Trump administration’s proposal to create the facility, and they have pretty much since shelved the idea.
Minds can change, but it seems final for now that the facility will go elsewhere. Godspeed! Watch that swingin’ door behind you.
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4 weeks ago
The Mississippi House recently went all-in to legalize online sports betting in the state.
House Bill 4074 passed 101-10, a surprisingly large margin, especially when you recall that the much-hyped school choice legislation got through the House by only two votes before dying in a Senate committee.
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4 weeks ago
March 2024, I wrote a blog called When Sin Disrupted the Olympics. In this piece, I explained the high hopes people had when the Modern Olympics began at the turn of the 20th century.
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4 weeks ago
Too many young people still leave Mississippi to chase opportunities elsewhere. MCPP is on a mission to help change that - by creating the conditions for real, sustained growth so our children and grandchildren choose to stay, build lives, and thrive right here in our state.
The good news? Mississippi is no longer a laggard, but leading.
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4 weeks ago
Poor Speaker White. His omnibus school choice bill got short shrift in the Senate. His resort now appears to be name calling. “Senate leadership has aligned themselves with the ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, the Mississippi Democratic Party, and the status quo,” he whined.
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4 weeks ago
“Midway in our mortal life,
I found me in a dark wood,
Gone astray from the direct road . . .”
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4 weeks 1 day ago
Readers may recall that Kelley Williams and I have written extensively about all the new Mississippi data centers, especially the huge one in Madison. Our beef is that these data centers will consume more electricity than all the other grid customers combined. Who is going to pay for this?
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4 weeks 1 day ago
A special exhibit highlighting the people, industries, and creative traditions that have shaped Mississippi and influenced the nation will open March 7 at the Two Mississippi Museums.
In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a special exhibit will be on display at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson.
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4 weeks 1 day ago
“We are committed to ensuring that any system we are responsible for comes with a majority of votes for the City of Jackson, a majority of the customers and ratepayers,” said Mayor John Horhn.
The Senate Energy Committee advanced a bill to reform the beleaguered Jackson water system even as capital city leadership has fought parts of the measure.
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4 weeks 1 day ago
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