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Lefleur’s Bluff State Park is getting new playground equipment along with improvements to Museum Boulevard.

Work under way on Museum Boulevard

By Nell Luter Floyd, 4,855 Reads
Thu, 07/22/2021 - 1:00 PM
LeFleur’s Bluff State Park is busy this summer, as improvements to Museum Boulevard, the extension of the Museum to Market Trail and construction of a new playground are under way.
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The popular Dock was torn down to make way for the planned Harbor Walk Development

Still Hope: Cleanup could lead to long planned Harbor Walk development

By Nell Luter Floyd, 4,713 Reads
Tue, 07/20/2021 - 10:39 AM
An almost $1 million environmental cleanup project is expected to start this fall at Barnett Reservoir on the site where the Dock once served food in the day and drinks at night.
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Valuable Metals: Catalytic converter thefts on the rise; Northsider falls victim in Dallas

By Nell Luter Floyd, 4,271 Reads
Tue, 07/20/2021 - 5:00 PM
Northsider Matt Forsyth recently traveled to Dallas for business, spent the night at a hotel near the Northwest Highway and discovered a surprise awaited the next day when he cranked his truck.
“It sounded like a monster truck,” he said of his 2016 Toyota Tundra.
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Rep. Bennie Thompson

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Storming the Capitol: Thompson's First-Hand Account of Jan. 6 "Insurrection"

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On Tue, 07/20/2021 - 2:00 PM
Congressman Bennie Thompson arrived at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. on January 6 with the anticipation of watching the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
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City of Brandon's motion to strike testimony in Gold Coast case will be heard August 18

By Steve Wilson - Staff Reporter, 3,907 Reads
Wed, 07/21/2021 - 3:20 PM
Attorneys for the city of Brandon argued in a brief filed in Rankin County Circuit Court that the testimony of an expert witness for Gold Coast Commodities should be struck because of several procedural issues.
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Pat Nelson

A conversation with Nelson on Home Builders Association

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On Tue, 07/20/2021 - 7:00 PM
Pat Nelson is the executive vice president of the Home Builders Association of Mississippi (HBAM), a position he has held since October 2020.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in engineering from Mississippi State University and an MBA from Tulane University.
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Rice Road Project

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On Thu, 07/22/2021 - 5:00 PM
Construction is underway to extend Rice Road from U.S. 51 so it circles into the parking lot at the new Ridgeland City Hall.
“It will be the northern entrance into City Hall,” said Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee.
Currently, the only entrance to City Hall is off School Street.
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State’s retirement system gets low rankings

By Steve Wilson, 3,388 Reads
Fri, 07/23/2021 - 2:00 PM
A recently released report by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) ranked Mississippi's defined benefit pension system last or near last when it came to issues with its unfunded liabilities.
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City Hall Contract

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On Thu, 07/22/2021 - 6:00 PM
The city of Ridgeland has a contract on the building that once housed City Hall.
“We have a contract now,” said Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee, referring to the building located at U.S. 51 and Lake Harbour Drive.
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Bennie Thompson Sounds Off on State's Vaccination Efforts

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On Fri, 07/23/2021 - 1:12 PM
Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson has been outspoken for weeks over his disappointment in state officials apparently not taking full advantage of federal funds to help push vaccine awareness.
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After a failed first try, the Senate passed a legislative alternative to the medical marijuana program voters approved in November.

Supreme Court refuses to reconsider medical marijuana ruling

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 32,082 Reads
Fri, 07/02/2021 - 3:18 PM
A last gasp effort has been rejected to convince the Mississippi Supreme Court to reconsider its landmark decision which struck down the medical marijuana initiative approved by voters in November and the entire ballot initiative process.
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Newspapers, journalists honored for excellence

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On Sat, 07/10/2021 - 5:30 PM
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Public Service Commission nearing approval for Cooperative Energy's planned distribution grid upgrade

By Steve Wilson - Staff Writer, 15,870 Reads
Fri, 07/09/2021 - 11:46 AM
The Mississippi Public Service Commission voted at its Thursday meeting to refer a planned improvement to Cooperative Energy’s distribution grid to Chairman Dane Maxwell, who represents the Southern District.
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Mississippi casinos are setting revenue records, outpacing pre-COVID numbers

By Sara DiNatale - Mississippi Today, 12,210 Reads
Thu, 07/01/2021 - 4:22 PM
Mississippi casinos are making more money now than they were before the pandemic, and the Gulf Coast is leading the spike.
Mississippi casinos are reporting a nearly 21% increase in gross gaming revenue so far this year compared to the same period in 2019, according to data from the state Gaming Commission.
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Thompson is Mississippi’s only congressman who voted to ban Confederate statues from U.S. Capitol

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 11,018 Reads
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 3:53 PM
Three of Mississippi’s four congressmen either voted against or say they oppose legislation passed by the U.S. House to remove all Confederate monuments from the United States Capitol.
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Tim Kalich

Cindy Hyde-Smith can’t be this clueless

By Tim Kalich, 10,788 Reads
Mon, 07/05/2021 - 8:30 AM
As with most politicians, it’s doubtful that Cindy Hyde-Smith writes the opinion columns sent out under her name.
You would hope, though, that the Republican junior senator from Mississippi reads them.
If she reviewed in advance the one distributed this past week, she should be embarrassed for its cluelessness.
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Attorney general candidate Lynn Fitch speaks during the Madison and Hinds County Republican Women candidate forum at The Lake House in Ridgeland, Miss., Monday, August 26, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

New boss same as old boss when it comes to AG using private lawyers

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 9,853 Reads
Mon, 07/05/2021 - 12:31 PM
“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” — Pete Townshend in The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
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FDA opens purse to unproven drug

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On Wed, 07/07/2021 - 9:30 PM
Prescription drug costs in the United States are high. They are one of the leading factors that keep health care costs routinely rising faster than the general inflation rate.
As a result, Americans spend more on prescription drugs annually than those who live in other developed nations. The reasons are varied.
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W. L. Hightower, pastor of New Zion Baptish Church in Louisville, receives the Moderna vaccine, administered by Mississippi State Department of Health Phamacist Kathryn Ward at New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson. Hightower was among a number of African American faith leaders from across the state to receive the COVID-19 vaccination Monday at New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Tower

Delta variant now dominant COVID-19 strain in Mississippi

By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 8,301 Reads
Thu, 07/08/2021 - 4:52 PM
As public health experts have warned for weeks, the Delta variant of COVID-19 is now the dominant strain circulating in Mississippi, causing a spike in cases and hospitalizations.
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Neon Nights: Annual museum benefit planned

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On Tue, 06/29/2021 - 2:00 PM
The Mississippi Children’s Museum (MCM) will present MCM Partners annual Neon Night Saturday, July 17. Proceeds from the event provide funding for the museum’s operations, which includes meeting its ongoing exhibit and program needs. Planning the event are (from left, back) Myer Mack, Gregory Alston, Suzanne Ketchings, T.J.
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Ribbon Bullies, McCarthy, and Thinkists

By Kelley Williams, 300,135 Reads
Thu, 08/06/2020 - 11:48 AM
There is a classic Seinfeld episode (is that redundant?) in which Kramer marches in an aids walk for charity. Idiosyncratic individual that he is, Kramer declines to wear the aids ribbon which gets him in hot water with his fellow marchers. “Who!
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Thanks COVID, now tailgating is canceled

By Anthony Warren, 253,522 Reads
Thu, 08/20/2020 - 2:31 PM
The Grove and Junction promise to be quiet
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Kelley Williams

Asphidity bags versus face masks

By Kelley Williams, 155,097 Reads
Wed, 07/29/2020 - 3:48 PM
My grandmothers were born in the late 1800’s. They might have worn asphidity bags filled with smelly herbs to ward off colds and other diseases. Many rural folk did then. Some accounts say asphidity bags were used to ward off the Spanish Flu. So were face masks. They may have saved some lives. Who knows?
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The Mississippi state Capitol

Final briefs in lawsuit over governor's vetoes due by November 6

By Steve Wilson, 99,589 Reads
Tue, 10/13/2020 - 6:54 PM
Final briefs in a lawsuit brought by House leaders in a lawsuit over $8 million in earmarks vetoed by Gov.
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Jackson's Dr. Reed Hogan

Reed Hogan's COVID-19 treatment regimen now peer reviewed.

By Wyatt Emmerich, 80,119 Reads
Tue, 09/01/2020 - 2:46 PM
Jackson's own Reed Hogan, a gastroenterologist with GI& Associates, has an inexpensive, available treatment regimen that cuts the risk of death from COVID-19 by up to 40 percent.
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Dr. Kenneth Irvin Cronin

Dr. Kenneth Irvin Cronin

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On Thu, 11/26/2020 - 6:37 PM
Dr. Kenneth Irvin Cronin, 72, was called to his heavenly home on November 24, 2020 after experiencing complications of Covid 19.
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South Sunflower County Hospital Infectious Disease Nurse Henley Harrell (right) administers the first round of the Moderna vaccine to Dr. Eddie Donahoe on Wednesday afternoon.

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Indianola Doctor Who Suffered Effects of COVID Among the First to Get Vaccine at Clinic

By Bryan Davis, 54,887 Reads
Wed, 12/23/2020 - 5:29 PM
When Dr. Eddie Donahoe heard that a COVID-19 vaccine was on the way and had the potential to be available to health care professionals before the end of 2020, he didn’t hesitate to raise his hand to be one of the first to take it.
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Opinion: It’s all relative

By Kelley Williams, 49,771 Reads
Thu, 08/27/2020 - 12:06 PM
Caught up with my friends Sam and Ben over breakfast Saturday morning. As Labor Day is just around the corner, the conversation turned to college football. Followed by a quick turn to life.
Ben: “Can you believe the SEC, ACC, and Big 12 have decided to play football?”
Sam: “Why would they not?”
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Major Madison Roads closed on Monday for Arch Installation

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On Fri, 01/22/2021 - 4:44 PM
Beginning Monday, January 25th at 9am, Old Main Street from Madison Parkway, Highway 463, to the west entrance to the Half Shell Oyster House will be closed in both directions for the installation of Madison's Gateway Arch.
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Daquarius Wright is pictured here after he was arrested this week for the murder of Paul's Jewelry owner Jamie Iverson.

"I Could Not Believe He Walked On This One": Officer Was Stunned Daquarius Wright Was Acquitted In Armed Robbery Case Last October

By Bryan Davis, 44,622 Reads
Fri, 04/30/2021 - 5:17 PM
One of the men charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Paul’s Jewelry owner Jamie Iverson was acquitted in an April 2019 armed robbery of a Family Dollar store in the Jackson area, but according to one of the arresting officers, it was one of the strongest cases he said he had ever taken into a courtroom.
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Governor Reeves explains "Safer at Home" policy

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On Fri, 04/24/2020 - 4:08 PM
On his Facebook post, Gov. Tate Reeves explained that Mississippians are now "encouraged" but not "ordered" to "stay at home as much as possible."
Here is the full text of his Facebook post:
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Northsider Dr. Reed Hogan

Northsider Reed Hogan's over-the-counter Covid-19 treatment cuts death rate 25-40%

By Wyatt Emmerich, 443,072 Reads
Tue, 07/07/2020 - 3:28 PM
COVID-19 Treatment Success with a Combination of Two Over-the-Counter Drugs -- Pepcid and Zyrtec
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Biggest injustice in college sports

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On Thu, 06/20/2019 - 9:33 AM
OMAHA — This is written from the College World Series where a packed house of more than 22,000 fans pays to watch each game at sparkling TD Ameritrade Park.
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One world conspiracy

By Kelley Williams, 306,795 Reads
Wed, 05/06/2020 - 2:08 PM
Some people have asked for thoughts on the recent Covid-19 sermon by the Rev Danny Jones of the Northlake Baptist Church, Gainesville GA, that went viral. (https://youtu.be/qUjNKPaQNPg) Here’s my take.
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Ribbon Bullies, McCarthy, and Thinkists

By Kelley Williams, 300,135 Reads
Thu, 08/06/2020 - 11:48 AM
There is a classic Seinfeld episode (is that redundant?) in which Kramer marches in an aids walk for charity. Idiosyncratic individual that he is, Kramer declines to wear the aids ribbon which gets him in hot water with his fellow marchers. “Who!
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Shellye Stanley McCarty

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On Thu, 02/22/2018 - 9:49 AM
A celebration of life was held at the First United Methodist Church of Magee February 18 for Shellye Stanley McCarty. The Rev. Barry S. Male officiated. Mary Margaret Hyer was soloist.
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Thanks COVID, now tailgating is canceled

By Anthony Warren, 253,522 Reads
Thu, 08/20/2020 - 2:31 PM
The Grove and Junction promise to be quiet
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Offers Solution: Northsiders form company to address business needs in time of coronavirus

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On Thu, 07/23/2020 - 10:57 AM
Outfitted in white hazmat suits and armed with electro-static backpack sprayers, Ted Dinkins and Bob Crisler looked more the part of Dan Aykroyd or Bill Murray in Ghostbusters.
As the two made their way through Broad Street Baking Company recently, though, they were not looking for the metaphysical or paranormal.
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Rich retiring politicians

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On Mon, 12/18/2017 - 12:43 AM
There will be an unusual push by Mississippi politicians to raise campaign money in the final weeks of December. That’s because a new state law kicks in requiring any campaign money raised after December 31 be used only for political campaign purposes.
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City slated to receive USDA permit next week, hopes to reopen zoo in August

By Anthony Warren, 164,593 Reads
Fri, 07/17/2020 - 3:38 PM
Jackson will soon have the federal permission needed to reopen the Jackson Zoological Park.
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