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Thomas Crosby Boone, Victoria Leigh Whittington

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Miss Whittington and Boone to exchange wedding vows March 21 at Paris-Yates Chapel

Fri,01/30/26-5:00AM, 1,616 Reads
Kandie Leigh Whittington of McComb announces the engagement of her daughter, Victoria Leigh Whittington, to Thomas Crosby Boone of Madison.
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Stop the madness

By ROBERT WISE ROBERT WISE - Guest Columnist
Fri,01/30/26-3:00PM, 1,598 Reads 6,421 Statewide
Mr. Jefferson warned of the American Presidency: “bad men will sometime get in”. Now that we can plainly see; that we plainly know. The Sage of Monticello wrote for the ages. It is time for the Congressmen from both parties along with the Courts, and perhaps the Cabinet itself, to speak up more firmly to reign in a destructive President.
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MSO amps up the glam for ‘Ultimate Beethoven’

Thu,02/05/26-3:10PM, 1,503 Reads
Top soloist back by popular demand, Bravo series’ Thalia Mara Hall return
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‘I don’t go to the woods to escape reality, I go to the woods to find reality’

By JEFF NORTH JEFF NORTH - Outdoors Columnist
Fri,01/30/26-8:00AM, 1,500 Reads 16,037 Statewide
If you have followed my writing for any length of time, there should be no doubt about my love for the outside world. Whether I’m watching the foliage slowly turn from the deep green that growing seasons dictate to the fire of crimson and gold leaves gently falling to the earth, I wholeheartedly embrace the change.
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Freedom Ridge, performing arts center top McGee’s 2026 list

By NELL LUTER FLOYD NELL LUTER FLOYD - Sun Staff Writer
Fri,01/30/26-8:00AM, 1,415 Reads
Gene McGee set two personal goals he hopes to accomplish for the city of Ridgeland in 2026.
One goal focuses on the expansion of Freedom Ridge Park at 235 E. School St., he said, and the other centers upon moving ahead plans for the Ridgeland Performing Arts Center.
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Richard DeMeyere Chotard Jr.

Mon,02/02/26-9:39AM, 1,403 Reads
Richard DeMeyere Chotard Jr. died in Memphis on January 26, 2026, at the age of 88. He was former president of Trustmark Corporation and former deputy comptroller of the Currency.
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George Guice Bell Jr.

Mon,01/26/26-11:38AM, 1,385 Reads
George Guice Bell Jr, 82, passed away at The Blake in Flowood, January 22, 2026. He was born to George Guice Bell and Sharlyne “Tina” Whittington Bell October 30, 1943, in Jackson. George was a leader and a problem solver with a great sense of humor. He was an optimist who looked for the best in people and circumstances.
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John Ralph McNeal Jr.

Tue,02/03/26-11:26AM, 1,374 Reads
John Ralph McNeal Jr. was born in Moss Point, Miss. June 15, 1946, and passed away, surrounded by his family, on January 28, 2026, after suffering a heart attack at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
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In December 2024, Lakiyah Green, was an expectant mother who attended a parenting workshop at Bolivar County Library in Cleveland, Miss. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Legislation to increase access to nurse midwives died in committee. Now, Mississippi faces a federal lawsuit

By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,02/04/26-12:06PM, 1,357 Reads 9,434 Statewide
Bills to allow more certified nurse midwives to practice in Mississippi died in committee Tuesday, two weeks after the state was named in a federal lawsuit over how it restricts access to midwives in a place with some o
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Wyatt Emmerich podcast with the Bristers on future of Jackson

Wed,01/28/26-5:27PM, 1,334 Reads 1,326 Statewide
Jackson business leaders Liz and Bill Brister say Mississippi’s capital city is closer than many realize to a downtown renaissance — if state leaders and private investors will help push it over the finish line.
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