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State-certified 4-H Shooting Sports instructor Raymond Radcliff, of near Charleston, looks on as a 4-H'er ejects a shell while firing at a sporting clay target at the shotgun range during the May 2 district Shooting Sports competition near Charleston.

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Tallahatchie County again hosts district 4-H Shooting Sports competition for 15 counties
By CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Fri,05/15/26-4:57PM , 248 Reads
The 2026 Northwest District 4-H Safe Archery and Firearms Education and Training for Youth (S.A.F.E.T.Y.) competition, aka 4-H Shooting Sports, was held at the Tallahatchie County Fairgrounds and adjacent former youth league athletic fields east of Charleston on Saturday, May 2.
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The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Mississippi made a stop in Charleston Monday, May 4. Pictured from left are Jeff Radix of the Biloxi Police Department, Charleston Mayor Sedrick Smith Sr., Leroy Powell, Demarkel Echols and Ryan Buckley. (Photo by Vanisha Powell)
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From left, Ryan Buckley, Charleston Mayor Sedrick Smith Sr, Leroy Powell and Demarkel Echols run with the Special Olympics Mississippi torch on George Payne Cossar Boulevard in Charleston on Monday, May 4. The local run was part of an annual statewide activity to help raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics Mississippi.

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Special Olympics Mississippi torch makes run through Charleston
By CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Fri,05/15/26-3:14PM , 575 Reads
The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Mississippi made a stop in Charleston on Monday, May 4.
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Charleston Elementary School art students (in front, from left) are London Ford, Ayden Daniel, Aubrianna Hill, Ahmad Lynch and Giovanni Knox. Also pictured are CES staff, CARE officials and art volunteers, and Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi representatives. From left to right are Donna Goldman, Patsy Simmons Roberts, Chris Shove, Garren Barnes, Ricky Bradford, Stacye Trout, Dana Clolinger, Myrna Colley-Lee, Lyn Raney Hardy and Walter Shegog.

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Charleston Elementary School hosts CARE student art exhibit
By DANA CLOLINGER AND CLAY MCFERRIN
Fri,05/15/26-1:24PM , 355 Reads
CARE (Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort) on May 7 held an art show in the Charleston Elementary Multipurpose Building to showcase the talents of students who attended their on-site art program in the school.
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Lt. Governor Hosemann appoints Senate Select Committee on Redistricting
By FRANK CORDER - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Fri,05/15/26-12:58PM , 139 Reads 2,782 Statewide
Speaker of the House Jason White named his own Select Committee on Redistricting last week.

Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann (R) announced Thursday that he has created a Senate Select Committee on Redistricting and Reapportionment.
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State-certified 4-H Shooting Sports instructor Raymond Radcliff, of near Charleston, looks on as a 4-H'er ejects a shell while firing at a sporting clay target at the shotgun range during the May 2 district Shooting Sports competition near Charleston.

Tallahatchie County again hosts district 4-H Shooting Sports competition for 15 counties

The 2026 Northwest District 4-H Safe Archery and Firearms Education and Training for Youth (S.A.F.E.T.Y.) competition, aka 4-H Shooting Sports, was held at the Tallahatchie County Fairgrounds and adjacent former youth league athletic fields east of Charleston on Saturday, May 2.