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MS Delta National Heritage Area opens new round for Cultural Heritage Grant funding

CLEVELAND — The Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area (MDNHA), with support from the National Park Service and the Mississippi Development . . .

Universal pre-K should be a priority

There may never be a shortage of ideas or interest in how to improve education in Mississippi. This past legislative . . .

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)

Special Olympics Mississippi torch makes run through Charleston

The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Mississippi made a stop in Charleston on Monday, May 4. Local law . . .

New Mississippi audit effort to search for waste in small agencies, boards, commissions

JACKSON – State Auditor Shad White has announced an initiative to be led by the State Auditor’s Government Accountability Division . . .

Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry Celebrates 30 Years in Ridgeland with Expanded, Reimagined Store

Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry announces the grand re-opening of its newly expanded and redesigned store in Renaissance at Colony Park . . .

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Colley-Lee expresses appreciation for ‘Tallahatchie Treasure’ tribute
By MYRNA COLLEY-LEE
Mon,05/11/26-1:10PM , 1,016 Reads
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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 , 114 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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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 , 262 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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'Yard of the Month'
The Charleston property of Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Speir, located at 664 George Payne Cossar Blvd., has been selected by the Charleston Magnolia Garden Club as their “Yard of the Month” award recipient for May. The club designates a Charleston-area lawn for the beautification honor based on criteria including basic principles of landscape design: unity, balance, contrast and harmony, color, transition, line, proportion and repetition.

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Property of Gerry, Jennifer Speir proclaimed 'Yard of the Month'
By CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Thu,05/14/26-3:57PM , 688 Reads
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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.