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Tallahatchie County hosts regional 4-H Shooting Sports competition

On Saturday, May 1, the Tallahatchie County Fairgrounds and adjacent youth league fields were again the setting for the Northwest . . .

East Tallahatchie schools preparing for in-person fall studies

After adopting an all-virtual model of instruction for the 2020-21 school year, the East Tallahatchie School District hopes to reintroduce . . .

Endangered/Missing Child Alert issued for Leflore County man

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered/Missing Child Alert for 16-year-old Tykwon Smith of Greenwood, in Leflore County . . .

OPINION: It's never too late to do what's right

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Mike Bianco is about to reach his 800th win at Ole Miss. Can his 2021 team get to Omaha?

When Ole Miss next wins a baseball game — quite possibly this weekend in a three-game series at Texas A&M . . .

Gov. Tate Reeves walks out of the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 26, 2020, as he prepares to speak to media about the coronavirus during a press conference. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

College board, unable to work without Reeves appointments, calls emergency meeting
By Molly Minta - Mississippi Today, 391 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 10:09 AM
The board of trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning is scrambling to hold a special emergency meeting this Friday to consider several university agenda items — a meeting that wouldn’t be necessary had Gov. Tate Reeves made four new college board appointments on time.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : May 06, 2021
By Press Release - MSDH, 361 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 09:51 AM
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

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Endangered/Missing Child Alert issued for Leflore County man
By Special to The Sun-Sentinel, 1,906 Reads
Mon, 05/03/2021 - 02:14 PM
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered/Missing Child Alert for 16-year-old Tykwon Smith of Greenwood, in Leflore County.

He is described as a black male, 5 feet and 5 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
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Mississippi House speaker Philip Gunn speaks during Gov. Tate Reeves press conference at the State of Mississippi Woolfolk Building in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, May 7, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

Gunn, often guided by his faith, does not see Medicaid expansion in religious terms
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 1,142 Reads
Mon, 05/03/2021 - 12:29 PM
Health care advocates, many health care providers and others who desperately want to see the state expand Medicaid to cover primarily the working poor blame Gov. Tate Reeves for blocking the effort.
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Gov. Reeves ends previous COVID-19 restrictions, keeps school mask mandate
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 817 Reads
Mon, 05/03/2021 - 11:51 AM
More than 14 months after COVID-19 reached Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves has rolled back all COVID-related restrictions except one.
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Gov. Reeves says there is no systemic racism in the justice system. The numbers say otherwise.
By ADAM GANUCHEAU - Mississippi Today, 1,115 Reads
Mon, 05/03/2021 - 11:35 AM
Gov. Tate Reeves, the top elected official representing the blackest state in America, said on national television Thursday that systemic racism does not exist within the criminal justice system.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : May 03, 2021
By Press Release - MSDH, 836 Reads
Mon, 05/03/2021 - 09:01 AM
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

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They could’ve picked Elijah Moore, but Saints drafted Payton Turner. Time will tell…
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 2,319 Reads
Fri, 04/30/2021 - 01:47 PM
So when it finally came time for the New Orleans Saints to pick in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft Thursday night, many folks, including this one, thought they might opt for Ole Miss wide receiver Elijah Moore, the best college player in Mississippi this past season.
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More than $4 billion in PPP loans have now made its way to Mississippi after Congress approved another round of federal support this year. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

PPP list: Who received federal loans in Mississippi?
By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today, 2,729 Reads
Fri, 04/30/2021 - 12:15 PM
More than $4 billion in loans have now made its way to Mississippi after Congress approved another round of federal support for businesses earlier this year.
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Mike Bianco is about to reach his 800th win at Ole Miss. Can his 2021 team get to Omaha?

When Ole Miss next wins a baseball game — quite possibly this weekend in a three-game series at Texas A&M — it will mark Mike Bianco’s 800th victory at the university and his 900th as a college baseball coach.

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College board, unable to work without Reeves appointments, calls emergency meeting

Mississippi Covid-19 Update : May 06, 2021

Endangered/Missing Child Alert issued for Leflore County man

Gunn, often guided by his faith, does not see Medicaid expansion in religious terms

Gov. Reeves ends previous COVID-19 restrictions, keeps school mask mandate

Gov. Reeves says there is no systemic racism in the justice system. The numbers say otherwise.

Mississippi Covid-19 Update : May 03, 2021

They could’ve picked Elijah Moore, but Saints drafted Payton Turner. Time will tell…

PPP list: Who received federal loans in Mississippi?

Mike Bianco is about to reach his 800th win at Ole Miss. Can his 2021 team get to Omaha?

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