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As I sit here and ponder the years past, I feel a bit of melancholy as well as somewhat of a remorseful and penitent emotion deep down inside.
I am approaching yet another trip around the earth this week and at my age I am so thankful for this opportunity. So many of my close friends and kin have moved on to their everlasting home and I know I am blessed.
The sad feelings come from my wanting to finish my ever-wanting bucket list.
Oh, I have completed quite a good many items, but some go unfinished.
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The Agricultural Land Easement (ALE) is an option that can be used to protect native grasslands.
To establish an ALE, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) works with a land trust to fund the purchase of a permanent easement from a landowner in exchange for a cash payment. The ALE is an essential tool for land-owners interested in maintaining agricultural uses of their properties in perpetuity.
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We hope you will join us in Oakland on Memorial Day at noon at the James Riley Swearengen Walking Track and Park as our Oakland Area Lions Club kicks off our America250 Mississippi grant with a memory walk recognizing those who have died during military service.
Cassaundra Pipkin and the Oakland Area Lions have put together a simple, respectful and beautiful service which will include current and retired military members. All who have family or friends to recognize will have a chance to speak and to walk with a card carrying the name of the person being recognized.
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Kyita Welchlin, center, with bullhorn, and Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones lead a contingent of marchers into a Rally for Voting Rights at the Jackson Convention Center, Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Blocks away from where state lawmakers will consider redrawing Mississippi’s political maps to reduce Black representation in government, thousands of people gathered Wednesday in Jackson to protest those efforts and mobilize people to vote in November.
The energy from the crowd was so palpable and raucous at times that some of the event’s speakers had to pause their remarks to let the attendees participate in rounds of chants, shouting, “No justice, no peace.”
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The Mississippi Youth ChalleNGe Academy, located at Camp Shelby, is the premier alternative education program for 16- to 18-year-old youth who are struggling in school or no longer attending.
With a focus on job training, social skills and self-discipline, ChalleNGe is a nonprofit high school diploma-producing academy designed specifically to meet the needs of high school dropouts and at-risk youth. It is a part of the Mississippi National Guard Youth Challenge Program.
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Northwest Mississippi Community College will host “START” (Science, Technology, Art, Recreation and Tools) summer camp June 1-3 on the Senatobia campus for students in grades 3-8. For more information or to register, visit www.northwestms.edu/camps.
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Tayler Michon Berryhill of Webb has been named to the spring 2026 Vice President’s List at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville. Students must achieve a grade-point average between 3.5 and 3.9 on a 4.0 scale to be eligible for the honor.
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Photo by Krista McFerrin, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
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)
, 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.
The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Mississippi made a stop in Charleston on Monday, May 4.
Local law enforcement officials and others participated in the event, taking turns carrying the Special Olympics Mississippi lighted torch from Court Square, along George Payne Cossar Boulevard and to the eastern city limits.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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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.
Hosemann’s office said the new select committee is being established following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais and the decision by Governor Tate Reeves (R) to rescind the special session on Supreme Court redistricting.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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Appointed to the U.S. District Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, Lee served as the chief judge from 1996 to 2003. Most recently, Judge Lee presided over the high-profile “Goon Squad” cases.
Senior U. S. District Judge Tom S. Lee, 85, will assume inactive status and no longer hear cases in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi as of June 26.
Chief U. S. District Judge Halil S. “Sul” Ozerden made the announcement on Lee’s status earlier this week.
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The trio were indicted for their alleged role in a bribery scheme linked to a downtown Jackson development project.
A federal judge has issued a new protective order limiting the release of discovery material in the case bribery case against Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, and former Jackson City Council member Aaron Banks.
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ENID — Stephanie Kay Ballard, age 68, passed away Saturday, May 9, in Enid.
A memorial service will be held for her at Friendship Church of God at a later date. Newsom Funeral Home has charge.
She is survived by one son, Nicholas Nowell; and one daughter, Brandi Nowell; a sister, a brother, and two grandchildren.
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CLEVELAND — The Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area (MDNHA), with support from the National Park Service and the Mississippi Development Authority, opened its next round of Cultural Heritage Grant applications on Wednesday, May 13. Grant awards of up to $25,000 are available, and applications will be accepted through June 12, 2026.
The program provides funding for projects that preserve, interpret, and celebrate the rich and complex heritage of the Mississippi Delta while supporting community development and cultural tourism across the region.
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The push to create the study committee originated in DeSoto County when the city of Southaven identified that certain businesses were incorrectly coded in the Mississippi Department of Revenue system.
The governor has approved legislation that creates a Sales Tax Diversion Study Committee with the purpose of examining, evaluating, and developing recommendations regarding the proper allocation of sales tax revenue between the Mississippi Department of Revenue and the state’s municipalities.
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Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:
The 1970s taught us that energy stability isn’t guaranteed. Mississippi weathered those storms before, and with foresight and resilience, we’ll weather this one, too.
The cost of the first gallon of gas I bought as a kid in 1973? It was 28 cents a gallon. In Flowood last week I filled up for $3.60 a gallon.
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“It’s all common sense,” State Senator Angela Hill said.
Lawmakers sent a bill to Governor Tate Reeves (R) that requires driver’s licenses to depict a person’s biological sex at birth.
State Senator Angela Hill (R) authored the legislation. She told Magnolia Tribune on Monday that those who have changed their licenses must be corrected.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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“This is one of the largest civil demands made in the history of the Auditor’s Office,” said Auditor Shad White.
State Auditor Shad White announced Monday that his office has issued over $7.4 million in civil demands to Management & Training Corporation (MTC).
The demands have also been referred to the Attorney General’s Office for enforcement in court, White said.
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Amazon is expanding its existing data center operations in Madison County, investing $11 billion into the project and creating 700 new jobs. The announcement also includes a new planned $1 billion project in Clinton that will create 100 jobs.
Amazon is expanding its existing data center operations in Madison County, investing $11 billion into the project and creating 700 new jobs. The announcement also includes a new planned $1 billion project in Clinton to retrofit a facility that will then hire 100 jobs.
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The governor chose to line item veto three expenditures in question “due to a lack of vetting by the Advisory Council established by the Legislature in the 2025 session.”
Governor Tate Reeves (R) has vetoed three items in HB 1924, effectively ending Opioid Settlement funding from being provided to the certain organizations.
The programs affected include:
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