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Every few years, it seems some folks wake up one morning and decide the real problem in Mississippi is that citizens know too much about what their government is doing.
This is one of those years.
The Mississippi Public Records and Open Meetings Acts are called our “Sunshine Laws” for good reason. They preserve the rights of citizens to know what their government is up to.
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The boom in manufacturing jobs President Donald Trump forecast last April has yet to loom much yet boom. “Manufacturers shed workers in each of the eight months after Trump unveiled ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs,” the Wall Street Journal reported this month.
In April 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 12,847,000 manufacturing jobs. By October the number had fallen to 12,702,000 (seasonally adjusted), dropping to 12,692,000 in December (preliminary).
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Online sports betting is poised to become legal and regulated in Mississippi. Interestingly, the reasons given by many of our legislators for legalizing something that can be incredibly destructive are the same reasons many of us believe illicit drugs should be legalized and regulated.
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Jerry Porter
CHARLESTON — Jerry James (Bubba) Porter, age 57, passed away Saturday, February 14.
Visitation will be held 2-3 p.m. Sunday, February 22, at Newsom Funeral Home followed by the funeral service at 3 p.m. Interment will be held in Rice Cemetery near Charleston.
He is survived by his daughter, Kailee Porter of Winona; his son, JJ Porter of Winona; two stepchildren, Tara Peterson of Grenada andTori Morris of Water Valley; and 8 grandchildren.
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CHARLESTON — Floyd Noel, age 69, passed away on Wednesday, February 11, at Grenada Living Center.
Visitation will be held 3-6 p.m. Thursday, February 19, at J. Brown Community Funeral Services in Charleston.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, February 20, at J. Brown Community Funeral Services Chapel.
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Some places don’t just feed you—they welcome you into an experience that captures Mississippi’s warmth and makes you want to return.
If Natchez had a love language, it would be atmosphere: authentic and deeply felt.
Not the manufactured kind. I mean the kind that settles into old brick, wraps around a chandelier, and somehow makes you feel like you’ve stepped into a place that has been waiting for you.
That’s exactly what happens when you walk into Frankie’s on Main.
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Neither of the bills dealt with education freedom. The House Education Chairman said he expected Wednesday’s committee meeting to be the last for this session but “that’s subject to change.”
During a House Education Committee meeting held Wednesday afternoon, Chairman State Rep. Rob Roberson (R) announced it would be their “last meeting.”
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Jackson Mayor John Horhn has selected Dr. RaShall Brackney to be the new police chief of Jackson.
Most of Brackney’s career, 30 years, was in the Pittsburgh Police Bureau. She later served as chief of campus police at George Washington University and, most recently, police chief in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Brackney takes over from interim chief Tyree Jones, also serving as Hinds County Sheriff. This week she visited Jackson where she spoke to various groups and was shown around town by Mayor Horhn.
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Recovery worker Pete Theriautt of Livermore, Maine, demonstrates the operation of a grapple hook on a Pride Construction Inc. grapple truck while staged in Charleston on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. A grapple haul truck can hold 80 yards of tree limbs and branches, while a haul trailer can hold up to 88 yards, he noted.
The process of removing small mountains of tree limbs, branches and other debris from alongside practically every street in Charleston was set to begin this week.
On a motion by Ward 2 Alderman Lloyd Smith and a second by Ward 1 Alderman Gyrone Kenniel, the Charleston Board of Aldermen voted unanimously Tuesday night to give the go-ahead to a private contractor waiting in the wings to undertake the cleanup.
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In Mississippi
1. Star becomes Mississippi’s newest town
WLBT reports that Star is set to become Mississippi’s newest town.
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Jesse Jackson speaks at a Democratic rally in Greenwood on Oct. 30, 1999, as part of his "Get Out the Vote" tour. He also spoke at Mississippi Valley State University during this trip.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the prominent civil rights activist and protégé of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was no stranger to Leflore County as he visited the Delta several times.
Jackson died at his home in Chicago Tuesday. He was 84.
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Speaker Jason White called the 90-second Senate Education Committee hearing that killed HB 2 a “theatrical committee performance.”
While expressing frustration over the failure of school choice legislation this session, Speaker of the Mississippi House Jason White (R) said Monday that calling a special session to reconsider the bill is “not off the table.”
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Pam Knowles, age 56, a native of Charleston, passed away Tuesday, February 3, at Graceland Nursing Home in Memphis.
Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, February 21, at E.H. Ford Funeral Home, Elvis Presley Blvd., in Memphis.
Interment will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, February 23, at J and B Cemetery near Charleston.
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Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:
Calvin Coolidge slashed spending and the national debt. He cut taxes and championed American business. Coolidge ushered in the unbridled success of the Roaring 20s, and yet, he’s forgotten.
At a Washington dinner party, a socialite sidled up to President Calvin Coolidge with a mischievous smile. “Mr. President,” she said, “I’ve made a bet that I can get you to say more than three words.”
Coolidge looked at her, expression unchanged, and replied, “you lose.”
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ENID — Veda Mendenhall Evans, age 77, passed away Friday, February 13, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Southaven.
A private graveside service was held 9 a.m. Sunday, February 15, at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, followed by a homegoing celebration was held 5 p.m. Sunday, February 15, at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church near Enid. Womble Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
She worked as the director of Weekday Education in Oxford.
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WATER VALLEY — Betty Evans Gurner passed away at her home in Water Valley, on Thursday, January 29. She was 94 years old.
Mrs. Gurner was librarian at Charleston High School for 23 years, teaching from 1968 until 1991. Her husband, Bruce Gurner, also worked for the school district as the Vocational Guidance Counselor.
At her request, her collection of Charleston High School yearbooks will be donated to the Charleston Public Library.
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