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In addition to the laundry list of local projects, lawmakers also sent $30 million to state agencies, $40 million to community colleges, and $75.1 million to public universities and IHL. See what’s in the spending bill.
Artificial turf for an Ocean Springs sports complex.
Buying instruments for high school music programs through the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra in Jackson.
Expansion and renovation of a sports complex in Columbia.
Installation of exhibits and acoustics for a Mississippi Songwriters Performing Arts Center in Gautier.
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Advocates for wind energy have pointed to Mississippi’s Delta region as ideal for the renewable energy source. Yet, concerns linger over the loss of agricultural lands.
A study on how wind turbines impact Mississippi’s agricultural industry died in the Legislature last week, but the chairman of the Senate Energy Committee said it could return next session.
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
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Year-to-date state revenue collections with three months remaining in the current fiscal year remain $120 million, or 2.32% above estimate.
Days after lawmakers headed home from the 2026 legislative session, the Legislative Budget Office released the March revenue collections report showing the state took in $20.5 million, or 3.86% above the estimate for the month.
The LBO report released Monday shows the year-to-date state revenue collections with three months remaining in the current fiscal year remain $120 million, or 2.32% above estimate.
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A Mississippi Lottery player has added to an unprecedented streak of Powerball wins, becoming the third $50,000 winner in as many drawings with a ticket purchased at Keith’s Super Store #80 in Lucedale.
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HOLCOMB — Yvonne Denise Govan Gammill, age 43, formerly of Charleston, passed away Sunday, March 29, at her home in Holcomb.
Visitation will be held 1-2 p.m. Thursday, April 9, at Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. with interment following at Oakridge Cemetery in Clarksdale. Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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Gathered at Charleston Recovery Center for the kickoff of a matching fundraiser are, front from left, Ken Gregory, Ed Hargett, Ray Clolinger, Sherry Jones-Gray, Jennifer Speir, Jarquez Johnson and Devin Lewis. In back, from left, are Chris Gray, Rev. Carl Ray, Matthew Arnott, Glenna Callender, Devin Dunn, Brandon Wheelington and Nason Johnson.
The Charleston Recovery Center is seeking public donations to its ongoing fundraising drive to help finance ongoing operations.
The all-male, faith-based residential treatment and recovery center offers a “Christian discipleship training program for people with drug, alcohol or emotional issues.” No fee is assessed for those attending the center.
Located east of Charleston, the center is operated under an agreement with City on a Hill Ministries, a Tallahatchie County nonprofit governed by a local board of directors.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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CHARLESTON — Matthew G. Jones, age 68, passed away Saturday, March 28.
A celebration of life service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at Clark-Williams Funeral Home in Grenada.
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TIPPO — Birdie B. Cashaw, age 71, of Tippo, passed away Wednesday, March 25.
Visitation was held Friday, April 3, at Clark-Williams Funeral Home in Grenada.
A celebration of life service as held 11 a.m. Saturday, April 4, at Bread of Life Ministry in Grenada with interment following at St. Mark Cemetery in the Blue Cane community near Charleston.
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Coach Craig Walker smiles after participating in the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the Charleston High School running track's official naming as The Craig Walker Track Field in his honor.
Hundreds gathered on a chilly Saturday morning to celebrate the dedication of the Charleston High School running track and field as The Craig Walker Track Field.
The naming honor is a tribute to the widely revered longtime Charleston Middle School physical education teacher and track and football coach who 44 years ago founded a summer youth athletic organization that earned trophies, medals and ribbons, and gave its members so much more.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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Jahlil Allison is charged with homicide in connection with the shooting death of Martell Bankston in Tutwiler. (Photo courtesy Tutwiler Police Department)
TUTWILER — In the wake of two unrelated shooting deaths here within a span of 14 days, the Tutwiler Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday to establish new curfews in an effort to tamp down late-night interaction that could lead to violence.
Tutwiler Police Department Investigator Casey Lewis said early Wednesday that an 11 p.m. curfew has been imposed for residents 18 and over, while an 8 p.m. curfew is in effect for anyone 17 and under.
Both the March 15 and March 29 killings occurred shortly after midnight, and everyone cited in the cases has been 18 or older.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
2 months 3 weeks ago
DeSOTO COUNTY — Excellence, consistency and passion have once again set Kareem Vance apart from the rest. For the second consecutive year, the Tippo native has been named DeSoto’s Best Personal Trainer, solidifying his reputation as one of the most respected and results-driven fitness professionals in the region.
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Nadiya Kuykendall, left, and Mystikal Kuykendall, right, are charged in connection with the shooting death of Roy'kivious "Roy" Sallie.
A man and woman have been arrested in connection with the death of an 18-year-old who sustained what officials described as an apparent single gunshot wound to the head.
Roy’kivious “Roy” Sallie, 18, of 2707 Sunwood Dr., Oakland — a subdivision just east of Charleston — was identified by Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly as the shooting victim.
Charged in Sallie’s death, according to Fly, are Nadiya Kuykendall, 25, whose driver’s license lists her residence as 20B Windmill Cove, Grenada, who is charged with first-degree murder.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
2 months 3 weeks ago
Enjoy the fresh-from-the-garden flavor of homegrown tomatoes. Grow one or more in a container, a dedicated vegetable garden or plant them with flowers in garden beds.
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Thursday April 2
Morning Star sets two-night revival
Morning Star Church of God in Christ, Tippo, will host revival services Thursday, April 2, and Friday, April 3, at 6:45 nightly. Guest speaker will be Elder Rodney Johnson. All are invited, noted pastor Bertram Bailey.
Friday April 3
Sale benefits Friendship East church
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Not much information exists yet on National Native Plant Month because it is a brand new designation.
The first Senate resolution was in 2021 to make April National Native Plant Month and recognize “the benefits of native plants to the environment and economy of the United States.”
This year, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) has once again agreed to be the lead sponsor of the Senate resolution with Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) once again the bipartisan cosponsor.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Air Force Band’s premier jazz ensemble, “The Airmen of Note,” from Washington, D.C., is heading out on a nine-day community relations tour through Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.
The tour honors the service of Airmen both past and present and highlights the excellence of military members working across the globe.
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Albert Einstein wrote on May 23, 1946 that “The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking...”
One can say the same of the torching of Temple Beth Israel, three months ago, on January 10, 2026.
Memories are short. People’s minds move to other stories in the course of 24 hour news cycles at their peril.
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Saturday’s March 28 ceremony dedicating the running track and field at Charleston High School to a former longtime local coach, Craig Walker, was very fitting and richly deserved.
For many years, Walker was the physical education teacher and track and football coach at Charleston Middle School, but he may be most widely known as the founder, fundraiser, driver and coach of a summer youth track and field program that captured the attention of people far from Tallahatchie County and Mississippi.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
2 months 3 weeks ago
What does the holy-warrior culture Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is cultivating in our military have in common with the holy-militant culture Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers cultivated in his White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan?
I fell into this question after reading Hegseth’s latest militant prayer and then about the trove of Klan artifacts uncovered at the Mississippi Department of Public Safety as it prepared to relocate. Among the items recovered were a Klan charter and a March 1, 1964, Bowers lecture. (See all items at Jackson Jambalaya.)
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We had a horrendous happening here in our little close-knit town this past weekend. So unspeakable that my pacifist mind and spirit have trouble comprehending. Two innocent people in our community were shot to death needlessly.
Of course, Facebook lit up almost as quickly as it happened as this has become mine and it seems, everyone else’s, standard way of getting up-to-the-minute news, and the news hit our town with terror and fear.
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