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Albert Eubanks
(1952-2026)
Albert Eubanks (73), passed away Sunday, March 22, 2026, at his residence in Kosciusko, MS.
Funeral services will be Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at Culpepper Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at McCool Cemetery. Shannon Pennington will officiate.
Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. until service time, Thursday, March 26, 2026, at Culpepper Funeral Home.
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Mississippi Department of Public Safety Transfers Inventory of 1960s Klan Material to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety has transferred to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History 1960s-era Ku Klux Klan materials, including full Klan regalia, recently discovered as DPS staff prepared to move into new headquarters.
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MSU delegation visits future home of Rome programs, takes part in personal audience with Pope Leo XIV
A delegation of Mississippi State officials visited the future home of the university’s international programs headquartered in Rome, Italy, this month and participated in a personal audience with Pope Leo XIV.
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School Board approves administrators, department heads
WPT Staff Report
The Webster County School Board has approved administrator and department head recommendations for 2026-27.
Board members did so during their Feb. 9 meeting at the Career and Technology Center, meeting minutes show. Superintendent James Mason recommended their approval as a part of the Consent Agenda, which was approved 5-0.
The administrators and department heads approved are the same as those now in those positions:
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Eupora Board of Aldermen approves emergency declarations
By Russell Hood
The Webster Progress-Times
The Eupora Board of Aldermen approved two emergency declarations last month stemming from water issues during Winter Storm Fern in late January.
Aldermen did so as part of board business during a recessed meeting on Feb. 17, according to meeting minutes.
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Mathiston takes delivery of new fire truck
By Russell Hood
The Webster Progress-Times
MATHISTON — The town of Mathiston and county officials are proud of a new fire truck delivered to the Mathiston Volunteer Fire Department last week.
The Rosenbauer pumper truck was manufactured in South Dakota and purchased through Southern States Fire out of Tupelo, which delivered it March 13.
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Jail docket 03-20-2026
GAKE, DERICUS L, BM, 1/3/1985; SUSPENED LICENSE, IMPROPER EQUIPMENT, NO INSURANCE, 3/13/2026, WCSD
GIPSON, JULIUS, BM, 4/9/1994; WARRANT, 3/12/2026, WCSD
GOSS, JENNIFER, BF, 6/18/1972; DUI 1ST OFFENSE, 3/15/2026, MHP
HOLMES, TYRONE, BM, 5/9/1965; PUBLIC DRUNK, 3/11/2026, WCSD
HUGHES, GLADYS, BF, 3/17/1978; WARRANT, 3/9/2026, WCSD
MING, JAMES S, WM, 12/16/1990; DUI 1ST OFFENSE, 3/12/2026, MHP
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Nanih Waiya Warriors split week at Sebastopol; Softball returns to action
By Robbie Robertson
The Winston County Journal
The Nanih Waiya baseball team split a pair of games last week, beating Choctaw Central 7-5 on Monday but falling 13-0 to Puckett in Tuesday at the Sebastopol Tournament.
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A wastewater treatment lagoon in the Wellsgate subdivision in Oxford, Miss., on Monday, March 10, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Across Mississippi, many of the thousands of water and sewer systems in the state have struggled to stay compliant with federal public health and environmental laws.
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Gov. Tate Reeves talks about Mississippi's Rural Health Transformation Program plan during a press conference at the Walter Sillers Building in Jackson on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Lt. Gov. Hosemann responds that governor’s claim is ‘malicious, unnecessary and false.’
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday vetoed a bill that sought to provide low-interest loans to local governments impacted by this year’s deadly winter storm and accused Senate staffers of committing unconstitutional and potentially criminal acts with the legislation.
But the basis for Reeves’s allegations of criminal action is inaccurate.
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The Clarksdale Board of Commissioners voted Monday night to rezone a site for a potential data center along with a list of conditions for any developer.
“The vote that we’ve taken today does not approve a data center. It only is the beginning of the conversation regarding the possibility of data centers coming to Clarksdale,” said Mayor Orlando Paden.
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A voter reads over his ballot at Fondren Chruch in Precinct 16 during primary voting, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
The U.S. Supreme Court could soon end Mississippi’s practice of counting mail-in absentee ballots that arrive after Election Day, a decision that could have a ripple effect nationwide and sow confusion for November’s midterm elections.
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On Monday, in meetings a hundred miles apart, Clinton and Clarksdale officials heard from residents about potential data centers coming to their respective towns.
Clinton has signed a fee-in-lieu of taxes agreement with a developer but the Clarksdale project is in very early talks.
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House lawmakers are deliberating sending a bill to Gov. Tate Reeves that would make it illegal for doctors to prescribe medication that could be used to induce abortion to patients in Mississippi.
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Northern District of Mississippi United States District Court building in Oxford is pictured on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Credit: Leonardo Bevilacqua/Mississippi Today
Former Hollandale Police Chief Brandon Addison pleaded guilty Thursday to charges involving the transportation and distribution of illegal drugs through portions of the Mississippi Delta and into Memphis via Highway 61.
He is the principal defendant in a federal drug trafficking case involving nine former Mississippi Delta law enforcement officers.
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House Speaker Jason White has vowed to end the college-student-who-put-off-writing-a-paper method of setting most of a multi-billion dollar state budget late on a Saturday night.
Most sane people who have witnessed the way the Mississippi Legislature sets a final state budget – all willy-nilly in a flurry of last minute haggling late of a Saturday night – have come away thinking there has to be a better way.
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The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School has selected the Mississippi Today and New York Times investigation on abuse of power as one of six finalists for the 2026 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.
“Abuse of Power: Beyond the Goon Squad” was reported and written by Mukta Joshi, Jerry Mitchell, Brian Howey, Nate Rosenfeld, Steph Quinn and Sarah Cohen in collaboration with The Times’ Local Investigative Reporting desk.
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Jolly was appointed to the federal bench in 1982 by former President Ronald Reagan. He went on to serve for 35 years.
Former U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge E. Grady Jolly has died at the age of 88.
Jolly was appointed to the federal bench in 1982 by former President Ronald Reagan. He succeeded the late Judge James Coleman.
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Across America, more than 70,000 Sears kit homes were sold between 1908 and 1939.
There’s an old farmhouse near Brandon that locals can’t seem to forget.
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