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Warm and pleasant greetings to all. We hope you are enjoying a good week.
The beginning of last week, workers were nearby and in our community cutting and piling limbs and digging out ditches. This improvement project is, of course, the result of the recent ice storm. Individual residents are still cleaning personal property while the lawn mowers begin with the first cuttings and trimmings.
It’s the mud-nesting barn swallow that comes before spring officially starts and christens the garage with pellets mixed to build nests in queer places!
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JACKSON — Spring, which began March 20, serves as a good reminder to maintain your home to avoid an insurance claim.
“Your homeowners or renters’ policy can protect you against any damage you may find, so check your policy and talk to your insurance agent. Cleaning out gutters, checking for dead trees, and looking for fire hazards are just some of the tasks to be done inside and outside of your home,” said Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney.
Outside your home:
• Check your roof for broken or missing shingles. Replace shingles to avoid leaks.
By Beth Reiss - Communications Director, Mississippi Insurance Department on
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I have been a Southern Baptist for as many years as I am old, and it’s just way too late to change my road now.
My mother and daddy were Baptist, but she called herself a “hard-shelled” Baptist. I was raised in one of these churches and they were somewhat of different beliefs and actions than what I have grown accustomed to now.
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Saturday March 28
CHS track will honor Craig Walker
The Charleston High School track surface will be dedicated in honor of Coach Craig Walker of Charleston during a ceremony that gets underway at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 28. The dedication, according to organizers, is “In recognition of his unwavering dedication, commitment, and lasting impact on generations of student-athletes.”
Sunday March 29
Frierson Chapel sets pre-Easter event
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Nine “No Kings” protests planned in Mississippi this Saturday
The progressive left’s “No Kings” protests are back for another round of demonstrations this weekend across the nation, with nine such protests planned from the Coast to the Tennessee state line.
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Researchers say the center will be the first of its kind in the nation.
The University of Mississippi on Monday announced the upcoming launch of its new Center on Collegiate Gambling, which researchers describe as the “first of its kind in the nation” amid rising national concern about betting on collegiate sports.
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Photo by Clay McFerrin, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Volunteer Charleston firefighters direct a water hose at a brush fire near Charleston Cemetery Thursday afternoon.
The Charleston Fire Department was dispatched shortly before 1 p.m. to a fire that had jumped a gravel road on the east side of Charleston Cemetery and was threatening several residences not far from Charleston Middle School.
A fire was deliberately set at the cemetery to burn off some tree limbs and other vegetative storm debris along a boundary fence, according to a caretaker at the scene, who said the wind had picked up and caused the fire to spread across the gravel road.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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The Mississippi Center for Public Policy (MCPP) and Bigger Pie hosted British author and science writer Matt Ridley for a special luncheon on Thursday, March 19, bringing together policymakers, business leaders, and community members for a discussion on energy, innovation, and economic growth.
Ridley delivered an optimistic, data-driven presentation highlighting the critical role of free markets, innovation, and abundant energy in advancing human prosperity.
By Douglas Carswell - Mississippi Center for Public Policy on
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K.J. Willis, left, and Mike Steele battle during the March 23 episode of The Voice on NBC. (Photo by Griffin Nagel/NBC)
It might not have been a slam dunk, but Tutwiler native and Clarksdale resident Mike Steele has advanced in the reality TV music competition,
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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Decluttering is beneficial for the good of the mind and, according to Dante, obligatory for the good of the soul. The Fifth Cornice in Purgatory, as described in Cantos XX and XXI of that part of The Divine Comedy, is where souls of those who were hoarders in their earthly lives atone for their sin.
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It’s hard to read or watch anything online without running into false and misleading advertising. My favorites are ads that promise a common food or simple household product can reverse aging, end Alzheimer’s, and cure dementia. None attain FDA approval, of course, and often claim powerful interests want their ingredients kept secret. Somehow us older folks get exposed to lots of these ads.
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Attorney General Lynn Fitch's office has done the citizens of Indianola a continued disservice.
For a year and a half, the AG's office has failed to effectively prosecute and resolve its civil demands against former Aldermen Ruben Woods, Marvin Elder and Sam Brock.
The AG filed its suit against the three aldermen in October 2024, following State Auditor Shad White's summer 2024 demands against them for their role in the alleged illegal $38,900 payout to Spencer Construction.
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For fifty years Pentagon planners, whose job it is to analyze risk and threats around the globe, have concluded year after year that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is the worst possible scenario to confront - but it never happened – until now! The world is now witnessing firsthand what scared the military analysts. When big flows of oil and gas are interrupted it doesn’t take long to disrupt economic activity. Disrupt it long enough and the world economy grinds to a crawl. The fog of war is still thick. The fog of resolution is thicker still. How does this situation end?
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Wednesday, April 1, is the deadline to file an application for homestead exemption, according to Tallahatchie County Tax Assessor-Collector Dorothy Martin.
Homestead exemption, a tax provision that must be applied for, reduces property taxes on a person’s primary residence.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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Coach Craig Walker Sr. is pictured at an event in August 2014. (Sun-Sentinel file photo by Clay McFerrin, Copyright Emmerich Newspapers Inc.)
Coach Craig Walker Sr. will be honored Saturday when the running track at Charleston High School is dedicated in his name.
Scheduled to get underway at 9 a.m. in Tiger Stadium, the ceremony will celebrate the Walker Track, a tribute to the longtime Charleston Middle School track and field coach who in the early 1980s also founded a local summer youth athletic organization, the Mississippi Roadrunners Track Club, that competed and won at venues around the country.
The public is invited to attend.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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The Alliance said the expansion is an opportunity to expand access to advanced AI technology and workforce development through partnerships with Holmes Community College and local government leaders.
BT Brands, Inc., a merger partner with Aero Velocity Inc., and AeroShield Alliance members are establishing a Mississippi headquarters.
AeroShield Alliance is a collaboration of small businesses with complementary expertise in advanced technology, unmanned systems, ISR operations and workforce development.
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Democrats say the legislation will make voting harder for some citizens, equating it to “a poll tax by another name.”
A bill aimed at verifying the citizenship of persons registering to vote in Mississippi has been sent to Governor Tate Reeves (R).
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The warehouse, built in 1983, is being replaced by a $95 million, state-bond-funded, 400,000-square-foot facility located in Canton.
A bill to move forward on the sale of the state’s old Alcohol Beverage Control warehouse in Gluckstadt is headed to a legislative conference committee this weekend.
The state-owned 211,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Madison could be sold once the governor signs off on the bill.
State Senator Bart Williams (R), a Senate conferee, does not foresee any issue during the weekend conference process.
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
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Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:
Senate Minority leader Derrick Simmons is a plaintiff in the ACLU and Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit to upend Mississippi’s judicial districts. He’s been named one of three senators to help redraw the map, putting him on both sides of pending litigation.
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