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CHARLESTON — Genevia Smith, age, 79, passed away Thursday, February 19.
A celebration of life service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, February 28, at Rocky Branch Missionary Baptist Church near Charleston, with interment following in Rocky Branch Cemetery.
Clark-Williams Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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Ruth, Jane, Festus and Amanda Hailey visited Peggy Bailey in the Charleston nursing home Sunday afternoon.
Bubba Tillman‘s birthday was Saturday, Feb. 21. Dr. Joe Roberts and wife Patsy invited him to have supper with them at Country Catfish in Oakland. Patsy made him a good coconut cake to take home with him.
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OXFORD — A recent grant from the Mississippi Forestry Commission will help replace trees lost at the University of Mississippi due to recent storms, including those damaged during the January ice storm.
Although 95% of trees survived the historic winter storm, many were damaged and may need to be replaced. The grant will help fund the planting of 29 new trees across the Ole Miss campus, said Sophie Kline, arborist and superintendent of Department of Landscape Services.
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I love them!
All kinds! The variety seems endless.
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As the years of our lives rush by in such urgency, I feel as if I am on a fast train to places that I sometimes want to go, and, at other times, to places I would really never like to travel.
I’ve lost so many of my family and so many close friends over the years that it seems as if I have hurried through some of my years.
Of course, I’ve lost my mother and daddy, three of my “in-loves-law,” and a host of friends. It just seems as if things are upside down when we lose family so young.
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A tip of the hat to all who write weekly community news columns. Pat Deck, who I have read for years, and all you other columnists, this is hard work! I was co-editor of a weekly newspaper (Aberdeen) and then moved to The Memphis Commercial Appeal serving as bureau chief for northwest Mississippi and had daily deadlines for years. But, somehow, this weekly column comes around more often than the daily deadlines did. I understand that is impossible, but ... that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
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This plaque honoring Janie Agnes Little, mother of the man who paid to have the attractive brick sidewalk pictured laid around the Charleston courthouse, has again been defaced.
, This plaque honoring Janie Agnes Little has again been defaced.
Yet again, someone has defaced an attractive plaque on the grounds of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston that simply reminds the public of a son's great love for his mother.
The plaque was installed in the late 2000s after successful Germantown entrepreneur Winston Wolfe shelled out upwards of $100,000 to beautify the Charleston Court Square in memory of his late mother, Charleston native Janie Agnes Little.
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State Rep. Shanda Yates says Jackson property owners would collect the utility fees but not pay the bill. Renters believed the bills were being paid, that is until their utilities were disconnected.
After a spirited debate Wednesday morning, the Senate Judiciary B Committee passed a House bill holding landlords responsible for unpaid utilities covered in a tenant’s lease, a problem that has been occurring across Mississippi and brought to light in recent months in the city of Jackson, lawmakers said.
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Revenues from mobile sports betting are projected near $100 million per year should Mississippi lawmakers pass the legislation. The House wants $50 million of that to go to support PERS.
The “Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act” passed 100 to 11 in the House Wednesday morning, sending it on to the Senate for consideration.
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See what Mississippi political leaders had to say about President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address.
President Donald Trump (R) delivered his first official State of the Union address since taking office in his second term on Tuesday evening. It was the longest-ever such address given by a president.
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Robert Wise has written another lengthy article criticizing Trump. {NSS 2/20} He blames the administration for allowing a nameless staffer for making a despicable post in the wee hours of the morning. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary gave good advice: "Please stop the fake outrage.": Anyone with an open mind would know that Trump is not a racist as evidenced by his recent celebration of Black History Month in the White House.
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The Music Minister stopped rehearsal and shouted at the choir. These are words, people. Don't let a pretty song drown out the words. Words have meaning.
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Below is an opinion column by Mike Chaney:
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says although the overwhelming majority of insurance agents and companies are honest and reputable, there are some bad actors.
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The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal featured Mississippi education recently.
In a surprising story entitled “These Three Red States Are the Best Hope in Schooling,” the Times writer told skeptics “I told you so.”
After writing about Mississippi’s educational successes in 2023, “many of my fellow liberals then scoffed at the notion of learning from a state so tainted,” wrote Pulitzer Prize winner Nicolas Kristof. “The critiques have been effectively rebutted by Mississippi’s “continuing gains” and the “magnitude of the gains.”
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No, this column is not a sales pitch.
And a disclaimer: since 1992, I have made the vast majority of my living selling print advertising.
But, is print advertising still relevant? In this razzle dazzle day and age of "targeted marketing" through social media, AI and countless digital and cable offerings that promise immediate results and statistics, why would a business or individual still spend money on an old-fashioned print ad?
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Why is the water bill for small customers in Jackson four to 12 times more than the average bill for small customers in Flowood, Ridgeland, and Madison?
It’s primarily because JXN Water is run by an interim manager appointed and supervised by a federal judge. The interim manager runs JXN Water as an officer of the court — not as a local official accountable to voters. The judge seems to be accountable to no one. JXN Water “governance” looks more like a commissariat than a municipal utility board. So I call the interim manager the Water Czar.
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1. UMMC keeps clinics closed through Friday
The University of Mississippi Medical Center said Wednesday that it has cancelled regularly scheduled clinic appointments and elective procedures through Friday as its response to the cyberattack continues.
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JACKSON – The University of Mississippi Medical Center has canceled regularly scheduled clinic appointments and elective procedures through Friday as its response to the cyberattack continues.
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