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While National Arbor Day is held on the last Friday in April, Mississippi, similar to several other states, observes the holiday at a time best suited to its growing season. Our state adopted the second Friday in February as the day on which Mississippi would annually observe Arbor Day. This year it was observed on Feb. 13, with the following week observed as “Tree Planting Week.”
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JACKSON — The Mississippi Insurance Department (MID) has been made aware of contractors acting as unlicensed public adjusters by filing claims on behalf of insureds. This practice is illegal in Mississippi.
If you are aware of illegal activity or need other storm-related assistance, contact the MID Consumer Services Division by phone at 1-800-562-2957 or 601-359-2453.
You can also email consumer@mid.ms.gov.
Keep the following tips in mind when hiring contractors:
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I have always loved to read and study about the Amish peoples.
If I were not a true Southern Baptist, I believe I would convert to the Old Order Amish religion. I so appreciate their peaceful, calm tranquility in the ways of working and doing for others.
I believe we could all learn from these serene people. The work ethic is so ingrained into them that they rise in the early-morning hours to begin their workdays and end with the dark to stop the laboring.
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The outrages keep piling up day after day. On February 6, 2026 at 5:44 in the morning, the Truth Social Account from “Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump” tweeted a 62-second video of former President of the United States Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as hairy, muscular apes, swaying in a jungle to music. I do not know how many overt racists there are in the United States of America. I venture there are not enough to keep either the President or his party in power.
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The month of February is almost over and the March winds will begin.
I hope all of you ladies received lots of chocolates and you men received a nice bouquet of flowers.
Love and sympathy to the Janie Deck Macke family of Glenn Allen, Missouri. Jane was a first cousin to my husband, David.
Love and sympathy to the Kenny Carvan family of Enid. Kenny passed away Feb. 13. He had an awesome sense of humor and back when he was younger, he was full of fun. I haven’t seen Kenny in many years, but I’ll always remember his sweet smile and personality.
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During the fifth and sixth weeks of the 2026 legislative session, the Senate passed Senate Bill 2898 and Senate Bill 2924, companion measures that authorize the state treasurer and the state fiscal officer, to transfer $20 million from the Capital Expense Fund to the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund and appropriate those funds to Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). The funding will be used to help defray expenses related to disaster response and recovery efforts associated with the severe weather events that began on Jan. 24.
By Sarita Simmons - State Senator, District 13 on
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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.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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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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CLARKSDALE — Darrell Anderson Jr., age 58, of Clarksdale, passed away Tuesday, February 3, in Memphis.
Visitation will be held 10 - 11:45 a.m. Friday, February 20, with funeral service following at noon at Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale.
Tutwiler Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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Intention and innovation are around every corner at Mississippi’s first children’s museum.
There are certain places in Mississippi that don’t just hold space — they hold seasons of life.
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport is one of those places.
I used to take my sons there when they were little, in the days of snack cups and “Mama, watch this!”—a pure slice of motherhood.
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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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