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WEBB — Arether B. Jenkins, age 82, passed away Saturday, May 2.
Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Sunday, May 10, at Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale with interment following at Sumner Community Cemetery in Sumner. Skeeter Robinson Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Jenkins Sr.,; a son, Ernest Bethany; and a daughter, Patricia Brown.
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Southern Miss drives $1.3 billion economic impact
The University of Southern Mississippi generated an estimated $1.3 billion in total economic impact in fiscal year 2025, according to a newly released study, reinforcing its role as a key contributor to Mississippi’s economy.
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ENID — Monroe Keith Beardain Jr., age 59, passed away Thursday, May 7.
Visitation will be held at McKibben & Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada, 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 9. Funeral will be held at 1 p.m. with interment following at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
He is survived by his son, Monroe Keith Beardain III of Oxford; his daughter, Beverly Grace Beardain of Oxford; a sister, brother and a granddaughter.
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Mississippi Valley State’s football team has been banned from postseason play for the second consecutive year, according to the NCAA’s 2024-2025 Academic Progress Rate report released this week.
The program was assessed a Level 2 penalty, which includes in season and out of season restrictions.
APR, which was implemented in 2003, is a metric used by the NCAA to track the academic success and the eligibility of student-athletes over time. Teams must have an APR score of at least 930 to stay penalty free.
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Thursday May 7
National Day of Prayer event slated
The community is invited to attend a National Day of Prayer observance at the flagpole of Charleston First Baptist Church at noon on Thursday, May 7. In the event of rain, the commemoration will be held inside the church, and guests are welcome.
The 2026 National Day of Prayer theme is “Glorify God Among the Nations, Seeking Him in All Generations,” based on 1 Chronicles 16:24: “Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.” (New American Standard Bible)
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West Tallahatchie's Michael Bailey leads the 800 meters at the MHSAA Class 1A Track & Field State Championships at the Woody Barnett Track & Field Complex on the campus of Pearl High School in Pearl, Miss, on Monday, May 4, 2026. (© Chris Todd Photography LLC)
The West Tallahatchie High School boys track team has posted what is believed to be the unit’s best-ever showing at a state meet, finishing runner-up at Monday’s Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 1A Track and Field State Championships, held at the Woody Barnett Track and Field Complex at Pearl High School.
The West Tally Choctaws scored 59.50 points to finish second to Calhoun City High School, which took the championship with 74 points. A year ago, the WTHS boys were fourth at state — their best placement in many years.
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Dr. Sharon Hill, left, executive director of the Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center in Glendora, and Glendora Mayor Johnny B. Thomas, right, present 2nd District Congressman Bennie Thompson with one of two awards on Saturday, April 18, at the close of the ETHIC Youth Summit. (Photo special to The Sun-Sentinel)
GLENDORA — Congressman Bennie Thompson recently visited Glendora to receive two awards: the ETHIC Lifetime Achievement in Civil Rights Leadership, and the ETHIC Lifetime Achievement in Civil Rights and the Prevention of Human Wrongs.
The awards were presented by Glendora Mayor Johnny B. Thomas and Sharon Hill, executive director of the Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center (ETHIC).
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Members of the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 2A boys track and field state champions are, from left, coach Dequan Street, Mac Crawford, Treston Vaughn, Quay Kimble, Aybekia Bradley, Daevon McCord, Ta’Marcus Taylor, Amarius Hudson, Laryce Bradley, head coach Wesley Love, Demarion Johnson, Tristen Flowers, Lezelrick Taylor, Ron’darius Stamps, Lapatrick (PJ) Goliday, Deandre Booker, Elijah Gipson, Demoria Shannon and coach Lester Haynie. (© Chris Todd Photography LLC)
The 2026 Charleston High School Tigers have accomplished a feat unmatched by any other CHS boys track team ever: winning at the Mississippi High School Activities Association Track and Field State Championships.
Charleston captured the Class 2A boys state title Tuesday at the Woody Barnett Track & Field Complex in Pearl.
Twice before, in 2016 and 2004, the CHS boys had been state track runners-up, with those achievements occurring in Class 3A.
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“By beginning this work now, we will enter the next legislative session with clear priorities, well-developed policy solutions, and a continued focus on advancing commonsense conservative leadership for Mississippi,” White said.
Speaker Jason White (R) has announced the formation of six new House Select Committees to study issues facing Mississippi. The committees will be tasked with developing policy recommendations ahead of the 2027 Legislative Session.
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MAGCOR points to examples like Wade, the new City of Pearl employee, whose past life is not stopping him from setting high goals.
For 61-year-old Nikkie, receiving a second chance at employment after being sentenced for embezzlement is life-affirming.
“The two biggest benefits are gaining my confidence and knowing I am going to become a productive member of society,” she said during a recent workday at MAGCOR, a non-profit dedicated to teaching the incarcerated in-demand job skills.
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Below is an opinion column by Christy Hovanetz:
In the end, the goal isn’t to protect the appearance of success. It’s to persist and build upon it. That is what Mississippi has been doing since 2013; that is why student performance has improved, and there is no reason to stop now.
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Council member Tina Clay has asked the Attorney General for an opinion on using private funds to supplement the police chief’s salary.
A Jackson city council member recently requested a legal opinion from the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office regarding using private funds to supplement the municipality’s new police chief’s salary.
Council member Tina Clay asked for an opinion on April 15, about three weeks after the council voted 6-1 to hire RaShall Brackney as its top cop. Ashby Foote was the lone no vote.
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For decades, ideas hatched in the seminar rooms of 1960s France have been quietly percolating through American institutions. The result is a moral and intellectual climate in which a generation of young Americans has been taught to see themselves not as free individuals in charge of their own destinies, but as positions in a hierarchy of victimhood, defined by race or sex.
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Two plus months into the war with Iran and the fog of war is becoming the fog of peacemaking. What was a shoot-out has become a stand-off. The key terrain feature remains the Strait of Hormuz. It is the key to this conflict in much the same way that Vicksburg was to the Civil War. The double blockade of the Strait is creating a siege atmosphere and mindset. Daniel Yergin, the great energy scholar and scribe, calls this the biggest energy disruption in history. Resolving this grand disruption will not be easy or quick.
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One morning this week, I rode the elevator up to my desk with a well-dressed young Black woman who had kindly keyed open the building door for me – in these days when odd folks are taking pot shots at the President, we have decent security.
She smiled and asked if I had enjoyed my day off on Confederate Memorial Day? Her expression betrayed no irony, just genuine goodwill. I was mortified. “I can’t believe they still call it that!” I responded, telling her I was ashamed to live in a state where that was still the case.
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Civil discourse? What? Let’s talk about controversies – the Iran war, immigration, the farm bill, spying on Americans, etc. Those are more dynamic and timely topics, right?
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Hoist on your own petard — an unpleasant surprise. A bomb that goes off in your hand. A screen pass that turns into a pick six. A developer's fantasy that puts Entergy in a bind of its own making.
On March 2, 2026, a Ridgeland developer filed a Rule 24 petition with the Mississippi Public Service Commission. Docket 2026-AD-10. He wants a declaration that a 350-megawatt gas-fired power plant plus an AI data center plus a semiconductor fab complex is exempt from PSC regulation under the landlord-tenant exception in Mississippi Code §77-3-3(d)(iv).
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I think I have a grandson who is a natural carrier of strep throat. It seems he has this sickness every two or three weeks.
Now, it seems he has passed it on to his sister. It’s not just strep that’s so bad, it’s the aftermath of the trouble. It usually ends with a cold or ear infection. We dealt with this malady many times. I told them if my grandmother were still here, she would have cured that difficulty in a day or two.
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Warm and pleasant greetings. We hope you are enjoying a good week. Happy May!
Beautiful roses may be the topic of conversation. Surely you are admiring your neighbors yards and others homes as you pass along the way adoring the most beautiful rose blossoms everywhere.
The town landscape and other businesses and churches are included.
Rose bushes in our yard are pretty too. We usually make a special drive over to see the Covington yard. Of course, it’s always in blue ribbon shape!
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Happy Mother’s Day to all of you precious mothers. My prayer is that God will bless each and every one of you mother and that you can be with your family on this special day. Wear that red or white rose proudly!
Freda Weir had a great time recently dining with her “circle of friends” in Grenada.
Last week, JG Henderson traveled to Montego Bay, Jamaica, for a little work and a lot of fun. JG celebrated his birthday just before he left going on his trip. That’s a lot of excitement for one lucky young man.
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