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1 month 3 weeks ago
Amarion Fletcher is one of four suspects charged in the April 20 shooting of a Tutwiler man. (Photo courtesy of Tutwiler Police Department)
TUTWILER — The last of four known suspects in a recent shooting here has been apprehended, Tutwiler Police Chief Carlos Thompson announced Saturday afternoon.
He said Amarion Fletcher, 16, of 311 Jefferson Ave., Clarksdale, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and is being held on a $350,000 bond.
Demarion Partee, 18, of Tutwiler, was walking on West Street April 20 between 8 and 9 p.m. when a white SUV pulled up and stopped, four males got out and two allegedly opened fire on Partee, Thompson has said. Partee was shot twice in the head.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
1 month 3 weeks ago
A group (sounder) of wild hogs in Greene County is being conditioned and baited for trapping. (Photo submitted)
JACKSON – Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson has announced that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) today began accepting a new round of applications for its Wild Hog Control Program (WHCP).
By Kelly Shannon - Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce on
1 month 3 weeks ago
JACKSON — A Mississippi Lottery player woke up $2 million richer after a big win in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, thanks to a ticket purchased at Doc’s Quick Stop Exxon in Byhalia.
By Savannah Tirey - Mississippi Lottery Commission on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Myrna Colley-Lee, left, of Charleston, is presented with a plaque proclaiming her a “Tallahatchie Treasure” during an event held April 25 at the Charleston Arts Center. The festivities were sponsored by the Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort (CARE) and the Ed & Becky Meek Foundation. Pictured with Colley-Lee is presenter Dana Clolinger, executive director of CARE.
Myrna Colley-Lee, of Charleston, was honored as a “Tallahatchie Treasure” during an April 25 reception held at the Charleston Arts Center.
The event was cosponsored by the Ed & Becky Meek Foundation and the Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort (CARE).
Colley-Lee was presented a key to the city of Charleston by event organizer, CARE Executive Director Dana Clolinger, and lauded for her personal accomplishments and contributions to the community spanning decades.
By Dana Clolinger and Clay McFerrin on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Every congressional incumbent in the Magnolia State continues to far outpace their opponents, with little prospects of that changing down the stretch to the General Election.
Quarterly campaign finance reports were due to be filed with the Federal Election Commission last week as this year’s Mississippi midterm races hit another gear with less than seven months to go until the November General Election.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 3 weeks ago
For the first time in the department’s nearly nine-decade history, all major divisions are now in a single building.
State leaders gathered Tuesday in Pearl to unveil the Mississippi Department of Public Safety’s new 146,0000 square foot headquarters.
For the first time in the department’s nearly nine-decade history, all major divisions are now in a single building.
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Robert St. John says over ten years of hosting Yonderlust tour strangers become familiar and familiarity becomes friendship.
Most of the people I pick up at the Florence airport have never met each other. By the end of the week, some of them will be friends for life. That part I didn’t plan. None of it was on the itinerary.
By Robert St. John on
1 month 3 weeks ago
One of the first lines of defense for those considering suicide is the nationwide 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Mississippi has the highest in-state answer rate nationwide.
Mississippi’s efforts in suicide prevention are ramping up through 988 call centers and crisis intervention training and conferences.
Recently, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health announced the launch of a Mississippi Crisis Intervention Team Leadership Class along with the agency hosting a Crisis Response Conference entitled “Strengthening Crisis Care.”
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Below is an opinion column by Hunter Estes:
Before Artemis II could launch astronauts around the moon, the RS-25 engines and the propulsion systems were extensively tested right here in Mississippi.
By Hunter Estes on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Below is a political opinion column by Chris Brown:
The solution to avoiding federal Food Stamp penalties isn’t to weaken the rules by reverting back to the failed policy of simplified reporting. It’s to actually follow the law.
By Chris Brown - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Robert St. John reflects on his travels through Europe and offers a Top 20 list of experiences.
The whole thing started with restaurants.
In 1999, when this column was young, the job was simple — eat somewhere, write about it, help the reader find something worth trying. That was it. That’s still it.
By Robert St. John on
1 month 3 weeks ago
From left, Adrion Ellis, Marterrius Kennedy and Tarrell Thompson Jr. have been charged in the April 20 shooting of a Tutwiler man. (Photos submitted by Tutwiler Police Department)
TUTWILER — While a critically injured gunshot victim continues to fight for his life, three Clarksdale teens have been arrested in connection with his shooting and a fourth is being sought, according to Tutwiler Police Chief Carlos Thompson.
Adrion Ellis, 16, and Marterrius Kennedy, 18, both of 311 Jefferson St., Clarksdale, and Tarrell Thompson Jr., 17, of Clarksdale, were taken into custody Tuesday night, the chief said.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
1 month 3 weeks ago
The annual Hartley Bass Tournament is coming up Saturday, May 2, at the Hartley Farm. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy the fun, fellowship and fishing.
Tracy Pegram, Tray Pegram’s father, is scheduled to have open heart surgery Monday morning. Please add Tracy to your prayer list.
By PATCIE DECK on
1 month 3 weeks ago
The Enid Depot restaurant is located inside The Mitchell & McClendon General Merchants Building at Enid. (Photo special to The Sun-Sentinel)
Business Insider recently released its list of the “most iconic” steakhouses in each state, declaring The Enid Depot in Tallahatchie County as recipient of that honor in Mississippi, according to an April 22 story in The Clarion Ledger.
The list is based on customer reviews, local history, longevity and cultural significance.
“The Enid Depot is an out-of-the-box steakhouse set inside a historic train depot in the Mississippi Delta,” Business Insider said.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Amid all the chaos the Trump administration currently has our nation in, you may have missed this breaking news: Another country will soon be added to those that have universal healthcare for all of it's citizens. That country is Mexico. Yes, you read that right, MEXICO. Full implementation will begin in January while Canada already has universal healthcare. So, as of January, here we will sit in AMERICA (the only developed country in the world without universal healthcare for ALL of it's citizens), between two countries that do have universal coverage.
By Camille Wright on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Saturday May 2
4-H Shooting Sports event slated
The annual 4-H Shooting Sports competition will be held Saturday, May 2, at the Tallahatchie County Fairgrounds near Charleston. The public is invited to come out and support Tallahatchie County 4-H youth as they compete in this district Shooting Sports event.
Camp Lakeside Day activities set
The annual Camp Lakeside Day, a fundraiser benefitting Camp Lakeside, will be held Saturday, May 2, beginning at noon.
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1 month 3 weeks ago
Amazon has just announced another multi-billion-dollar data center project in Mississippi — the latest in a flood of inward investment now pouring into our state.
But here’s the thing worth reflecting on: even AI-related investments on this scale are only a fraction of what is flowing into data centers and AI infrastructure across the country. What is happening in AI is not just another tech cycle. It is going to be absolutely massive — and genuinely transformative in ways that will touch every kind of institution.
By Douglas Carswell - Mississippi Center for Public Policy on
1 month 3 weeks ago
The Mississippi Press Association, celebrating its 160th anniversary, held a forum highlighting local journalism last week at History Is Lunch in the Two Museums. MPA vice president Peter Imes, publisher of the Commercial Dispatch in Columbus, spoke of the vital role local journalism “plays at the grassroots level in our democracy” as he welcomed the panel.
By Bill Crawford on
1 month 3 weeks ago
It is hard to escape the conclusion that in today’s world the 12 points of the Boy Scout law do not stand a chance: trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
Our president is a felon who cannot be trusted to keep his promise to avoid foreign wars, or to help anyone who does not first help him, or to obey any law that is inconvenient, or to avoid lacing Easter Sunday with obscenity.
But worship of him is but a symptom. It is not the disease. His eventual passing from the scene will not cure it.
By Luther Munford on
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