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Mississippi lawmakers face the first major killing deadline of the 2026 legislative session on Tuesday, the deadline for House and Senate committees to pass measures originating in their own chamber.
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Annual campaign finance reports show potential top contenders for Mississippi governor in 2027 were busy fundraising last year.
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Below is a press release from the Mississippi State Department of Health:
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is providing personnel and resources throughout North Mississippi as the state recovers from the devastating ice storm.
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem landed in Tupelo on Monday to assess winter storm damage in North Mississippi as FEMA, military leadership, first responders and linemen continue to work to recover from the ice storm that blanketed the area.
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Under Federal Emergency Management Agency and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency disaster funding guidelines, Charleston Mayor Sedrick Smith announced Monday that city officials will be hiring private contractors to pick up limbs and other debris in the city in the wake of the recent ice storm.
He noted, however, that the city-hired contractors WILL NOT go onto private property to remove limbs or branches. He stressed that all such debris must be placed curbside.
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CHARLESTON — Johnnie Diltz, age 88, passed away Thursday, January 15.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, February 7, at New Town Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston with visitation one hour prior to service. Clark-Williams Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Interment will follow in New Town Cemetery.
He served his country in the U.S. Army and worked as a medical supply transporter, and security guard until retirement.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ann Fair Diltz.
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LEVERETT — Ann Elizabeth Forrest Brasher, age 91, of the Leverett community, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 26, surrounded by her three children.
Funeral services will be held at noon Monday, February 2, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada with interment following at Magnolia Gardens Cemetery at Paynes. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service.
She was born August 11, 1934, in Sumner to Saunders Doty Forrest and Mary Lee Phelps Forrest.
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CASCILLA — Linda Carol Jeffery Hill, age 75, of Cascilla, passed away Friday, January 30, at Tallahatchie General Hospital in Charleston.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 3, at the New Bethel Holiness Church, where she was a member, with Rev. James Jones officiating. Interment will follow in the Jeffery/Hill family plot at the North Shady Grove Cemetery at Cascilla. The family will receive friends from 5 – 7 p.m. Monday evening and one hour prior to the service Tuesday all at New Bethel Holiness Church.
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The Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) activated an additional 150 service members, bringing the total to 650 personnel, to conduct general support, fueling operations and aerial logistics packaging of food, water, medical and other needed supplies following a major winter storm Jan. 23-26.
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WEBB — Robert Allen Carter, age 65, of Webb, passed away Monday, January 26, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Visitation will be held 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 6, at Tutwiler Funeral Home.
A celebration of life service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, February 7, at Chapel Hill M.B. Church, Clarksdale. Interment will follow at Brooklyn Cemetery in Webb. Tutwiler Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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WEBB — Derrick Lamont Wash, age 40, of Webb, passed away Saturday,. January 24, at his home.
Visitation will be held 3-5 p.m. Friday, February 6, at Tutwiler Funeral Home.
A celebration of life service will be held 12 noon on Saturday, February 7, at Persimmon Grove Baptist Church near Glendora. Interment will follow at Bound Memorial Gardens near Charleston.
Tutwiler Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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OAKLAND — Jerry Wayne Lantrip, Sr. age 74, mechanic, passed away Monday, January 19, at his home in Oakland.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Thursday, January 22, at Wells Funeral Home with interment following in the Graystone Family Cemetery at Oakland.
He was preceded in death by a son, Christopher Gray.
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MARKS — Carol Ann Ware Bryant, age 79, Certified Nursing Assistant, passed away, Monday, January 26, at Northwest MS Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, February 2, at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Interment will follow at Forrest Memorial Park.
She is survived by her husband, James Earl Bryant of Marks; three daughters, Lorie Adams of Como, Ginger Murphy of Charleston and Brandie Lavelle Chrestman of Batesville; 9 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
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MARKS — Carol Ann Ware Bryant, age 79, Certified Nursing Assistant, passed away, Monday, January 26, at Northwest MS Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, February 2, at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Interment will follow at Forrest Memorial Park.
She is survived by her husband, James Earl Bryant of Marks; three daughters, Lorie Adams of Como, Ginger Murphy of Charleston and Brandie Lavelle Chrestman of Batesville; 9 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
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GRENADA — James Edward Adams, age 74, construction worker, of Grenada, passed away Monday, January 26, at his home.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 31, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada with interment following in Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon until service time.
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LEVERETT — Ann Elizabeth Forrest Brasher, age 91, of the Leverett community, passed away Monday, January 26.
Funeral services will be held at noon Monday, February 2, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada with interment following at Magnolia Gardens Cemetery at Paynes. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service.
She is survived by her daughter, Pat Little of Grenada; two sons, Alan Brasher of Enid and Brent Brasher of Holcomb; a brother, 8 grandchldren and 6 great-grandchildren.
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State Rep. Lee Yancey said the goal is to push patients toward variants of medical cannabis they do not have to smoke.
A bill that passed out of the Mississippi House Business and Commerce Committee aims to remove the limits on THC content in concentrated forms of medical cannabis in an effort to move people away from its combustible forms.
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Sarah Adlakha, a Chicago native, is running against incumbent U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in the March 10 Republican Primary Election.
With less than six weeks before the party primary election, political newcomer Sarah Adlakha is attempting to draw distinctions between herself and her opponent in the Republican Primary, incumbent U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Adlakha is selling herself as the outsider fighting against “entrenched political interests.” On Thursday, Adlakha said if elected, she would not accept money “from Washington lobbyists.”
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One state funded scholarship program focuses on traditional students, while the second is geared toward older, returning students.
Bills passed out of the Mississippi Senate Universities and Colleges Committee this week that seek to ensure the financial literacy of students, amend a current state funded financial aid assistance program, and address workforce shortages across the state by offering aid to non-traditional students.
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In finding portions of Mississippi’s home health agency “Certificate of Need” laws unconstitutional, U.S. District Court judge Carlton Reeves said, “the Court cannot escape the absurdity in maintaining an out-right moratorium for over forty years.”
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Mississippi’s decades-old moratorium on new home health agencies, ruling the state’s blanket ban on new licenses violates the Fourteenth Amendment.
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