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Saturday’s March 28 ceremony dedicating the running track and field at Charleston High School to a former longtime local coach, Craig Walker, was very fitting and richly deserved.
For many years, Walker was the physical education teacher and track and football coach at Charleston Middle School, but he may be most widely known as the founder, fundraiser, driver and coach of a summer youth track and field program that captured the attention of people far from Tallahatchie County or Mississippi.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
2 months 3 weeks ago
What does the holy-warrior culture Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is cultivating in our military have in common with the holy-militant culture Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers cultivated in his White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan?
I fell into this question after reading Hegseth’s latest militant prayer and then about the trove of Klan artifacts uncovered at the Mississippi Department of Public Safety as it prepared to relocate. Among the items recovered were a Klan charter and a March 1, 1964, Bowers lecture. (See all items at Jackson Jambalaya.)
By Bill Crawford on
2 months 3 weeks ago
We had a horrendous happening here in our little close-knit town this past weekend. So unspeakable that my pacifist mind and spirit have trouble comprehending. Two innocent people in our community were shot to death needlessly.
Of course, Facebook lit up almost as quickly as it happened as this has become mine and it seems, everyone else’s, standard way of getting up-to-the-minute news, and the news hit our town with terror and fear.
By Peggy Sims on
2 months 3 weeks ago
Pictured, from left, are Northwest Mississippi Community College Beauty Review third runner-up, Regan Landry of Helena, Alabama; first runner-up, Mya Harden of Water Valley; Most Beautiful, Wylee Sayle of Southaven; second runner-up, Abigail Busby of Holly Springs; and fourth runner-up, Lily Anderson of Olive Branch.
Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia held its annual Northwest Beauty Review on March 24.
Wylee Sayle, the daughter of Dalton and Robyn Graham of Southaven and the late Willy Sayle of Charleston, was the overall winner.
By Special to The Sun-Sentinel on
2 months 3 weeks ago
The bonding company acting as guarantor for three former Indianola aldermen has agreed to pay nearly $44,000 owed to the city for a 2023 improper payout to a local contractor.
State Auditor Shad White’s office confirmed to The Enterprise-Tocsin this week that it has received a check from Western Surety Bonding Co. in the amount of $43,600. This payment will make the city whole and will likely end a two-and-a-half-year saga that dominated the final two years of the last board’s term.
By staff reports - The Enterprise-Tocsin on
2 months 3 weeks ago
The pace of modern life is so packed and structured, sometimes it’s great to have an open afternoon with nothing planned.
That’s how it was last Friday when, out of the blue, I got a text from my long-time friend Scott Coopwood from Cleveland.
“Headed to Jackson for Morgan Freeman’s Blues symphonic deal tonight. Do you have any interest in joining us? I’ve got two extra VIP tickets.” A quick call to Ginny and we were in.
By Wyatt Emmerich on
2 months 3 weeks ago
Chrissi Papworth set working with wind tunnels as a career goal while still a student at Mississippi State University. She now works for NASA on the Artemis mission with the Space Launch System. Here she is standing outside the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnels at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.
Editor's Note: This story appeared in the Fall 2022 edition of Leflore Illustrated. It is being republished on our website today, as Carroll Academy graduate Chrissi Papworth was on the crew that helped build the Artemis that will launch Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. central time.
Chrissi Papworth says she didn’t follow the usual path to her current job working with NASA as an aerothermodynamics analyst, but she’s pleased with how things turned out.
By DAVID MONROE - Leflore Illustrated on
2 months 3 weeks ago
Lawmakers also look to provide funding for income verification contracts to help keep SNAP error rates low as higher rates will cost the state millions.
The budget for the Mississippi Department of Human Services was set this week, with legislators agreeing on roughly $94.6 million in state funding for the state agency.
The total budget for the department under the conference report filed for HB 1909, including federal and other funding, totals $1.6 billion.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months 3 weeks ago
A federal judge ruled last year that Mississippi’s Supreme Court districts violated the Voting Rights Act. Instead of redrawing the districts, lawmakers will wait and see what comes of an appeal and a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mississippi lawmakers will not take up redistricting of the state’s Supreme Court districts, choosing instead to wait and see what comes of an appeal as well as how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a case involving the Voting Rights Act.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months 3 weeks ago
Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion
By Magnolia Tribune Staff on
2 months 3 weeks ago
Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion
In Mississippi
1. Moss Point’s Stallworth advances to American Idol Top 14, awaits fate
Moss Point native Daniel Stallworth advanced to the American Idol Top 14 on Monday.
By Magnolia Tribune Staff on
2 months 3 weeks ago
TUTWILER — In the wake of two unrelated shooting deaths within a span of 14 days, the Tutwiler Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday to establish new curfews in an effort to tamp down late-night interaction that could lead to violence.
Both the March 15 and March 29 killings occurred shortly after midnight.
Tutwiler Police Department Investigator Casey Lewis said early Wednesday that an 11 p.m. curfew has been imposed for residents 18 and over, while an 8 p.m. curfew is in effect for anyone 17 and under.
This is a developing story.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
2 months 3 weeks ago
OXFORD – U.S. Attorney Scott Leary announced today that a federal grand jury returned separate indictments on March 25 charging eight individuals with drug distribution and one of those included charges as a felon in possession of firearms. All of these defendants were arrested today (March 31).
According to court documents the following individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Mississippi:
• Gary “Rooster” Ransom, 49, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, indicted for drug distribution and felon in possession of firearms
By Billie L. Eubanks - U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Mississippi on
2 months 3 weeks ago
The Mississippi Antique Showcase is coming to the Delta, April 17th and 18th, at The Capps Entrepreneurial Center in Stoneville.
Call 888-874-6874 for tickets and information.
Mississippi Public Broadcasting is hoping people looking for expert appraisals of their treasures will bring them to MPB’s Mississippi Antique Showcase April 17 and 18 in Stoneville.
The event will be filmed for a series that MPB will air in the fall.
The showcase will take place from 1-6 p.m. April 17 and from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 18 at the The Capps Entrepreneurial Center at MSU Delta Research and Extension Center.
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - The Greenwood Commonwealth on
2 months 3 weeks ago
Use of the psychoactive substance has shown promise in helping those suffering from PTSD and opioid withdrawal symptoms.
A bill that will allow for clinical trials of a drug known as Ibogaine has been signed into law by Mississippi’s governor.
On Thursday, Governor Tate Reeves (R) added his signature to HB 314, putting it into law as of July 1.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months 3 weeks ago
Filming equipment for “Southern Dish” points toward the series’ host, Lydia Chassaniol of Winona.
For well over a year, state Sen. Lydia Chassaniol of Winona and a Mississippi Public Broadcasting film crew have been crisscrossing the state with a delectable purpose.
That is to create a new TV series that will engage the state’s would-be visitors and its residents by introducing them to restaurants and their chefs statewide in order to tell Mississippi’s story through their food.
The result is MPB’s new series, “Southern Dish.” Chassaniol, had the idea for the series, raised the money to fund it and serves as its host.
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - The Greenwood Commonwealth on
2 months 3 weeks ago
CHARLESTON — Stephanie Taylor, age 40, passed away Tuesday, March 24.
Visitation will be held 3-6 p.m. Friday, April 10, at J Brown Community Funeral Services in Charleston.
Funeral services will be held 12 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at Abundant Harvest Church of God in Christ in Charleston.
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2 months 3 weeks ago
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving the U.S. Marshal Service that occurred Monday morning at a residence on Mill Street in Indianola.
According to Sunflower County Coroner Heather Burton, the deceased has been identified as Demetric Bryant, 25, of Indianola. Burton said that his body has been sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office for autopsy.
By RUTHIE ROBISON - The Enterprise-Tocsin on
2 months 3 weeks ago
CLARKSDALE — Brenda Joyce Griffin Brown, age 63, formally of Clarksdale, passed away on Thursday, March 19, in Horn Lake.
Visitation will be held 4-6 p.m. Friday, April 3, at Stringer Redmond Chapel in Clarksdale.
A celebration of life service will be held at noon on Saturday, April 4, at McKinley Street Church of Christ in Clarksdale with interment following at Mt. Avery Church Cemetery at Friars Point.
Tutwiler Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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Lawmakers agreed to a 16% increase in state funding for the social welfare healthcare program. The Division of Medicaid had requested an increase of $390 million.
Mississippi lawmakers have approved the conference report for the state’s Medicaid appropriation, with state funding for the social welfare healthcare program.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
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