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As revelers prepare to bid adieu to 2025 and welcome in 2026, Charleston Police Chief Kirby Griffin reminds city residents that their New Year’s festivities should not include the use of guns.
For some people, discharging a shotgun or other firearm into the air at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve is simply part of a long New Year’s tradition, but Griffin said no allowance is made for celebratory gunfire in the city of Charleston.
The chief said the city has a “zero tolerance” policy for discharging a firearm in the city of Charleston for any reason and on any day.
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Charleston celebrates on New Year's Eve 2022. (Sun-Sentinel file photo by Clay McFerrin)
Singing, fireworks and a ball drop are to be part of the festivities surrounding a public New Year’s Eve celebration in Charleston tonight, according to Mayor Sedrick Smith Sr.
The event will be conducted in front of City Hall, on the south side of Charleston Court Square, the mayor said.
The festivities are scheduled to get underway two hours before the big finale.
“We will have some open mic singing starting at 10 p.m.,” Smith said. “If anybody wants to come and sing their favorite song, they can.”
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Family members are pictured at a recent West Tallahatchie Habitat for Humanity house dedication ceremony in Tutwiler. From left, they are homeowner Ariel Montgomery, her aunt Amelia Davis, her daughter Alaiyah, her mother Yolanda Davis, her grandmother Emma Davis and her cousin, Karter Davis. (Photo special to The Sun-Sentinel)
TUTWILER — Days before the Thanksgiving holiday, West Tallahatchie Habitat for Humanity completed its mission once again, “One home, one hammer, one dollar, one family at a time.”
The Habitat affiliate dedicated House No. 48 to its newest homeowner, Ariel Montgomery, and daughter.
On Tuesday, Nov. 25, Montgomery signed off on her promissory note/Deed of Trust to Homeownership with West Tallahatchie Habitat for Humanity. A house dedication ceremony was held immediately following the signing.
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3 months ago
The order directs the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections to release Taylor within five days.
Governor Tate Reeves announced Wednesday that he has signed an Executive Order granting clemency to Maurice Taylor, who he said was illegally sentenced to 20 years in prison, with five years suspended.
Reeves’ order directs the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections to release Taylor within five days.
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Oh, come now. That’s only one out. Patrick Taylor has a whole batting order to face. He claims Trump is out with three strikes. (“Trump Has Not Met Expectations of His Supporters,” Northside Sun 12/12/26). OK, but we’re in only the second inning. I’m more than pleased with Trump’s performance after months and it’s a lot better than I thought it would be. There are inaccuracies coming out of Taylor’s hand and sloppy conflation of fact with fiction. Now Taylor is out of strikes and is beginning to throw only balls. My diagnosis: a debilitating case of TDS.
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On Wednesday, November 12th, 2025, I attended a breakfast at the Hilton Hotel on County Line Road. It was sponsored by the Jackson Greater Chamber with Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde Smith being the keynote speaker.
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After a parent dies, children commonly wish they had asked more questions about their family’s history. Anyone who has ever had that wish would find Christine Kuehn’s new book, Family of Spies, more than just interesting.
In her case the questions came late in her father’s life. And, as it turned out, they were not just about her father’s fighting on Okinawa, the Japanese island where, at age 19, he survived a 1945 battle in which 12,000 Americans were killed. All he would say about that was that he was glad he survived.
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Just recently I learned of a Mississippi float in the Tournament of Roses Parade.
That was exciting news, for all of us and especially for me.
I was fortunate to be a volunteer in Pat Frascogna’s project of a float in the parade on
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3 months ago
Imagine facing arrest simply for posting sharp or critical comments online. Picture police at your door for expressing opposition to mass immigration. Envision a country where you could be imprisoned for years without a jury ever deciding your guilt.
This isn't dystopian fiction - it's the reality unfolding in Britain today, my former home and once part of the free world.
By Douglas Carswell - Mississippi Center for Public Policy on
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Read George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 to get ready. His “Big Brother” system previews the pervasive government monitoring that’s coming.
China already uses powerful Big Brother technology to amplify power at home and abroad. Its surveillance technology helped identify and punish almost 900,000 officials last year, an Associated Press investigation found. Outside its borders, China used the technology to threaten wayward officials, dissidents and alleged criminals.
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This one slipped away in a hurry. You may be thinking I am referring to the 2025 hunting season, though it is fleeting, I am talking about the past year in general. Everyone told me the older you get the faster the years pass, though we all know time is constant. They must know something though because we’re in a brand-new calendar year now. So, what went well for you in 2025 and what did not? We all have challenges, but what can we do to somewhat ensure that the new year will go as we hope it will?
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We talk Tulane-Ole Miss, the Blake Anderson hire at Southern Miss, Coach Larry Ladner’s legacy in Mississippi basketball, and the New Orleans Saints and their new franchise quarterback.
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3 months ago
Below is a press release from the Center for Economic Accountability:
A decade-long subsidy package for a Compass Datacenters project in Meridian, Mississippi has been selected as the nation’s “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year” for 2025 by The Center for Economic Accountability.
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What a glorious Christmas this was weather wise. For almost an entire week, temperatures shot up into the mid-70s with mild winds and no rain. What a treat.
Several of these days neared the all-time 180-year record highs for those dates. Folks flocked outdoors and the walking trails were full of families getting exercise and enjoying God’s beauty.
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The projects are funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Five local governments in Mississippi have been awarded $44 million in roadway funding under the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program.
The projects are funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a measure Mississippi U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R) helped negotiate as a senior member of the Senate Commerce Committee.
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TUTWILER — Dorothy Jean Madden, age 78, passed away Thursday, Dec. 18.
Visitation will be held 1-5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, at Clark-Williams Funeral Home in Grenada.
Funeral services will be held 12 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church near Tutwiler.
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Greenwood Police officers are on the scene of a shooting in the 300 block of East Market Street.
, Greenwood Police officers are on the scene of a shooting in the 300 block of East Market Street.
, Greenwood Police officers are on the scene of a shooting in the 300 block of East Market Street.
, Greenwood Police officers are on the scene of a shooting in the 300 block of East Market Street.
, Greenwood Police are outside of Greenwood Leflore Hospital after four people were shot during an incident in the 300 block of East Market Street on Christmas Eve.
Four people were shot in Greenwood on Christmas Eve, two of them fatally.
Leflore County Coroner Debra Sanders said she received a call at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday in regard to a shooting incident that occurred on the 300 block of East Market Street.
The two people who died from the shooting were a 33-year-old man and a 28-year-old man, both from Greenwood. Both died from multiple gunshot wounds, Sanders said. The names of the victims are not yet being released as the coroner has yet to inform the victims' families.
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