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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The updated funding model aims to ensure that base level funding is sufficient while implementing performance metrics at Mississippi’s eight public universities.
Development of a new funding model for Mississippi’s eight public universities continues as the June deadline approaches for the third-party contractor to present options that include performance metrics.
The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning have contracted with the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) to develop the new funding model.
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Following his gubernatorial campaign announcement, Gunn talked openly about his time as Speaker, what separates him from a potentially crowded field, and the next steps he sees in continuing to strengthen Mississippi through conservative policymaking.
It has been 80 years since a former Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives became Governor. Philip Gunn is trying to change that.
In fact, if there was a theme to Gunn’s storied political career it may well be change.
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The U.S. Drought Monitor’s April 21 map shows nearly half of the state is currently at an extreme drought level, Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson said Thursday.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that 21 Mississippi counties had been designated as primary natural disaster areas due to recent drought conditions. Another 24 counties were listed among contiguous counties impacted by the disaster.
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Karli Fortenberey slides in safely to home
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Kainsley Bennett drives it into right field
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Kosciusko split the first two games of a 4A softball playoff series with Mooreville because of one nightmarish inning. Game 3 was postponed Monday due to the forecast of rain, with a makeup date to be determined.
Kosciusko led the first game 2-1 and was one strike from victory when disaster struck. Mooreville scored nine unearned runs for a 10-2 victory.
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By Laurence Hilliard
Kosciusko is playing its best baseball when it matters the most. The Whippets outscored two opponents 48-4 in four 4A playoff wins.
15-0 and 14-0 victories over a weak Byhalia team is nothing special. But 12-2 and 7-1 against New Albany, which entered the second round 21-9, was.
“I was proud of the guys. They played hard,” said coach Cole McBride. “They had a really good week of work.”
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Festival goers enjoy different events at the Natchez Trace Festival.
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Festival thrives despite weather challenges
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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March 2026, two Mississippi cities raised their water rates. Ridgeland increased its typical residential bill by $6.31 a month. JXN Water increased its by $8.88. Similar numbers. Very different decision processes.
Ridgeland commissioned an independent engineering study, held a public meeting, and put the question to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen — elected by the residential rate payers. Some residential rate payers also attended the meeting.
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The post by James Thomas came on the same day that former FBI Director James Comey was indicted in North Carolina for sharing the same seashell photograph back in 2025.
Secret service apprehended a suspect Saturday night at the White House Correspondents dinner in Washington D.C. after gunfire rang out in the halls of the Washington Hilton Hotel. Cole Allen, 31, faces charges that include attempting to assassinate the President. It was the third such attempt in as many years.
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Los Preeminentes will perform Tuesday at a free community show at San Miguel Arcangel Tienda y Taqueria Mexicana. Members of the family band are, from left, Francisco Zuniga, Ethan Zuniga, Alex Zuniga, Margarito Zuniga, Eric Zuniga, Guadalupe Villasana, Edward Villasana and Ricardo Zuniga.
The Hush Puppy Music Co-Op will partner with a local restaurant to celebrate Cinco De Mayo on Tuesday.
The free concert will be at San Miguel Arcangel Tienda y Taqueria Mexicana and feature a subgenre of regional Mexican music.
Festivities start at 7 p.m. for the all-ages show at San Miguel Arcangel, located at 615 W. Park Ave. in Greenwood. Food and drinks will be served before and throughout the concert.
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