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Mississippi Department of Public Safety Transfers Inventory of 1960s Klan Material to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety has transferred to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History 1960s-era Ku Klux Klan materials, including full Klan regalia, recently discovered as DPS staff prepared to move into new headquarters.
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MSU delegation visits future home of Rome programs, takes part in personal audience with Pope Leo XIV
A delegation of Mississippi State officials visited the future home of the university’s international programs headquartered in Rome, Italy, this month and participated in a personal audience with Pope Leo XIV.
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School Board approves administrators, department heads
WPT Staff Report
The Webster County School Board has approved administrator and department head recommendations for 2026-27.
Board members did so during their Feb. 9 meeting at the Career and Technology Center, meeting minutes show. Superintendent James Mason recommended their approval as a part of the Consent Agenda, which was approved 5-0.
The administrators and department heads approved are the same as those now in those positions:
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Eupora Board of Aldermen approves emergency declarations
By Russell Hood
The Webster Progress-Times
The Eupora Board of Aldermen approved two emergency declarations last month stemming from water issues during Winter Storm Fern in late January.
Aldermen did so as part of board business during a recessed meeting on Feb. 17, according to meeting minutes.
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Mathiston takes delivery of new fire truck
By Russell Hood
The Webster Progress-Times
MATHISTON — The town of Mathiston and county officials are proud of a new fire truck delivered to the Mathiston Volunteer Fire Department last week.
The Rosenbauer pumper truck was manufactured in South Dakota and purchased through Southern States Fire out of Tupelo, which delivered it March 13.
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Jail docket 03-20-2026
GAKE, DERICUS L, BM, 1/3/1985; SUSPENED LICENSE, IMPROPER EQUIPMENT, NO INSURANCE, 3/13/2026, WCSD
GIPSON, JULIUS, BM, 4/9/1994; WARRANT, 3/12/2026, WCSD
GOSS, JENNIFER, BF, 6/18/1972; DUI 1ST OFFENSE, 3/15/2026, MHP
HOLMES, TYRONE, BM, 5/9/1965; PUBLIC DRUNK, 3/11/2026, WCSD
HUGHES, GLADYS, BF, 3/17/1978; WARRANT, 3/9/2026, WCSD
MING, JAMES S, WM, 12/16/1990; DUI 1ST OFFENSE, 3/12/2026, MHP
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Nanih Waiya Warriors split week at Sebastopol; Softball returns to action
By Robbie Robertson
The Winston County Journal
The Nanih Waiya baseball team split a pair of games last week, beating Choctaw Central 7-5 on Monday but falling 13-0 to Puckett in Tuesday at the Sebastopol Tournament.
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2 months 4 weeks ago
Below is a political opinion column by Sid Salter:
Columnist Sid Salter says Hyde-Smith is the clear favorite in this race but expect Colom to continue to wage a bare-knuckle campaign.
After the March 10 primaries, Mississippi now enters the home stretch of the 2026 mid-term elections, amid renewed fighting in the Middle East, new global and domestic economic challenges influenced by that conflict, and American partisan differences that have not been deeper or more pronounced since the late 1960s.
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Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:
As Republicans surged to take control of state government in the 1990s and 2000s, no two Democratic Mississippi politicians were more despised by members of the upstart party than Ronnie Musgrove and Billy McCoy.
McCoy served from 2004 until 2012 as the last Democratic speaker of the Mississippi House while Musgrove served from 1996 until 2000 as the state’s last Democratic lieutenant governor and from 2000 until 2004 as Mississippi’s last Democratic governor.
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A wastewater treatment lagoon in the Wellsgate subdivision in Oxford, Miss., on Monday, March 10, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Across Mississippi, many of the thousands of water and sewer systems in the state have struggled to stay compliant with federal public health and environmental laws.
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Gov. Tate Reeves talks about Mississippi's Rural Health Transformation Program plan during a press conference at the Walter Sillers Building in Jackson on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Lt. Gov. Hosemann responds that governor’s claim is ‘malicious, unnecessary and false.’
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday vetoed a bill that sought to provide low-interest loans to local governments impacted by this year’s deadly winter storm and accused Senate staffers of committing unconstitutional and potentially criminal acts with the legislation.
But the basis for Reeves’s allegations of criminal action is inaccurate.
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The Clarksdale Board of Commissioners voted Monday night to rezone a site for a potential data center along with a list of conditions for any developer.
“The vote that we’ve taken today does not approve a data center. It only is the beginning of the conversation regarding the possibility of data centers coming to Clarksdale,” said Mayor Orlando Paden.
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A voter reads over his ballot at Fondren Chruch in Precinct 16 during primary voting, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
The U.S. Supreme Court could soon end Mississippi’s practice of counting mail-in absentee ballots that arrive after Election Day, a decision that could have a ripple effect nationwide and sow confusion for November’s midterm elections.
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On Monday, in meetings a hundred miles apart, Clinton and Clarksdale officials heard from residents about potential data centers coming to their respective towns.
Clinton has signed a fee-in-lieu of taxes agreement with a developer but the Clarksdale project is in very early talks.
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2 months 4 weeks ago
House lawmakers are deliberating sending a bill to Gov. Tate Reeves that would make it illegal for doctors to prescribe medication that could be used to induce abortion to patients in Mississippi.
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3 months ago
Obituary: Frances Helen Turnage
Frances Helen Turnage, age 75, of Decatur, Alabama, passed away on March 19, 2026. Born November 17, 1950, in Denver, Colorado. A Celebration of Life Service will begin Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Decatur Alabama, with Austin Dupper officiating. There will be a Celebration Of Life Service in Kosciusko Mississippi on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. She will be laid to rest at Parkway Cemetery, Kosciusko, Mississippi.
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“Matching” students reminisce about caring doctors who shaped their career paths
JACKSON, Miss. – Deshauntra Green-Johnson and Alex Michelletti both took the scenic roads out of rural Mississippi to earn their white coats in recent years. Both, however, plan to hop on those same routes to the same small towns to start their careers helping build healthy communities.
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for saleFire Pit And Metal Wood Storage Barrel - wood Included $50 OR Best offer. Please call 662-770-0390for saleFOR SALE - 39774 HIGHWAY 14 W, MCCOOL, MS. 39108 BRICK HOME WITH 40 ACRES. Price: $249,900 Single Family home built in 1985 approximately 1621sq ft 3 bedroom 2 bath sold “AS IS” Country living with Highway Frontage and Endless Potential! Located approximately halfway between Louisville and Kosciusko All electric with Central Heat and Air.
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Gov. Reeves to participate in ribbon cutting for new Hunter Engineering Durant plant expansion
New addition to provide 60,000 SF for increased capacity
ST. LOUIS – Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves will visit the Hunter Engineering manufacturing plant in Durant Tuesday, March 24, to officially open the company’s recently completed 60,000-SF addition.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m.
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UM Graduate, Greenwood Native Honors Former Professors
Matching gift to School of Accountancy building fund will name two offices
OXFORD, Miss. – A $100,000 gift to the University of Mississippi will name two faculty offices in the new Patterson School of Accountancy.
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