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TIMARA LAYTON
Inducted into societies
Charleston native Timara Layton has been inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Alpha Lambda Delta recognizes high academic achievement during the first year of college.
Layton is a first-year sophomore at LSU, where she is majoring in Political Science with a concentration in law and legal systems with a minor in criminology.
Students typically must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher to be eligible for induction into the society.
Layton currently holds a GPA of 3.8
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East Central Community College to Host Screening of “Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers”
East Central Community College will host a special screening of Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers on Tuesday, April 7, at 1:30 p.m. in Huff Auditorium on the Decatur campus.
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Warm and pleasant greetings to all. We welcome springtime !
The attractive magazine covers give some inspiration to reading.
Reading is lacking with the hard back cover reading. I enjoy reading and perhaps writing, even more. I enjoy intensive reading that is slow, focused and engaging with the material as well as I like extensive reading, which helps me process the information and is interesting. The point is, I do a bit more than skimming and scanning.
It is pleasurable and knowledgeable and I like improving my vocabulary as well!
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Warm and pleasant greetings to all. We welcome springtime !
The attractive magazine covers give some inspiration to reading.
Reading is lacking with the hard back cover reading. I enjoy reading and perhaps writing, even more. I enjoy intensive reading that is slow, focused and engaging with the material as well as I like extensive reading, which helps me process the information and is interesting. The point is, I do a bit more than skimming and scanning.
It is pleasurable and knowledgeable and I like improving my vocabulary as well!
By MELBA TAYLOR on
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The Oakland Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that Danica Hart, formerly of the nationally recognized country trio Chapel Hart, will headline the 2026 Yalo-Ribbon Festival in Oakland on Saturday, May 2.
With the addition of Hart and growing regional interest in the event, festival organizers have moved this year’s celebration to the James Riley Swearengen Walking Track and Park, providing more space for music, vendors and family activities. The park is located at 61 Walnut Street, in Oakland.
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Ted "Teddy" DiBiase Jr. and his wife Kristen Tynes walk to the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King, Mississippi Today
Attorneys defending Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr., the only person to face trial in a welfare fraud scandal that has rocked Mississippi over the last six years, kept their case succinct.
They began Tuesday and rested Wednesday afternoon, the 18th day of trial, after calling just four witnesses. DiBiase opted not to take the stand. On Thursday, the judge will deliver the jury’s instructions, both sides will present closing arguments and jurors will begin deliberating.
By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today on
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Ted "Teddy" DiBiase Jr. and his wife Kristen Tynes walk to the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King, Mississippi Today
Attorneys defending Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr., the only person to face trial in a welfare fraud scandal that has rocked Mississippi over the last six years, kept their case succinct.
They began Tuesday and rested Wednesday afternoon, the 18th day of trial, after calling just four witnesses. DiBiase opted not to take the stand. On Thursday, the judge will deliver the jury’s instructions, both sides will present closing arguments and jurors will begin deliberating.
By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today on
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Jackson’s premier culinary celebration returns March 20–22 with festival chair Chef Nick Wallace and more than 35 participating chefs.
By Susan Marquez - Magnolia Tribune on
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Jackson’s premier culinary celebration returns March 20–22 with festival chair Chef Nick Wallace and more than 35 participating chefs.
By Susan Marquez - Magnolia Tribune on
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By the time I reached our hostess Julia Turnipseed’s home, I looked every bit a drowned rat. Just four miles away in Tutwiler it wasn’t raining, but in Sumner my car wasn’t wide enough to straddle a full storm drain puddle. Walking past all the umbrellas on the front porch, I wanted to turn and run. Nonsense, Julia welcomed me and graciously ushered me to a chair I’d be least likely to ruin.
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By the time I reached our hostess Julia Turnipseed’s home, I looked every bit a drowned rat. Just four miles away in Tutwiler it wasn’t raining, but in Sumner my car wasn’t wide enough to straddle a full storm drain puddle. Walking past all the umbrellas on the front porch, I wanted to turn and run. Nonsense, Julia welcomed me and graciously ushered me to a chair I’d be least likely to ruin.
By LYDIA DUNAVENT on
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By the time I reached our hostess Julia Turnipseed’s home, I looked every bit a drowned rat. Just four miles away in Tutwiler it wasn’t raining, but in Sumner my car wasn’t wide enough to straddle a full storm drain puddle. Walking past all the umbrellas on the front porch, I wanted to turn and run. Nonsense, Julia welcomed me and graciously ushered me to a chair I’d be least likely to ruin.
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Four more counties added to winter storm public assistance program
Four more counties are now eligible for Public Assistance grants to support debris removal and permanent work to repair public facilities damaged by the January winter storm.
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SNAP FRAUD INVESTIGATION LEADS TO PLEA AGREEMENT
(JACKSON, MISS) — The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS), Office of Inspector General, Division of Investigation, announced a Kemper County resident has entered into a plea agreement following an MDHS investigation into welfare fraud.
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William Carey reaches out to teacher assistants
William Carey University’s School of Education will launch the “Investing in Teacher Assistants Initiative” this summer, with help from a $300,000 grant from Mississippi’s Robert M. Hearin Foundation.
The initiative will help teacher assistants earn their bachelor’s degrees and become fully accredited classroom teachers through a combination of tuition assistance, flexible course delivery, and mentoring to support their efforts.
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I was pondering all the things that are different or strange that happen in our lives. Some I would have never thought about but yet have come about in my life.
As I have said, I have broken so many bones it seems unimaginable that I am still able to ambulate upright. I have had both my shoulders replaced, my right ankle, and my left femur has been reworked in steel from thigh to ankle. I have even broken a toe, but as minor as that was considering the other breaks, I only found out about the toe when I had an X-ray for sciatica.
By Peggy Sims on
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I was pondering all the things that are different or strange that happen in our lives. Some I would have never thought about but yet have come about in my life.
As I have said, I have broken so many bones it seems unimaginable that I am still able to ambulate upright. I have had both my shoulders replaced, my right ankle, and my left femur has been reworked in steel from thigh to ankle. I have even broken a toe, but as minor as that was considering the other breaks, I only found out about the toe when I had an X-ray for sciatica.
By Peggy Sims on
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I was pondering all the things that are different or strange that happen in our lives. Some I would have never thought about but yet have come about in my life.
As I have said, I have broken so many bones it seems unimaginable that I am still able to ambulate upright. I have had both my shoulders replaced, my right ankle, and my left femur has been reworked in steel from thigh to ankle. I have even broken a toe, but as minor as that was considering the other breaks, I only found out about the toe when I had an X-ray for sciatica.
By Peggy Sims on
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After being fired following an incendiary post about Charlie Kirk’s death, former ole Miss employee Lauren Stokes argued her First Amendment rights were violated. U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson dismissed the claims Monday, setting up a potential 5th Circuit appeal.
A federal judge has dismissed former University of Mississippi employee Lauren Stokes’ First Amendment retaliation lawsuit against Chancellor Glenn Boyce, bringing an early end—at least for now—to one of the state’s most closely watched campus speech disputes.
By Russ Latino - Magnolia Tribune on
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After being fired following an incendiary post about Charlie Kirk’s death, former ole Miss employee Lauren Stokes argued her First Amendment rights were violated. U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson dismissed the claims Monday, setting up a potential 5th Circuit appeal.
A federal judge has dismissed former University of Mississippi employee Lauren Stokes’ First Amendment retaliation lawsuit against Chancellor Glenn Boyce, bringing an early end—at least for now—to one of the state’s most closely watched campus speech disputes.
By Russ Latino - Magnolia Tribune on
