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Tayler Michon Berryhill of Webb has been named to the spring 2026 Vice President’s List at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville. Students must achieve a grade-point average between 3.5 and 3.9 on a 4.0 scale to be eligible for the honor.
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Tayler Michon Berryhill of Webb has been named to the spring 2026 Vice President’s List at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville. Students must achieve a grade-point average between 3.5 and 3.9 on a 4.0 scale to be eligible for the honor.
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Several Tallahatchie County students were named to spring honor lists at Delta State University, it was announced this week.
Landing on the President’s List, which requires students to achieve a 3.80 or better GPA while completing at least 12 semester hours of coursework with no incomplete grades or grades lower than a C, were Sherkeria Phillips of Philipp, Kelly Chow of Webb and Zakarriya Love of Tutwiler.
Mon’timmia Brooks of Charleston landed on the Dean’s List by earning at least 12 credits while maintaining a GPA of 3.50 to 3.79.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Over the past decade, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and partners have restored or enhanced more than 1.58 million acres of shortleaf pine forest in Arkansas, largely through prescribed fire, sustainable timber management and targeted tree planting.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Over the past decade, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and partners have restored or enhanced more than 1.58 million acres of shortleaf pine forest in Arkansas, largely through prescribed fire, sustainable timber management and targeted tree planting.
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CHARLESTON — Lue Sanders, age 77, passed away Sunday, May 17.
Visitation will be held 4-6 p.m. Friday, May 29, at True Bible Way Church near Charleston.
Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday, May 30, at the church.
Clark-Williams Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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Jeanne Williams
On the job for a year as the executive director of the Jackson-Hinds Library System, Jeanne Williams has spent hours studying the system’s financial records.
“My favorite part of the work I do is finance, budgets,” she said.
Williams told members of the Jackson City Council Planning and Economic Development Committee on May 14 that she completed “a pretty deep study into the financial history of the library system.”
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CHARLESTON — Huley Williams Leigh, age 51, passed away Sunday, May 10.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, May 23, at Locopolis Missionary Baptist Church located near Charleston.
Clark-Williams Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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Over 6,000 families remain on a waitlist for these childcare vouchers, according to the Mississippi Department of Human Services.
The Mississippi Department of Human Services on Wednesday set aside $5 million to pay for a childcare program in crisis for over a year.
That funding would cover vouchers, or coupons that make childcare more affordable for low-income families, and the money would be enough to provide for about 800 children. Over 6,000 families remain on a waitlist for these vouchers, according to the department.
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Over 6,000 families remain on a waitlist for these childcare vouchers, according to the Mississippi Department of Human Services.
The Mississippi Department of Human Services on Wednesday set aside $5 million to pay for a childcare program in crisis for over a year.
That funding would cover vouchers, or coupons that make childcare more affordable for low-income families, and the money would be enough to provide for about 800 children. Over 6,000 families remain on a waitlist for these vouchers, according to the department.
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Over 6,000 families remain on a waitlist for these childcare vouchers, according to the Mississippi Department of Human Services.
The Mississippi Department of Human Services on Wednesday set aside $5 million to pay for a childcare program in crisis for over a year.
That funding would cover vouchers, or coupons that make childcare more affordable for low-income families, and the money would be enough to provide for about 800 children. Over 6,000 families remain on a waitlist for these vouchers, according to the department.
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Howie Liston shops for food at the Family Dollar on Terry Road in Jackson during its closing sale on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Credit: Aaron Lampley/Mississippi Today
‘They’re leaving us without local service. Without being able to go get what you want,’ one shopper says.
The Family Dollar store at the busy intersection of Cooper and Terry roads will be closing its doors by the end of May, further limiting options for people to buy groceries, school supplies and cleaning items in south and west Jackson.
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Howie Liston shops for food at the Family Dollar on Terry Road in Jackson during its closing sale on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Credit: Aaron Lampley/Mississippi Today
‘They’re leaving us without local service. Without being able to go get what you want,’ one shopper says.
The Family Dollar store at the busy intersection of Cooper and Terry roads will be closing its doors by the end of May, further limiting options for people to buy groceries, school supplies and cleaning items in south and west Jackson.
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Howie Liston shops for food at the Family Dollar on Terry Road in Jackson during its closing sale on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Credit: Aaron Lampley/Mississippi Today
‘They’re leaving us without local service. Without being able to go get what you want,’ one shopper says.
The Family Dollar store at the busy intersection of Cooper and Terry roads will be closing its doors by the end of May, further limiting options for people to buy groceries, school supplies and cleaning items in south and west Jackson.
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Congressman Bennie Thompson told attendees, “The toughest job in America is being black,” while House Minority Leader Robert Johnson said of the redistricting battles ahead, “You don’t stop until you tear everything down and you can build it back right.”
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ROGERS, Ark. — Jesse Glen Wilkerson, Jr., known throughout his life as Glen, passed away on Sunday, May 17, at the age of 84.
A service celebrating Glen’s life will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, May 23, at Rogers First Church of the Nazarene in Rogers, Arkansas. Benton County Funeral Home of Rogers has charge of arrangements.
Glen was born on November 5, 1941, to Frances (Marshall) and Glen Wilkerson, Sr. and grew up in Sardis, Mississippi.
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ROGERS, Ark. — Jesse Glen Wilkerson, Jr., known throughout his life as Glen, passed away on Sunday, May 17, at the age of 84.
A service celebrating Glen’s life will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, May 23, at Rogers First Church of the Nazarene in Rogers, Arkansas. Benton County Funeral Home of Rogers has charge of arrangements.
Glen was born on November 5, 1941, to Frances (Marshall) and Glen Wilkerson, Sr. and grew up in Sardis, Mississippi.
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What would AI models Copilot, Chat AI Plus, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude write about their datacenter hosts if asked to concoct speeches like Rep. Noel “Soggy” Sweat’s 1952 whiskey speech? Sweat’s storytelling legacy was highlighted Sunday by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
This composite came from the best two – Claude and Gemini:
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What would AI models Copilot, Chat AI Plus, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude write about their datacenter hosts if asked to concoct speeches like Rep. Noel “Soggy” Sweat’s 1952 whiskey speech? Sweat’s storytelling legacy was highlighted Sunday by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
This composite came from the best two – Claude and Gemini:
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“God and Truth will always triumph.” Ghandi.
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