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Opinion: Low rankings for Mississippi

Wed,08/17/22-6:28PM, 491 Reads 5,210 Statewide
Mississippi has taken a one-two punch from the Wallet Hub website. This week the personal-finance site ranked the state the worst one in America to live in, while last week its statistics said Mississippi is the state with the highest percentage of underprivileged children.
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Another Tallahatchian claimed by COVID, per MSDH

By CLAY MCFERRIN
Thu,08/18/22-11:06AM, 250 Reads
The COVID-19 death toll in Tallahatchie County now stands at 62 after the Mississippi State Department of Health on Monday announced yet another local victim of the pandemic.
The death was one of four in Mississippi that MSDH said occurred from Aug. 10-12.
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Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, center, leaves court, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in New York. Weisselberg pled guilty on Thursday to tax violations in a deal that would require him to testify about business practices at the former president's company. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Trump executive pleads guilty in tax case, agrees to testify

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press
Thu,08/18/22-12:33AM, 229 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — A top executive at former President Donald Trump’s family business pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes on a free apartment and other perks, striking a deal with prosecutors that could make him a star witness against the company at a trial this fall.
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Football on tap, Tony Vance named vice president of state coaches group

By CLAY MCFERRIN
Thu,08/18/22-12:00PM, 190 Reads
If you’re anxious for some football, the calendar is smiling upon you.
The state’s independent and private schools begin pigskin play this Friday night, while the regular-season kickoff for public schools is set for Friday, Aug. 26.
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STARKVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO 78 MONTHS FOR PPP FRAUD OF MORE THAN $6 MILLION

By ROBIN BAILEY
Mon,08/15/22-10:13AM, 2,873 Reads
OXFORD – A Starkville man was sentenced on Friday to 78 months in prison for more than $6 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud.
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Reeves feels scandal’s heat

By TIM KALICH - Greenwood Commonwealth
Fri,08/12/22-10:16PM, 1,516 Reads 14,514 Statewide
You can always tell that a news story has hit the mark when the subject of it attacks the source of the news rather than addresses the substance of the story.
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Press release with video link: Vehicle footage clears trooper in McComb incident

By BAILEY MARTIN - Mississippi Department of Public Safety
Fri,08/12/22-3:00PM, 1,281 Reads
Editor's note: The following press release was emailed to media outlets from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety at about 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12.
WARNING: Video contains graphic language.
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This frame grab from a video released Friday by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety shows Mississippi highway Patrol state trooper Hayden Falvey placing Eugene Lewis in handcuffs prior to searching his car during an Aug. 5 traffic stop in McComb.

State trooper cleared of misconduct

By MATT WILLIAMSON
Fri,08/12/22-7:00PM, 1,234 Reads 12,646 Statewide
By Matt Williamson
Enterprise-Journal
A Mississippi Highway Patrol state trooper has been cleared of wrongdoing in an Aug. 5 arrest that was the subject of a viral live-streamed video in which two brothers alleged a third was being mistreated when he was being detained.
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Three arrested for fraud in Yalobusha County

By LOGAN REEVES
Thu,07/21/22-10:31AM, 14,904 Reads
JACKSON – State Auditor Shad White announced Thursday that former Coffeeville School District Superintendent Vivian Robinson and alleged co-conspirators Melissa Nance and Tammy Briggs have been arrested on charges of fraudulent statements/representations, conspiracy, and obtaining an object of value with intent to defraud.
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Grand jury indicts four on charge of shooting into house

By CLAY MCFERRIN - The Sun-Sentinel
Thu,07/21/22-2:06PM, 7,693 Reads
A Tallahatchie County grand jury for the 1st Judicial District last month indicted four local males on a charge of shooting into a dwelling, according to records on file Tuesday at the circuit clerk’s office in Charleston.
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The Neshoba County Fair, Part I

By LISA IRELAND - Lisa Ireland lives in Jackson.
Sat,07/23/22-9:28AM, 6,767 Reads 39,214 Statewide
What in the world would entice thousands of seemly normal people to leave their normal lives for a few weeks, pack up their belongings and take family vacations in the middle of a 100+-year-old campsite in Philadelphia, Mississippi? Traditionally, temperatures hover in the high 90s and humidity tends to be about the same level.
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Slaughter-Harvey named University of Mississippi Law Alumna of the Year

Wed,07/27/22-12:46PM, 4,848 Reads 34,931 Statewide
She is the first African American female to receive the award
University of Mississippi School of Law alumna Constance Slaughter-Harvey received the Law Alumna of the Year Award July 15, becoming the first African American female to receive the award.
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During the March 2 noon luncheon meeting of the Charleston Rotary Club, Shelbie Grace Phelps, center, was introduced as the new Mississippi State University Extension county agent in Tallahatchie County. Shelbie’s official title is Extension agent 1, as she specializes in 4-H activities. Phelps is pictured with Rotary club president Ken Watson, left, and her uncle, Tallahatchie County Farm Service Agency Executive Director David Groner, who introduced her. (Photo by John Ball Burnett)

Phelps named new Extension agent for Tallahatchie

By CLAY MCFERRIN
Thu,03/10/22-3:08PM, 631,543 Reads

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Brenda Turner, center in blue, is pictured at the Aug. 3, 2019, ribbon-cutting of Whitten's Country Store. The Cascilla business operated in the same historic building where Whitten General Merchandise was established in 1884. Pictured, from left, are Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly, Matthew Wall, owners Sloan and Brenda Turner, Madison Wall, William Goza and Jason McKinney. In back is Clinton Smith. (Sun-Sentinel file photo by Clay McFerrin)

Tribute to Brenda Turner, Tallahatchie icon killed in Grenada County crash

By REGGIE ROSS - The Grenada Star
Thu,11/04/21-2:37PM, 135,440 Reads
The Cascilla community is mourning the loss of one of their own, leaving the small Tallahatchie County village remembering her leading up to one of their biggest weekends of the year.
Brenda Turner died from her injuries after being involved in a one-car accident in north Grenada County last week.
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Becky and Ed Meek hold the George McLean Philanthropy Award given to them Thursday, Nov. 4, in Tupelo. (Photo by CREATE Foundation)

Ed and Becky Meek recognized for benevolence

By CLAY MCFERRIN
Fri,11/05/21-5:39PM, 120,333 Reads
TUPELO — The generosity and public-spiritedness of Tallahatchie County natives Ed and Becky Meek were highlighted Thursday, Nov. 4, during the CREATE Foundation's annual meeting at the BancorpSouth Conference Center.
The couple, who live in Oxford, were 2021 recipients of the foundation's prestigious McLean Award for Philanthropy.
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Charleston man charged with murder in death of Marks teen

By CLAY MCFERRIN - The Sun-Sentinel
Sat,03/12/22-9:19PM, 101,273 Reads 132,948 Statewide
Charleston police have announced an arrest in the recent shooting death of a Quitman County teenager, an incident that was deemed a "random act."
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