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Mississippi PSC: $300,000,000 Settlement Secured with Entergy Mississippi

By PRESS RELEASE - MPSC
Thu,06/23/22-3:30PM, 3,263 Reads 23,582 Statewide
Below is a press release from the Mississippi Public Service Commission:
A special meeting was recently held by Mississippi Public Service Commissioners Brandon Presley, Brent Bailey and Chairman Dane Maxwell.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : June 21, 2022

By PRESS RELEASE - MSDH
Tue,06/21/22-1:50PM, 1,494 Reads 12,607 Statewide
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.
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Heat should not be taken too lightly

By CLAY MCFERRIN
Thu,06/23/22-12:06PM, 1,445 Reads
Well, now we can say it.
It’s summertime.
We officially crossed that bridge Tuesday, although based on the sweltering temperatures we’ve been experiencing as of late, it felt like we crossed over weeks ago.
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Mississippi Supreme Court Decisions - June 23, 2022

By PRESS RELEASE - MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT
Thu,06/23/22-3:02PM, 1,237 Reads 11,500 Statewide
Listed below are the Mississippi Supreme Court decisions for the week of June 23, 2022:
Randolph, Michael K., C.J.
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The 21-year-old Shanise Monise Gardner, right, is accused of murdering 76-year-old Silas Hoskin Jr.

Woman, 21, charged in shooting death of man, 76

By CLAY MCFERRIN
Thu,06/09/22-2:04PM, 23,290 Reads 23,822 Statewide
A 21-year-old woman is charged with capital murder in connection with the shooting death of a 76-year-old man.
The victim, who suffered what Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly said appeared to be a single gunshot wound to the head, was identified as Silas Hoskin Jr., a local farm worker, of 9 True Vine Road, Tutwiler.
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Marvell Hudson, hired to be the next superintendent of the East Tallahatchie School District, takes notes at Thursday night’s regular meeting of the ETSD Board of Trustees. (Photo by Clay McFerrin)

Marvell Hudson new superintendent of East Tallahatchie schools

By CLAY MCFERRIN
Thu,06/09/22-6:47PM, 12,607 Reads
Former longtime East and West Tallahatchie school official Marvell Hudson is to be the new superintendent of the East Tallahatchie School District and was present in an unofficial capacity at the June 9 regular meeting of the district's Board of Trustees.
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Tutwiler man, trucking company charged with misusing PPP funds

By CLAY MCFERRIN - The Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Fri,06/17/22-4:56PM, 11,880 Reads
Bailey's Trucking LLC and Xavier J. Bailey, of 226 West St., Tutwiler, are named in a four-count, federal civil lawsuit alleging the misuse of $143,738 in Paycheck Protection Program funds.
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Rural garbage fee rising in Tallahatchie

By CLAY MCFERRIN
Thu,06/09/22-3:43PM, 9,475 Reads
Like nearly everything else these days, come July 1, the cost of garbage collection and disposal for rural Tallahatchie County residents is rising.
The Board of Supervisors has voted to increase the monthly fee from $13 to $17, a hike of about 30.7%.
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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, 596,678 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, 114,691 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, 99,798 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, 80,568 Reads 111,853 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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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, 596,679 Reads

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Welcome to the Brave New World; The devastating effects of Section 230 on America

By WYATT EMMERICH
Thu,09/17/20-3:00PM, 414,175 Reads
Kudos to Mississippi U. S. Senator Roger Wicker for sponsoring a bill to amend Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1996.
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Officials identify nine nabbed in local roundup of drug suspects, say more arrests are possible

By CLAY MCFERRIN
Fri,07/17/20-4:44PM, 263,675 Reads
Nine people were arrested this week on a variety of drug-related charges in connection with an ongoing investigation by state and local law enforcement agencies.
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Local inmate's escape short-lived thanks to officers working together

By SPECIAL TO THE SUN-SENTINEL
Tue,09/08/20-5:44PM, 241,285 Reads
JACKSON – County, state and federal officers worked together during the holiday weekend to capture state inmate Richard Willis after he escaped the Union County Jail in New Albany late Friday night.
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