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Inmate stabbed to death at Tutwiler prison

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Mon,04/13/26-6:02PM, 2,938 Reads
A U.S. Virgin Islands inmate housed at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility (TCCF) in Tutwiler was stabbed to death late Thursday.
Tallahatchie County Coroner Anthony Hawkins identified the deceased as K'nosi Parris, 34.
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Photo by Clay McFerrin, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.

This photo of the Tallahatchie River Bridge, looking westward from the Strider Boat Landing, was taken July 27, 2025.

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Nearly $35 million awarded to replace Tallahatchie River Bridge at Strider, two others

By CHRIS GALLEGOS CHRIS GALLEGOS - Special to The Sun-Sentinel
Thu,04/09/26-12:20PM, 1,797 Reads
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) Tuesday announced a more than $34.6 million federal grant to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to replace three state-owned bridges on Mississippi State Route 32 (MS 32) in Tallahatchie County.
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New George Payne Cossar State Park Manager Brandon Sims, right, is pictured with his wife, Jesse, and their 8-month-old daughter, Meri Michael, on Easter Sunday.

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Native Tallahatchian Brandon Sims new Cossar State Park manager

By LINDA ROSS ALDY LINDA ROSS ALDY - Special to The Sun-Sentinel
Thu,04/09/26-11:13AM, 1,548 Reads
OAKLAND — Brandon Sims walked straight into a disaster zone when he accepted the position of manager of George Payne Cossar State Park on March 16.
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The outpatient physical rehabilitation clinic will be closing within 15 days as a part of a layoff of 86 employees at Greenwood Leflore Hospital. A limited staff of physical therapists will remain on staff during that time while patients transition to other physical therapy clinics in the area.

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Hospital laying off 86, dropping 4 services

By BRENT MAZE BRENT MAZE - The Greenwood Commonwealth
Wed,04/08/26-6:06PM, 1,116 Reads 34,800 Statewide
Financially teetering Greenwood Leflore Hospital is laying off 86 employees and eliminating four more of its services in the hopes of surviving long enough to be taken over by another operator.
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