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Jonathan Jones signs with Northwest

Thu,01/05/17-3:12PM, 4,670 Reads
Charleston High School All-Star linebacker Jonathan Jones signs a National Letter of Intent to play football for the Northwest Mississippi Community College Rangers.
Seated (from left) are his father, Jackie Jones; Jonathan Jones; and his mother, Juanita Jones.
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Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly, center, prepares to cut the ribbon, held by part-owner Dee Amro, left, and Abed Alswaitti, during grand reopening ceremonies at Midway Market & Deli on Friday, June 6, 2025. Part-owner Zaid Ahmad, in the blue T-shirt in back, looks on with guests and well-wishers. (Photo by Clay McFerrin)

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Midway reopens nearly year after devastating fire

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Thu,06/19/25-11:21AM, 4,670 Reads
Midway Market & Deli, located on Highway 32 east of Charleston, celebrated its grand reopening Friday, June 13, just shy of a year after the popular country convenience store was destroyed in an early-morning fire.
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Sumner mayor honored for work with youth

Thu,02/18/16-11:57AM, 4,662 Reads
Sumner Mayor and Rotarian Smith Murphey IV (second from left), receives a certificate of appreciation for his work with the youth of Rotary District 6800 during a recent meeting of the Sumner Rotary Club. Presenting the honor is Rotary District Gov. Cary Vaughn.
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Flanked by Tallahatchie County Deputy Sheriff Jerry Williams II, left, and Panola County Sheriff Shane Phelps, right, fugitive Ewel "Bubba" Scott arrives outside the Tallahatchie County Jail in Charleston on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (Photo by Clay McFerrin, Copyright 2025, Emmerich Newspapers Inc.)

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'Ghost' Ewel Scott captured, ordeal recounted

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Thu,08/14/25-11:56PM, 4,658 Reads 11,374 Statewide
Local fugitive Ewel "Bubba" Scott, who had evaded capture during an intensive multi-day, multi-agency manhunt, ran out of luck and time and was arrested Thursday.
He also apparently had run out of steam.
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