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Gateway's 10th anniversary festival on hold until next year

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN
Wed,09/16/20-2:38AM, 30,365 Reads
Celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Gateway to the Delta Festival will have to wait.
This week, organizers announced that the 2020 festival, which had been planned for Oct. 10 in Charleston, has been called off due to COVID-19.
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From left, volunteers Ken Calhoun, Larry Love and Quartez Brown help to pass out family food boxes during a recent food distribution in Webb. Webb Mayor Tracy Mims and Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly are co-coordinators of the effort, sponsored by the Mississippi Crisis Foundation. Food is supplied by Memphis-based M. Palazola. About 1,080 food units featuring meat, dairy and produce are delivered weekly to both the former National Guard armory in Charleston and the Emmett Till Multi-Purpose Complex near Sumner. (Photos special to The Sun-Sentinel)

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Free food distributed in Tallahatchie County

Thu,10/08/20-10:38AM, 30,358 Reads
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MMA Supporting 'In God We Trust' Flag

Wed,10/21/20-7:49PM, 30,349 Reads 141,409 Statewide
The Mississippi Manufacturers Association (MMA) released a statement in support of the 'In God We Trust' flag. The flag needs a majority of votes on November 3rd to become the new state flag of Mississippi.
Here is MMA's statement:
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2020 Census ends today

By KENDRA JAMES KENDRA JAMES
Thu,10/15/20-10:29AM, 30,348 Reads
JACKSON – According to a press release issued by the United States Census Bureau, self-response and field data collection operations for the 2020 Census will conclude today, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. The decision comes after the Supreme Court approved a request to suspend a lower court order that extended the count's schedule.
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