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Ewel Scott of Enid is pictured May 11 outside the Yalobusha County Courthouse in Coffeeville. (Photo by John Beshears/The Coffeeville Courier)

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Enid man gets five years for five weeks on lam

By DAVID HOWELL/NORTH MISSISSIPPI HERALD DAVID HOWELL/NORTH MISSISSIPPI HERALD
Thu,08/27/20-5:23PM, 73,183 Reads
WATER VALLEY — A five-week “vacation” from the Yalobusha County jail will cost an Enid man an additional five years in prison.
Circuit Judge Jimmy McClure sentenced Ewell William Scott to five years for escape during a plea hearing Monday, Aug. 17, at the Water Valley courthouse.
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The 21-year-old Shanise Monise Gardner, right, is accused of murdering 76-year-old Silas Hoskin Jr.

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

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN
Thu,06/09/22-2:04PM, 71,958 Reads 73,738 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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Which of these nine state flag finalists do you prefer?

By MICHAEL MORRIS MICHAEL MORRIS
Fri,08/14/20-4:33PM, 70,499 Reads
JACKSON — Today, the Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag selected nine designs to advance to the next round (pending clearance of intellectual property rights).
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Fire in the sky

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN
Thu,09/24/20-5:17PM, 70,347 Reads

Mary Kathryn Smith awakened Saturday, Sept. 5, to this awe-inspiring scene of a fiery sunrise over Spring Hill Baptist Church. Smith, who lives across from the church on Spring Hill Road near Oakland, said she excitedly grabbed her cellphone and shot some 20 photos, the one above taken at 6:36 a.m. (Photo by Mary Kathryn Smith)