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In front, Shyerra Truly, of Charleston, receives a certificate and check for $500 from Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors President and District 2 Supervisor Johnny Goodwin as local recipient of a Mississippi Association of Supervisors County Employee Scholarship. Also pictured, from left, are District 1 Supervisor Kenneth “Buck” Havens, District 3 Supervisor Larry Cole, District 4 Supervisor Marcus Echols, District 5 Supervisor Eddie Meeks and Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly. (Photo by Anita Mullen Greenwood)

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Shyerra Truly receives county employee scholarship award

By SPECIAL TO THE SUN-SENTINEL SPECIAL TO THE SUN-SENTINEL
Thu,07/16/26-5:05PM, 1,495 Reads
At a July 9 meeting of the Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors, the board presented Shyerra Truly with a $500 check as the local recipient of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors 2026 County Employee Scholarship.
Truly, of Charleston, is currently enrolled at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia.
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Mississippi public defender system varies widely by county, court plans show

By GERARD EDIC GERARD EDIC - The Greenwood Commonwealth/Report for America
Sun,07/19/26-2:38PM, 924 Reads 11,843 Statewide
In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that the Sixth Amendment requires states to provide lawyers to criminal defendants who cannot afford one. Mississippi delegates that responsibility to counties, a system civil rights attorneys say is inconsistent and ineffective.
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Coaches and student-athletes are pictured during the West Tallahatchie School District Community School Initiative Summer Volleyball Camp, held June 23-24 at the Bernard Berryhill Gymnasium on the campus of West Tallahatchie High School in Webb. Coaches were Raven Hawkins and Corey Grayson. (Photo by Ora Johnson)

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West Tallahatchie’s two-day volleyball camp builds skills, teamwork

By SPECIAL TO THE SUN-SENTINEL SPECIAL TO THE SUN-SENTINEL
Fri,07/17/26-10:23AM, 911 Reads
WEBB — Young athletes had the opportunity to sharpen their volleyball skills during a two-day West Tallahatchie School District Community School Initiative Summer Volleyball Camp held June 23-24 at the Bernard Berryhill Gymnasium on the campus of West Tallahatchie High School.
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Couple celebrate 60 years of matrimony

Fri,07/17/26-10:00AM, 821 Reads
Kenneth C. “Stick” and Loyce Stokes are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary this week. The couple exchanged vows on July 15, 1966, at Stonefield Church of God in Cascilla. Stick and the former Loyce Scallion have spent six decades building a beautiful life together. They have lived in the Rosebloom community for the entire time.
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Shyerra Truly receives county employee scholarship award

Mississippi public defender system varies widely by county, court plans show

West Tallahatchie’s two-day volleyball camp builds skills, teamwork

Couple celebrate 60 years of matrimony

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