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Even 250th birthday has split the nation

In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford wanted to use the 200th anniversary celebration of the founding of our nation as . . .

Dispersal of Opioid Settlement funds nears

An MOU is now live on the Mississippi Attorney General’s website for those programs and projects approved for funding. Those . . .

St. John: Yonderlust, Mississippi

Watching people fall in love with Mississippi never gets old. Forty people from 10 states boarded a bus in Jackson . . .

Natural recovery

For people who love someone struggling with a drug addiction, cutting their loved one off and letting them hit the . . .

CARE recently held their martial arts summer camp for children of the community. Pictured in front, from left, are Beckett Bright, Lyles Orrell, Harper Bright, Ellie Rippee, Lynn Lutgen, Lily Lutgen and Gracie Ahrens. In the second row, from left, are Sheleigh van der Poel, Denman Fly, Lane van der Poel, Romina Morales, Riley Turner, River Rippee and Kayson McCollins. In back, the camp was led by Sensei London, left, and Sensei Chapman. (Photos by Dana Clolinger)

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National Charleston Day Organization announces seven scholarship recipients
By GWEN DAILEY
Thu,07/02/26-6:00PM , 655 Reads
The National Charleston Day Organization Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce its awardees for the 2026-2027 academic year.
They are:
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Supreme Court rules against GOP challenge of Mississippi law that allows absentee ballots to arrive after Election Day
By RUSS LATINO - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Mon,06/29/26-12:42PM , 653 Reads 8,744 Statewide
“The federal election-day statutes do not prevent Mississippi from counting absentee ballots postmarked by election day but received up to five days thereafter,” Justice Barrett wrote. “Nothing in the federal election-day statutes requires ballots to be received by election day.”
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Lawrence Burt
Tue,06/30/26-9:11AM , 584 Reads
SCOBEY — Lawrence “Larry” Odell Burt, age 78, passed away Sunday, June 28.
Graveside services will be held Wednesday, July 1, at the Strider-Burt Cemetery in the Rosebloom community. Newsom Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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Outgoing Mississippi Press Association President George Turner, left, presents Sun-Sentinel Editor and Publisher Clay McFerrin with a first-place plaque for General Excellence during an MPA awards ceremony Saturday, June 27, in Biloxi. (Photo by Anthony Warren)
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Sun-Sentinel wins 20 news awards in statewide contest, including one for 'General Excellence'
Thu,07/02/26-5:32PM , 582 Reads
BILOXI — The Sun-Sentinel has won 20 awards for news coverage, including first place in the top “General Excellence” category, in the annual Mississippi Press Association’s Better News Media Contest.
The awards, for work published in 2025, were presented Saturday at the Golden Nugget Biloxi.
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