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The Charleston-area property of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Rowland, located at 29646 Mississippi Highway 32 East, has been selected by the Charleston Magnolia Garden Club as its “Yard of the Month” award recipient for March. The club designates a lawn for the beautification honor based on criteria including basic principles of landscape design: unity, balance, contrast and harmony, color, transition, line, proportion and repetition.

Magnolia Mornings: March 19, 2026

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New strategic education plan for pre-K through 12th grade announced by state board

JACKSON – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) today approved the Mississippi Strategic Plan for Pre-K through Grade 12 . . .

JXN Food & Wine Festival expands to three days in 2026

Jackson’s premier culinary celebration returns March 20–22 with festival chair Chef Nick Wallace and more than 35 participating chefs. The . . .

House concurs with Senate’s changes to medical cannabis program

Caregiver background checks will now be required every two years instead of annually. Both chambers in the Mississippi Legislature have . . .

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Magnolia Mornings: March 20, 2026
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Shawanda Brooks
Fri,03/20/26-11:01AM , 1,046 Reads
CHARLESTON — Shawanda Brooks age 47, passed away Tuesday, February 24, just four days before her birthday.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Morgan Freeman Auditorium of Charleston High School.
J Brown Commuity Funeral Services has charge of arrangements.

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'Yard of the Month'
The Charleston-area property of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Rowland, located at 29646 Mississippi Highway 32 East, has been selected by the Charleston Magnolia Garden Club as its “Yard of the Month” award recipient for March. The club designates a lawn for the beautification honor based on criteria including basic principles of landscape design: unity, balance, contrast and harmony, color, transition, line, proportion and repetition.

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Rowland property 'Yard of the Month'
By CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Thu,03/19/26-5:53PM , 666 Reads
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Longstanding Charleston ordinance prohibits bikes on sidewalks in city's business district
By CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Thu,03/19/26-5:50PM , 1,915 Reads
An ordinance on the books in Charleston since 1979 prohibits bicycles from being ridden on any city sidewalk “along or adjoining Main Street between Pleasant Street and Clay Street.”
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Mississippi Ag Commissioner pushes back on California’s corporate climate reporting mandate

Gipson said the California law could impact agricultural and food industry entities headquartered in Mississippi, “mainly our big poultry and egg companies.”