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Mississippi public defender system varies widely by county, court plans show
By GERARD EDIC - The Greenwood Commonwealth/Report for America
Sun,07/19/26-2:38PM , 694 Reads 8,725 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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Opinion: Many forces are pushing prices higher
Fri,07/17/26-10:28AM , 352 Reads 4,272 Statewide
The Federal Reserve manages the nation’s money policies, and one of its goals is a 2% annual inflation rate. It’s been a few years since that goal has been hit, and a story on The Washington Post website predicted that the country should expect higher price increases to last a while longer.
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This white Toyota caused a considerable amount of damage to both city and personal property as it backed its way down part of South Court Square in Charleston Tuesday morning, but no one was injured and the storefront it finally came to rest against was that of a vacant building. (Photo by Kelsey Bright)

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UPDATED: No charges filed in reverse driving crash in Charleston due to driver's 'medical issue'
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Thu,07/16/26-7:03PM , 5,657 Reads
A "medical issue" experienced by the male driver is believed to be what caused a Toyota car to back into and over thousands of dollars worth of city and private property on South Court Square in Charleston early Tuesday, Police Chief Kirby Griffin has told The Sun-Sentinel.
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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
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Thu,07/16/26-5:05PM , 1,376 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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