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Opinion: Legislature should keep talking on restoring felon voting rights
Sat,06/15/24-4:55PM , 277 Reads 6,208 Statewide
Republican majorities in the state House and Senate have different opinions on whether Mississippi should change the way it decides whether people convicted of any of 22 felonies should be permanently barred from voting.
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Opinion: The marijuana buzz wears off in Colorado
Fri,06/14/24-6:55PM , 134 Reads 6,748 Statewide
Here’s a surprise: Colorado, which redefined “Rocky Mountain high” in 2012 when it became the first state in America to legalize the sale and use of marijuana products, has seen its market for the drug tumble into recession.
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Neighborhood Watch meeting tonight at 6 in Charleston
Thu,06/13/24-11:14AM , 651 Reads
The Charleston Neighborhood Watch organization is scheduled to conduct a communitywide meeting on Thursday, June 13, starting at 6 p.m.
The gathering will be held at the Charleston Arts Center, aka the CARE building.
The public is invited to attend and to offer input on developing plans to help curb crime in Charleston.

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Convicted murderer Antonio McDowell is pictured in a Mississippi Department of Corrections image.

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State high court says circuit judge erred in sentencing of convicted murderer, orders resentencing
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Thu,06/13/24-11:03AM , 3,274 Reads
The Mississippi Supreme Court has found that the judge presiding over a 2021 Tallahatchie County Circuit Court capital murder trial erred when he sentenced Antonio Puncharell “Isha” McDowell to life imprisonment without parole.
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