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Secret Garden Art Studio exhibit set for Sunday

Adult students at The Secret Garden Art Studio will be exhibiting their latest art works for just an hour and . . .

STARKVILLE — Lake softball coach Jake Loper basically decided if it’s not broke, don’t try to fix it. Loper rolled . . .

Photo Gallery: Union Graduation

Union High School held its graduation ceremony for the Class of 2021 Thursday night at the Neshoba County Coliseum in . . .

James Larry Payne Sr.

James Larry Payne Sr. (Larry), of Hattiesburg, Mississippi passed away on Monday, May 3, 2021, after reaching the age of . . .

Allyson ‘Ally’ Bayleigh Gressett

Allyson “Ally” Bayleigh Gressett, 23, of Hickory went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at her . . .

Though officials have not accused him of a crime, Brett Favre said he would refund the welfare money and made an initial payment of $500,000.

Brett Favre hasn’t returned welfare funds as promised a year ago
By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 3,365 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 03:52 PM
Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre has not repaid $600,000 he received in Mississippi welfare money after promising one year ago that he would.
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Two events scheduled for National Day of Prayer
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Two events have been scheduled for the National Day of Prayer in Newton County today. Both events begin at noon.
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Gov. Tate Reeves walks out of the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 26, 2020, as he prepares to speak to media about the coronavirus during a press conference. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

College board, unable to work without Reeves appointments, calls emergency meeting
By Molly Minta - Mississippi Today, 2,086 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 10:08 AM
The board of trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning is scrambling to hold a special emergency meeting this Friday to consider several university agenda items — a meeting that wouldn’t be necessary had Gov. Tate Reeves made four new college board appointments on time.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : May 06, 2021
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Thu, 05/06/2021 - 09:50 AM
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

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Clarksdale's only hospital is located at 1970 Hospital Dr. Credit: Aallyah Wright, Mississippi Today

Hospitals to kick off Medicaid expansion ballot drive
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 9,771 Reads
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 05:02 PM
A nonprofit backed by the Mississippi Hospital Association plans next week to kick off its petition drive to put Medicaid expansion before voters on the 2022 midterm ballot, hoping to override a recalcitrant Legislature and put expansion in the state constitution.
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Pay raises for state employees yet to be determined
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 4,901 Reads
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 11:33 AM
How many of Mississippi’s roughly 26,000 state employees will receive raises and the amounts they receive will not be known until later this year.
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Another round of severe weather tears through Mississippi
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 3,030 Reads
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 11:24 AM
A second round of severe weather in three days tore through Mississippi on Tuesday, spawning tornadoes and heavy rains that have damaged property but caused no reported injuries.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : May 05, 2021
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Wed, 05/05/2021 - 11:18 AM
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

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PSC issues new rule on no-call legislation that omits rule objectional to telephone companies
By Steve Wilson, 11,022 Reads
Tue, 05/04/2021 - 04:22 PM
The Mississippi Public Service Commission will be making a change to its no-call regulations that won’t put responsibility on telephone companies to stop the unwanted calls.
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State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs discusses distribution of COVID-19 vaccines during a press conference at the Woolfolk Building in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Dr. Dobbs: Get vaccine or get COVID-19

As Mississippi continues to rank last in the nation in the share of its population that has been vaccinated, the message from the state’s top health officer, Dr. Thomas Dobbs is clear: get vaccinated or get COVID-19.

COVID is not gone.

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Brett Favre hasn’t returned welfare funds as promised a year ago

Two events scheduled for National Day of Prayer

College board, unable to work without Reeves appointments, calls emergency meeting

Mississippi Covid-19 Update : May 06, 2021

Hospitals to kick off Medicaid expansion ballot drive

Pay raises for state employees yet to be determined

Another round of severe weather tears through Mississippi

Mississippi Covid-19 Update : May 05, 2021

PSC issues new rule on no-call legislation that omits rule objectional to telephone companies

Dr. Dobbs: Get vaccine or get COVID-19

Newton County Appeal May 12, 2021

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