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Opinion: Mail in voting plus ballot harvesting a bad combination

I was okay with the idea of mail-in voting until I learned what ballot harvesting was.

William “Bill” Jones entered Heaven on November 6, 2020. Bill was born in Forest on December 27, 1948 to Peek and Bernice Jones.

Bobcats, Rebels advance in 2020 MHSAA playoffs

There won’t be a rematch of the 2020 Battle of the Golden Chicken this year after Forest and Morton bowed out of the football playoffs with second round losses.

A cure for Christmas

The first few months of this pandemic seemed to drag by ever so slowly but somehow we are now past the midpoint of November and the holidays are spinning in like one of those alphabet-depleting hur

Arrest Report

The following individuals were taken in to custody and booked in to the docket at the Scott County Jail between November 6 and November 11, 2020.

Opinion: Mail in voting plus ballot harvesting a bad combination
By Wyatt Emmerich, READ MORE > 3,196 Reads
On Sun, 11/22/2020 - 02:54 PM
I was okay with the idea of mail-in voting until I learned what ballot harvesting was.
Ballot harvesting is the practice of finding people who don't have much interest in voting and persuading them to let an outside party fill out their ballot for them. It's a vote by proxy, if you will.
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William “Bill” Jones
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On Thu, 11/19/2020 - 11:18 AM
William “Bill” Jones entered Heaven on November 6, 2020. Bill was born in Forest on December 27, 1948 to Peek and Bernice Jones. He grew up in Forest and graduated from Forest High School where he played baseball and football. Bill attended East Central Junior College and The University of Southern Mississippi.
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Bobcats, Rebels advance in 2020 MHSAA playoffs
By Darrell Brown, READ MORE > 470 Reads
On Thu, 11/19/2020 - 10:30 AM
There won’t be a rematch of the 2020 Battle of the Golden Chicken this year after Forest and Morton bowed out of the football playoffs with second round losses. Had both the Bearcats and the Panthers won last week they would have faced off this Friday night. Forest fell to Raleigh 50-28 and Magee downed Morton 27-10.
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A cure for Christmas
By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 159 Reads
On Thu, 11/19/2020 - 10:28 AM
The first few months of this pandemic seemed to drag by ever so slowly but somehow we are now past the midpoint of November and the holidays are spinning in like one of those alphabet-depleting hurricanes we’ve grown weary of this year.
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Arrest Report
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On Thu, 11/19/2020 - 10:18 AM
The following individuals were taken in to custody and booked in to the docket at the Scott County Jail between November 6 and November 11, 2020. All individuals are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
11/06 Jerry Phillip Renfroe, 201 Munn Dr., Morton – Possession of Controlled Substance (Felony), MDOC Warrant
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Kris Underwood
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On Thu, 11/19/2020 - 10:16 AM
(April 20, 1962 - November 04, 2020)
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Parade of Lights to replace Christmas Parade in Forest due to virus concerns
By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 8,020 Reads
On Wed, 11/18/2020 - 11:21 AM
The 79th Annual Forest Christmas Parade has officially been cancelled because of social distancing concerns due to coronavirus pandemic. “It’s not going to be a rolling parade, anyway,” Mayor Nancy Chambers said last week.
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Hawkins found guilty on two counts of DUI Manslaughter
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On Wed, 11/18/2020 - 10:38 AM
Judge sentences him to 22 years on each count for a total of 44 years
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David Johnson

Johnson tells inspiring story to Rotary Club
By Bryan Davis Publisher, READ MORE > 3,373 Reads
On Tue, 11/17/2020 - 05:41 PM
David Johnson spent 46 total days in the hospital during the spring, battling the effects of COVID-19.

Twenty-one of those days were spent on life support.

This week, Johnson told his story to the Indianola Rotary Club.
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Dr. L. Ray Matthews

Dr. Ray Matthews talks vitamin D in the age of coronavirus
By Bryan Davis, READ MORE > 5,438 Reads
On Sat, 11/14/2020 - 04:28 PM
Indianola native and retired surgeon Dr. L. Ray Matthews joined The Enterprise-Tocsin via Zoom this weekend to talk about his leading vitamin D research and how the hormone relates to the novel coronavirus.

Matthews talks about what has been predicted to be a "dark winter" ahead for the U.S.
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Opinion: Mail in voting plus ballot harvesting a bad combination

I was okay with the idea of mail-in voting until I learned what ballot harvesting was.

Ballot harvesting is the practice of finding people who don't have much interest in voting and persuading them to let an outside party fill out their ballot for them. It's a vote by proxy, if you will.

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