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3 months 2 weeks ago
Failing districts not participating in the professional development services are advised to do so.
Investment in coaching support has been instrumental in Mississippi’s education gains, and the Mississippi Department of Education will be asking for more funding to expand the program.
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3 months 2 weeks ago
Save Our Youth Through Community Action Stakeholders met on December 11 at the home of Chief Master Sergeants Delano and Melissa Barney. Pictured are Rhonda Weathersby, Mahari Kincaid, Jarahvea Washington, Daniel Blanco, Kyla Havard, Joshua Thames, and James Patrick, Superintendent Alan Lumpkin, Octavia Kincaid Dixon, Constance Slaughter-Harvey, and Legacy Laision Chief MSgt Delano Barney.
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3 months 2 weeks ago
“Love has no other message but its own. Every day we try to live out Jesus’ love in a very tangible way, in every one of our deeds. If we do any preaching, it is done with deeds, not with words. This is our witness to the Gospel.” Saint Teresa of Calcutta
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3 months 2 weeks ago
Grenada Police Department Chief George Douglas works to call in K-9 units to assist the department after a bomb threat forced evacuation of the Grenada Medical Complex Wednesday morning.
Grenada law enforcement officers responded to a bomb threat Wednesday morning at the Grenada Medical Complex, prompting a full evacuation and multi-agency investigation.
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3 months 2 weeks ago
The following individuals were taken in to custody and booked in to the docket at the Scott County Jail between December 8, 2025 and December 15, 2025. All individuals are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
12/8 Bonnie Elaine Ben, 294 Lagoon Rd., Choctaw, Drivers License (Suspended)
12/9 James Whitehead, 606 N. Street, Sebastopol, Intervention Court Violation
12/9 Candy Hodge, 80 Townsend Rd., Forest, Holf for Writ/Chancery Court
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3 months 2 weeks ago
Graduation was held for the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer Training Academy Basic Class #279 last month. Pictured is Deputy Vencheal Parks with Chief Deputy Brad Ellis and Sheriff Mike Lee. Deputy Parks was recognized with awards for expert in firearms with score 98 points, third place in academic achievement for classroom instruction - 91.8 points, and 2nd place overall in class – 96.27.
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3 months 2 weeks ago
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving Scott County Sheriff’s Office and Morton Police Department that occurred on Highway 13 in Morton last week and resulted in the death of the suspect.
Authorities said the deceased man has been identified as 39-year-old Brandon Whitlock with a Florence/Richland address.
Deputies responded to a call regarding a subject attempting to enter vehicles in the parking lot of Koch Foods. Upon arrival, deputies observed the same subject driving a yard-truck through the parking lot.
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3 months 2 weeks ago
Below is a press release from Mississippi Blood Services:
Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) is issuing a statewide urgent appeal to donors as the state’s blood supply has reached critically low levels during the holiday season, particularly for O- , O+ , B-, and B+ blood types.
“O and B blood types are critically needed this holiday season. Every donation can save a life—patients across Mississippi are counting on our community now more than ever,” said Kasey Dickson, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Mississippi Blood Services.
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3 months 2 weeks ago
JXN Water’s Interim Third-Party Manager appeared before the Capital City Revitalization Committee last week to defend the need to raise rates to maintain and operate the troubled municipal water system.
Officials with JXN Water sought to explain to lawmakers last week why it needs to increase rates by 25 percent over the next five years. The discussion was met with mixed reactions and questions about the utility’s billing process.
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months 2 weeks ago
Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion
In Mississippi
1. Great Mississippi Nature Trail launched
Governor Tate Reeves helped announce the launch of the Great Mississippi Nature Trail initiative on Monday.
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3 months 3 weeks ago
The reason for the season
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3 months 3 weeks ago
Statement from Morton Zone
This afternoon, one of our school buses was involved in an accident while law enforcement was pursuing a suspect in a stolen vehicle on highway 13. During the pursuit, the suspect’s vehicle made contact with the school bus, prompting an immediate response from emergency personnel.
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3 months 3 weeks ago
Below is a press release from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics:
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released their State Employment and Unemployment Summary for September of 2025.
Unemployment rates were higher in September in 8 states, lower in 2 states, and stable in 40 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Eighteen states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 9 states had decreases, and 23 states had little change.
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3 months 3 weeks ago
“Open your hearts to the love of God. He loves you with tenderness, and He will give you not just to give but to share. And when you are praying, ask for courage so that when you give, you can give until it hurts. This kind of giving is love in action.”
By Constance Slaughter-Harvey on
3 months 3 weeks ago
Announcements: Wednesday, December 10 - Scott County Retired Teacher’s Association meeting at Donna Jeans Buffet, Forest-11:00 A.M.
City of Morton Fire Chief, Chris Jones is requesting that there is a real need for additional Volunteer Fire Personnel. Contact him at the local station or check with City Hall to show interest in this valuable service to the town and surrounding area.
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3 months 3 weeks ago
We say it all of the time. Everybody says it all of the time. I was talking to someone last week at the front counter and she said it. What is it? The older you get the faster time moves on.
Today, right now, we are exactly two weeks from Christmas Eve. I have bought one gift. One! And that might just be all there is to the gift giving at the Beeland house this year.
It seems that we just pushed our chairs back from the Thanksgiving table, put our feet up to let the turkey and dressing settle, and now it is almost time to start taking down the Christmas tree.
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3 months 3 weeks ago
The following individuals were taken in to custody and booked in to the docket at the Scott County Jail between November 24, 2025 and December 8, 2025. All individuals are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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3 months 3 weeks ago
Mississippi residents who applied for the Statewide Residential Safe Room Grant Program will start receiving notices this week that they have been selected for a reimbursement grant. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency received more than 11,000 applications for a lottery drawing. The program was designed to award 38 recipients from each of the state’s 82 counties. In those counties that did not have 38 applicants, those additional grants were placed into a second statewide lottery drawing and selected.
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3 months 3 weeks ago
Waldo “Junior” Moore Pryor, 81, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on October 10, 2025 after a two year battle with cancer. Hew was born on February 14, 1944 in Walnut Grove, MS to the late Waldo and Zola Mae Pryor of Forest, MS, but it would be Homewood, MS where he spent his youth growing up and a special place he called home.
He is preceded in death by his parents, sisters, Priscilla Ann Pryor and Jane Pryor Tadlock and brother, Paul Dewayne Pryor, Sr.
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3 months 3 weeks ago
Photo by Tim Beeland, © 2025 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Forest celebrated 2025 Citizens of the Year Harry and Diane Robinson last Thursday with a reception at Colbert Commons, and again Friday night as they served as Grand Marshals for the annual Christmas Parade.
Representing the Forest Area Chamber of Commerce, A.J. Clay, opened the Thursday festivities by presenting the Robinsons with the official plaque followed by words from the couple’s granddaughters and then other friends and co-workers.
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