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    Arrest Report 5-18-22

    Wed,05/18/22-12:01PM, 3,309 Reads

    The following individuals were taken in to custody and booked in to the docket at the Scott County Jail between May 6 and May 12, 2022. All individuals are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

    05/06 Louis Hernandez, 321 Culpepper Rd., Lake – Public Drunk

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  • SCSD Superintendent search underway

    Wed,05/18/22-10:41AM, 2,278 Reads

    The application window is now open for persons interested in applying for the position of Scott County School District Superintendent of Education. This brochure lists the qualifications and application process. The application deadline is June 1, 2022.

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  • ECCC Honors Grads

    Thu,05/19/22-1:44PM, 1,960 Reads

    East Central Community College held a Commencement and Pinning Ceremony in Huff Auditorium on the Decatur campus recently for the newest graduates of its Associate Degree Nursing Program.

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  • McGee resigns post at SCSD 

    Wed,05/18/22-9:13AM, 1,178 Reads

    The superintendent will take over the Starkville Oktibbeha School District on July 1

    Scott County School District Superintendent of Education Dr. Tony McGee has tendered his resignation effective June 30. McGee will be taking over the helm of the Starkville Oktibbeha School District on July 1.

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  • Holifield pleads guilty to extortion charge

    Wed,05/11/22-10:40AM, 20,973 Reads

    The former trooper was sentenced to five years with five suspended

    A former Scott County Deputy and former Mississippi Highway Patrolman, has pleaded guilty to extortion in a Leake County courtroom.

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  • Opinion: Congress can stop STEM brain drain

    By JIM BARKSDALE
    Sat,04/30/22-10:16AM, 14,475 Reads 131,615 Statewide

    What do Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Noubar Afeyin, Vlad Tenev and Bipul Sinha have in common? They were born outside the United States, came here for college, and then created hugely successful companies in America. 

    Tesla, Google, Moderna, Robinhood and Rubrik.

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  • What’s so special about student debt?

    Thu,04/28/22-8:06PM, 10,136 Reads 76,567 Statewide

    With trillions of dollars in additional handouts distributed during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, you’d think Joe Biden would be ready to rein in the government spending a bit.  

    You’d be wrong.

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  • Dr. Arnold Smith, below, became wildly fixated on Lee Abraham, above -- an obsession that prosecutors claimed led to an unsuccessful assassination attempt on the Greenwood attorney in 2012. Smith has not had to face a criminal trial because of his mental illness and settled in 2019 a lawsuit filed by Abraham.
    The April 28, 2012, fatal shooting inside Lee Abraham’s law office brought a bevy of law enforcement officers and onlookers to the Market Street scene. Ten years later, no one has been tried in one of the most sensational crimes in Greenwood’s history. (By Charlie Smith)

    Trial might never happen for alleged murder-for-hire plot

    By TIM KALICH - Greenwood Commonwealth
    Sun,05/01/22-1:38PM, 8,938 Reads 95,085 Statewide

    It had the makings of the trial of the century.

    Dr. Arnold Smith, an eccentric but accomplished oncologist with a maniacal obsession about Lee Abraham, had been charged with hiring a felon to try to assassinate the Greenwood attorney, but the felon was gunned down instead.

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    Reeves’ education mirage

    By TIM KALICH
    Fri,01/28/22-10:18PM, 99,218 Reads 400,570 Statewide

    Dating back to his time as lieutenant governor, Tate Reeves has been touting the education gains in Mississippi and trying to take some credit for them.

    He was at it again this past week, using his State of the State address to peddle the line that the turnaround in the state’s public schools has been nothing short of phenomenal.

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  • Opinion: Population moves tell a story

    By BRETT KITTREDGE
    Mon,01/24/22-11:42PM, 90,326 Reads 220,772 Statewide

    While most of the South experienced large population gains last year, Mississippi continues to be on the wrong side of population changes. 

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  • Opinion: Racial diversity is flourishing at Wesley Bible

    By ANDY MILLER - Emmerich News
    Fri,02/18/22-6:28PM, 36,371 Reads 352,417 Statewide

    After a couple of days in my role as VP of Academic Affairs, I read the peer report of our accreditation from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). We had been granted 10 years from that group that accredits more than 250 seminaries throughout the country.

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    Either way, Bryant looks bad

    By TIM KALICH - Greenwood Commonwealth
    Fri,04/08/22-9:16PM, 31,074 Reads 268,225 Statewide

    What should we believe about Phil Bryant in light of recent revelations about his past ties to a speculative pharmaceutical venture that auditors claim illegally received more than $2 million in welfare money?

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    Reeves’ education mirage

    By TIM KALICH
    Fri,01/28/22-10:18PM, 99,219 Reads 400,570 Statewide

    Dating back to his time as lieutenant governor, Tate Reeves has been touting the education gains in Mississippi and trying to take some credit for them.

    He was at it again this past week, using his State of the State address to peddle the line that the turnaround in the state’s public schools has been nothing short of phenomenal.

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  • Opinion: Population moves tell a story

    By BRETT KITTREDGE
    Mon,01/24/22-11:42PM, 90,327 Reads 220,772 Statewide

    While most of the South experienced large population gains last year, Mississippi continues to be on the wrong side of population changes. 

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  • Meridian man shot in Forest by Scott County Deputy

    Fri,12/17/21-4:25PM, 85,289 Reads

    The officer involved shooting occured after a routine safety check

    A Meridian man remained in the University Medical Center in Jackson Monday following an officer involved shooting in Forest early in the morning of December 17.

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  • Officer indicted on multiple counts of extortion

    Wed,12/08/21-9:43AM, 82,989 Reads

    Holifield to answer to alleged charges in February term of court

    A Forest Highway Patrolman was  indicted on three counts of extortion by the Scott County Grand Jury late last month. The charges against Michael B. Holifield, as listed on the indictment, however, are somewhat vague.

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