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DeSOTO COUNTY — Excellence, consistency and passion have once again set Kareem Vance apart from the rest. For the second consecutive year, the Tippo native has been named DeSoto’s Best Personal Trainer, solidifying his reputation as one of the most respected and results-driven fitness professionals in the region.
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1 day 12 hours ago
Saturday’s March 28 ceremony dedicating the running track and field at Charleston High School to a former longtime local coach, Craig Walker, was very fitting and richly deserved.
For many years, Walker was the physical education teacher and track and football coach at Charleston Middle School, but he may be most widely known as the founder, fundraiser, driver and coach of a summer youth track and field program that captured the attention of people far from Tallahatchie County or Mississippi.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
1 day 13 hours ago
We had a horrendous happening here in our little close-knit town this past weekend. So unspeakable that my pacifist mind and spirit have trouble comprehending. Two innocent people in our community were shot to death needlessly.
Of course, Facebook lit up almost as quickly as it happened as this has become mine and it seems, everyone else’s, standard way of getting up-to-the-minute news, and the news hit our town with terror and fear.
By Peggy Sims on
1 day 13 hours ago
Frustrations continue to mount over Cossar State Park’s ongoing closure. There are numerous reports of campers coming in and having to turn around, stopping in the driveways and yards of nearby residents trying to find out what is going on. A brief update from a Cossar Friends member reports that there is a new park manager. I will try to touch base with him this week and share more information. There are also reports that much work is going on at the park. The office is being redone as well as two cabins. I’m not sure if this is due to damage during the ice storm or not.
By Linda Ross Aldy on
1 day 13 hours ago
Why is a multistory photo of Donald John Trump hanging from the rafters of the Justice Department? The Founder John Adams wrote in the months before the Declaration of Independence ours was to be a nation “of laws, and not of men” (Letter of John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 1776).
By Robert Wise on
1 day 13 hours ago
My sweet granddaughter came to visit me Sunday to check on me after my fall in Belk’s foyer last Wednesday. I ended up in the ER for X-rays and a CT scan. I heard later talk about a light earthquake in Oxford around Belk’s! Frankie made me some homemade ice packs and did a few chores so I wouldn’t have to! Thank you so much, Frankie!
Congratulations to Madeline Holliday for being inducted into the Grenada High School National Honor Society. What a great accomplishment! We are proud of you, Madeline!
By PATCIE DECK on
1 day 13 hours ago
Warm and pleasant greetings to all from our family and community. We hope you are having a good week as we “welcome in” the month of April — my favorite month!
Farmers and managers are well into plowing and planting. Please drive safely as large equipment and tractors are on the roads and highways getting to and from the farm fields. Watch for unexpected turns. I've got farming on my mind!
By MELBA TAYLOR on
1 day 13 hours ago
Blessed Holy Week. This is the week in which the Christian world remembers the ultimate sacrifice: when Jesus gave up all he had, endured more suffering than any of us could ever imagine, and sacrificed his very life in order to save us from our sins. Before offering himself up as the final sacrifice, Jesus taught his disciples many things, including how to pray. In what has become known as “The Lord’s Prayer” or the “Our Father,” Jesus includes the petition, “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors” (Matthew 6:12).
By Johnathan Kettler on
1 day 13 hours ago
Rotary District Governor Willis Frazer, left, of District 6800, was the guest speaker for the Charleston Rotary Club on Wednesday, March 25. Frazer shared numerous avenues for local Rotarians to pursue in continuing to serve in their community. Pictured with Frazer is Rotarian Ray Clolinger. (Photo by Dana Clolinger)
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1 day 13 hours ago
“Imagine if you will…” is how Rod Serling introduced each surreal episode of the popular Twilight Zone TV series years ago. It seems a good way to frame the recent data dump on the Jackson City Council by JXN Water’s “CEO” Judge.
The data were detailed compilations of the problems, mismanagement, customer abuses, and costs the CEO Judge and his Water Czar Chief Operating Officer have observed during their three year tenures — but have not fixed. The dump was the Judge’s way of saying: “No Mas. I’ve had enough. I’m giving the ball to the City Council.”
By Kelley Williams on
1 day 13 hours ago
Hello, from our TGH Extended Care family!
Our residents have been enjoying soaking up some of this warm weather with music and popcorn in our beautiful courtyard. Residents enjoy the feeling of the sunshine and fresh air on these sunny days.
Community bingo on Tuesday nights has also been something we have such a fun time doing. This is supported by so many of our local churches, organizations and community volunteers who come in on Tuesday nights and play a few games of bingo with our residents.
By KIM RYALS on
1 day 13 hours ago
Pictured, from left, are Northwest Mississippi Community College Beauty Review third runner-up, Regan Landry of Helena, Alabama; first runner-up, Mya Harden of Water Valley; Most Beautiful, Wylee Sayle of Southaven; second runner-up, Abigail Busby of Holly Springs; and fourth runner-up, Lily Anderson of Olive Branch.
Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia held its annual Northwest Beauty Review on March 24.
Wylee Sayle, the daughter of Dalton and Robyn Graham of Southaven and the late Willy Sayle of Charleston, was the overall winner.
By Special to The Sun-Sentinel on
2 days 12 hours ago
Chrissi Papworth set working with wind tunnels as a career goal while still a student at Mississippi State University. She now works for NASA on the Artemis mission with the Space Launch System. Here she is standing outside the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnels at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.
Editor's Note: This story appeared in the Fall 2022 edition of Leflore Illustrated. It is being republished on our website today, as Carroll Academy graduate Chrissi Papworth was on the crew that helped build the Artemis that will launch Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. central time.
Chrissi Papworth says she didn’t follow the usual path to her current job working with NASA as an aerothermodynamics analyst, but she’s pleased with how things turned out.
By DAVID MONROE - Leflore Illustrated on
2 days 13 hours ago
Lawmakers also look to provide funding for income verification contracts to help keep SNAP error rates low as higher rates will cost the state millions.
The budget for the Mississippi Department of Human Services was set this week, with legislators agreeing on roughly $94.6 million in state funding for the state agency.
The total budget for the department under the conference report filed for HB 1909, including federal and other funding, totals $1.6 billion.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
2 days 13 hours ago
A federal judge ruled last year that Mississippi’s Supreme Court districts violated the Voting Rights Act. Instead of redrawing the districts, lawmakers will wait and see what comes of an appeal and a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mississippi lawmakers will not take up redistricting of the state’s Supreme Court districts, choosing instead to wait and see what comes of an appeal as well as how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a case involving the Voting Rights Act.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
2 days 14 hours ago
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2 days 14 hours ago
Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion
In Mississippi
1. Moss Point’s Stallworth advances to American Idol Top 14, awaits fate
Moss Point native Daniel Stallworth advanced to the American Idol Top 14 on Monday.
By Magnolia Tribune Staff on
2 days 21 hours ago
TUTWILER — In the wake of two unrelated shooting deaths within a span of 14 days, the Tutwiler Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday to establish new curfews in an effort to tamp down late-night interaction that could lead to violence.
Both the March 15 and March 29 killings occurred shortly after midnight.
Tutwiler Police Department Investigator Casey Lewis said early Wednesday that an 11 p.m. curfew has been imposed for residents 18 and over, while an 8 p.m. curfew is in effect for anyone 17 and under.
This is a developing story.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
4 days 4 hours ago
The Mississippi Antique Showcase is coming to the Delta, April 17th and 18th, at The Capps Entrepreneurial Center in Stoneville.
Call 888-874-6874 for tickets and information.
Mississippi Public Broadcasting is hoping people looking for expert appraisals of their treasures will bring them to MPB’s Mississippi Antique Showcase April 17 and 18 in Stoneville.
The event will be filmed for a series that MPB will air in the fall.
The showcase will take place from 1-6 p.m. April 17 and from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 18 at the The Capps Entrepreneurial Center at MSU Delta Research and Extension Center.
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - The Greenwood Commonwealth on
4 days 6 hours ago
Use of the psychoactive substance has shown promise in helping those suffering from PTSD and opioid withdrawal symptoms.
A bill that will allow for clinical trials of a drug known as Ibogaine has been signed into law by Mississippi’s governor.
On Thursday, Governor Tate Reeves (R) added his signature to HB 314, putting it into law as of July 1.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
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