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Plantation Garden Club president, Sara Wilson, right, welcomes Cindy Mitchell, meeting guest speaker.
While National Arbor Day is held on the last Friday in April, Mississippi, similar to several other states, observes the holiday at a time best suited to its growing season. Our state adopted the second Friday in February as the day on which Mississippi would annually observe Arbor Day. This year it was observed on Feb. 13, with the following week observed as “Tree Planting Week.”
By LYDIA DUNAVENT - Plantation Garden Club Reporter on
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While National Arbor Day is held on the last Friday in April, Mississippi, similar to several other states, observes the holiday at a time best suited to its growing season. Our state adopted the second Friday in February as the day on which Mississippi would annually observe Arbor Day. This year it was observed on Feb. 13, with the following week observed as “Tree Planting Week.”
By James L. Cummins - Executive Director, Wildlife Mississippi on
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JACKSON — The Mississippi Insurance Department (MID) has been made aware of contractors acting as unlicensed public adjusters by filing claims on behalf of insureds. This practice is illegal in Mississippi.
If you are aware of illegal activity or need other storm-related assistance, contact the MID Consumer Services Division by phone at 1-800-562-2957 or 601-359-2453.
You can also email consumer@mid.ms.gov.
Keep the following tips in mind when hiring contractors:
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I have always loved to read and study about the Amish peoples.
If I were not a true Southern Baptist, I believe I would convert to the Old Order Amish religion. I so appreciate their peaceful, calm tranquility in the ways of working and doing for others.
I believe we could all learn from these serene people. The work ethic is so ingrained into them that they rise in the early-morning hours to begin their workdays and end with the dark to stop the laboring.
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The month of February is almost over and the March winds will begin.
I hope all of you ladies received lots of chocolates and you men received a nice bouquet of flowers.
Love and sympathy to the Janie Deck Macke family of Glenn Allen, Missouri. Jane was a first cousin to my husband, David.
Love and sympathy to the Kenny Carvan family of Enid. Kenny passed away Feb. 13. He had an awesome sense of humor and back when he was younger, he was full of fun. I haven’t seen Kenny in many years, but I’ll always remember his sweet smile and personality.
By PATCIE DECK on
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During the fifth and sixth weeks of the 2026 legislative session, the Senate passed Senate Bill 2898 and Senate Bill 2924, companion measures that authorize the state treasurer and the state fiscal officer, to transfer $20 million from the Capital Expense Fund to the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund and appropriate those funds to Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). The funding will be used to help defray expenses related to disaster response and recovery efforts associated with the severe weather events that began on Jan. 24.
By Sarita Simmons - State Senator, District 13 on
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Thursday February 19
Sign-up set for 4-H shooting sports
The Tallahatchie Sharp Shooters will have sign-up for this year’s Shooting Sports program on Thursday, Feb. 19, starting at 5:30 p.m., at the Extension office in Charleston.
Friday February 20
Chick-fil-A returns to CARE
On Friday, Feb. 20, the Chick-fil-A food truck will be in front of the CARE building in Charleston from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. to allow members of the community to purchase food. Chick-fil-A donates a portion of money from sales to CARE.
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When I was a student teacher, I had a conversation with a science teacher I worked with about natural selection. I asked if she thought this process of survival of the fittest was a good thing. “Oh yes,” she replied quickly, “natural selection helps weed out the weaker of a species and makes the species stronger, which serves the greater good of the group.” I then asked her a follow-up question I had been genuinely curious about for a while.
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As Oakland continues to work toward “normal” again after the Fern Ice Storm of 2026, there are signs of spring in spite of the ice. The tiny yellow blossoms of the forsythia are pushing out, the birds seem extremely happy as they dart through the yards and the days have started warming up. Spring always seems to me a major promise. If Heaven has a season, I’m guessing it might look a lot like a full-blown Southern springtime, without the pollen!
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Every few years, it seems some folks wake up one morning and decide the real problem in Mississippi is that citizens know too much about what their government is doing.
This is one of those years.
The Mississippi Public Records and Open Meetings Acts are called our “Sunshine Laws” for good reason. They preserve the rights of citizens to know what their government is up to.
By Layne Bruce on
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The boom in manufacturing jobs President Donald Trump forecast last April has yet to loom much yet boom. “Manufacturers shed workers in each of the eight months after Trump unveiled ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs,” the Wall Street Journal reported this month.
In April 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 12,847,000 manufacturing jobs. By October the number had fallen to 12,702,000 (seasonally adjusted), dropping to 12,692,000 in December (preliminary).
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Online sports betting is poised to become legal and regulated in Mississippi. Interestingly, the reasons given by many of our legislators for legalizing something that can be incredibly destructive are the same reasons many of us believe illicit drugs should be legalized and regulated.
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Jerry Porter
CHARLESTON — Jerry James (Bubba) Porter, age 57, passed away Saturday, February 14.
Visitation will be held 2-3 p.m. Sunday, February 22, at Newsom Funeral Home followed by the funeral service at 3 p.m. Interment will be held in Rice Cemetery near Charleston.
He is survived by his daughter, Kailee Porter of Winona; his son, JJ Porter of Winona; two stepchildren, Tara Peterson of Grenada andTori Morris of Water Valley; and 8 grandchildren.
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CHARLESTON — Floyd Noel, age 69, passed away on Wednesday, February 11, at Grenada Living Center.
Visitation will be held 3-6 p.m. Thursday, February 19, at J. Brown Community Funeral Services in Charleston.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, February 20, at J. Brown Community Funeral Services Chapel.
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Some places don’t just feed you—they welcome you into an experience that captures Mississippi’s warmth and makes you want to return.
If Natchez had a love language, it would be atmosphere: authentic and deeply felt.
Not the manufactured kind. I mean the kind that settles into old brick, wraps around a chandelier, and somehow makes you feel like you’ve stepped into a place that has been waiting for you.
That’s exactly what happens when you walk into Frankie’s on Main.
By Meredith Biesinger - Magnolia Tribune on
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Neither of the bills dealt with education freedom. The House Education Chairman said he expected Wednesday’s committee meeting to be the last for this session but “that’s subject to change.”
During a House Education Committee meeting held Wednesday afternoon, Chairman State Rep. Rob Roberson (R) announced it would be their “last meeting.”
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Jackson Mayor John Horhn has selected Dr. RaShall Brackney to be the new police chief of Jackson.
Most of Brackney’s career, 30 years, was in the Pittsburgh Police Bureau. She later served as chief of campus police at George Washington University and, most recently, police chief in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Brackney takes over from interim chief Tyree Jones, also serving as Hinds County Sheriff. This week she visited Jackson where she spoke to various groups and was shown around town by Mayor Horhn.
By Wyatt Emmerich on
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Recovery worker Pete Theriautt of Livermore, Maine, demonstrates the operation of a grapple hook on a Pride Construction Inc. grapple truck while staged in Charleston on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. A grapple haul truck can hold 80 yards of tree limbs and branches, while a haul trailer can hold up to 88 yards, he noted.
The process of removing small mountains of tree limbs, branches and other debris from alongside practically every street in Charleston was set to begin this week.
On a motion by Ward 2 Alderman Lloyd Smith and a second by Ward 1 Alderman Gyrone Kenniel, the Charleston Board of Aldermen voted unanimously Tuesday night to give the go-ahead to a private contractor waiting in the wings to undertake the cleanup.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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