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Article #1212 – How cold is it?
Sunday, February 8, 3036
I am extremely cold-natured. All my friends and family know that about me. I always have a sweater or jacket when dining out – no matter what time of year it is. When I began to hear about the upcoming record-breaking low temps we just experienced, I became cold just thinking about it. The first morning I woke up to single digits was terrible. I hated to open the door to let my cats in and out. They didn’t stay out there for very long!
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Dannie George Watts
Dannie Watts, 68, passed away Monday, January 19, 2026, in Kentucky.
Funeral services are 11:00 am Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at Culpepper Funeral Home Chapel in Kosciusko with burial to follow at Carson Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 9:30 am until 11:00 am at Culpepper Funeral Home. Tommy Allen will officiate.
Dannie is survived by his wife Doris Watts, sons Jeremy Watts (Casey) and Joshua Watts (Mindy Conn), sister Joyce Weaver, brother Allen Watts, and 8 grandchildren.
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Feb. 1 Sideline View
The New England Patriots (17-3) and the Seattle Seahawks (16-3) will meet in Super Bowl LX this Sunday at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. CST on NBC. New England will make their record 12th Super Bowl appearance, the most among all NFL teams. The Patriots are 6-5 in Super Bowls and could become the first NFL team to win seven Super Bowls or the first to lose six Super Bowls.
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OUTDOOR TRUTHS
There’s no doubt what we do makes an impression on our young people and those who look up to us. Just as I remember buying my first new gun, I also remember my first new knife. Not only was I enamored by the knife itself, but I was also very interested in the paperwork that came with it. While most would only throw away the unnecessary stuff, I made it a point to find out about my new Buck knife. It talked about how to take care of it and how to sharpen it. But what caught my attention was the message from Al Buck. Here is how it read.
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Progress continues: Entergy Mississippi restores more than 90% of customers, updates restoration times for those who remain without power
Customer Information Center opened to provide restoration updates, connect customers with available resources
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Give an orchid this
Valentine’s Day
By Eddie Smith
MSU Extension Service
While roses may be the traditional choice when Valentine’s Day rolls around, I’ve found that orchids offer something even more meaningful -- a living reminder of love that returns year after year.
I’ve been gifted several orchids over the years, and they bring me joy every time they bloom.
Phalaenopsis orchids, often called moth orchids, are the most popular Valentine’s Day choice.
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In Mississippi
1. Noem visits North Mississippi
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem landed in Tupelo on Monday to assess winter storm damage in North Mississippi as FEMA, military leadership, first responders and linemen continue to work to recover from the ice storm that blanketed the area.
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The Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) activated an additional 150 service members, bringing the total to 650 personnel, to conduct general support, fueling operations and aerial logistics packaging of food, water, medical and other needed supplies following a major winter storm Jan. 23-26.
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Jackson, Miss. - At approximately 4:18 a.m. on January 30, 2026, the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a call regarding a single car accident on U.S. Highway 51 near State Park Road in Holmes County. Upon arrival, a female was found deceased in the driver’s seat with apparent gunshot wounds. Another passenger was in the vehicle unharmed.
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Sarah Adlakha, a Chicago native, is running against incumbent U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in the March 10 Republican Primary Election.
With less than six weeks before the party primary election, political newcomer Sarah Adlakha is attempting to draw distinctions between herself and her opponent in the Republican Primary, incumbent U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Adlakha is selling herself as the outsider fighting against “entrenched political interests.” On Thursday, Adlakha said if elected, she would not accept money “from Washington lobbyists.”
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One state funded scholarship program focuses on traditional students, while the second is geared toward older, returning students.
Bills passed out of the Mississippi Senate Universities and Colleges Committee this week that seek to ensure the financial literacy of students, amend a current state funded financial aid assistance program, and address workforce shortages across the state by offering aid to non-traditional students.
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In finding portions of Mississippi’s home health agency “Certificate of Need” laws unconstitutional, U.S. District Court judge Carlton Reeves said, “the Court cannot escape the absurdity in maintaining an out-right moratorium for over forty years.”
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Mississippi’s decades-old moratorium on new home health agencies, ruling the state’s blanket ban on new licenses violates the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Entergy Mississippi CEO Haley Fisackerly speaks with The Grenada Star's Publisher Adam Prestridge during his visit to view storm damage in Grenada Thursday afternoon.
Winter Storm Fern coated Grenada County and much of north Mississippi in a thick layer of ice last weekend, uprooting trees, snapping limbs and loading down power lines and poles, leaving thousands of Entergy Mississippi customers in the dark for days.
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Hospitals and health facilities in Mississippi are continuing to provide critical care to patients in the wake of a treacherous winter storm, even as they endure power outages, impassable roads and no running water.
Scott Simmons, Mississippi Emergency Management Authority’s external affairs director, said his agency is working to bring 30 generators to North Mississippi hospitals, long-term care facilities, nursing homes and warming centers. He said multiple locations had generators that failed over the weekend, and only some had come back online by Monday morning.
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Delta State’s nationally renowned NCAA Division II baseball team was supposed to open the 2026 season Friday against Harding (Arkansas) University in Cleveland.
That won’t happen. Boo Ferriss Field at Harvey Stadium on the DSU campus in Cleveland is covered in ice and snow. At noon Monday, the temperature was 21 degrees. The wind chill was 7. The weekend forecast is for more freezing temperatures. The DSU Statesmen are sometimes called the Fighting Okra, but they would be more like Eskimos if they played this weekend.
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As with tens of thousands of fellow Mississippians since a winter storm struck during the weekend, the Hood family of Oxford was coping with the loss of electricity as best they could early Monday in their Northpointe neighborhood home about 2 miles north of Square.
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Robert St. John says some drinks come and go. Trends pass through fast and leave just as quickly. Iced tea never left.
Iced tea has been called the house wine of the South. Rick Bragg once wrote that a glass of iced tea can tell you just about everything you need to know about where you are and who you’re with, and he wasn’t wrong. Around here, iced tea is just part of how things are done. It shows up early and sticks around.
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Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:
May we follow Paul’s example, cherishing and celebrating older men or women who have spent their lives in faithful service to God and others.
In a recent discipleship group meeting, as we were reading in 1 Timothy, one of the guys pointed out a verse on “widows” and commented, “Man, that is a perfect picture of the abundant life…a life well-lived.” It was. It is!
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Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:
It is rooted in a very old conservative belief that parents, not the government, are responsible for raising and educating their children. They do not belong to the state.
Social media in Mississippi is abuzz with misinformation and scare tactics over school choice after the Mississippi House of Representatives passed a Trump-backed plan to deliver meaningful options to families in the Magnolia State.
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Below is an opinion column by Patricia Levesque:
Mississippi is at a unique crossroads: celebrating what’s already been accomplished and tackling what still needs to be done.
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