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Mississippi has 1,534 listings in the National Register of Historic Places.
Fifteen sites in Mississippi were listed in the National Register for 2025, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History announced this week.
The 15 sites included in the National Register, with descriptions from MDAH, are:
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Trinidad Chambliss continues to write one of the most fascinating stories in college football history. If this wasn’t football, you’d call it a fairy tale. All that’s missing are magic beans and silver slippers.
Here Thursday night at the jam-packed Superdome, one of the world’s most famous sports venues, Chambliss willed the Ole Miss Rebels to a scintillating 39-34 Sugar Bowl victory over the proud Georgia Bulldogs. He did it with his strong right arm. He did it with his legs. He did it with courage and with uncommon flair.
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In January 2016, the 50th anniversary of the 1966 killing of Vernon Dahmer Sr., the Mississippi Legislature honored him and his family in the Senate chamber. Afterward then-Sen. John Horhn, who introduced the measure, posed with the family and others, including Hollis Watkins, a civil rights activist who stayed with the family in 1961 and worked on voting rights. Credit: Jerry Mitchell/Mississippi Today
Mafia hitman Gregory Scarpa Sr. pocketed millions from drug dealing, donned a seven-carat pinky ring and shot to death so many people that he stopped counting at 50.
Oh, and he helped the FBI solve who killed Mississippi NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer Sr.
Hollywood plans to release a movie next year on Scarpa’s role in the Dahmer case, “By Any Means,” starring Mark Wahlberg as the mobster.
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Mississippi’s vaccination rate has thus far been keeping pace with or exceeding national averages. The U.S. is at risk of losing its measles elimination status if transmissions continue into next year.
As a new year begins, healthcare officials are advising residents to get vaccinated against preventable ailments including influenza and measles, especially in at-risk populations.
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Notes and quotes from the Sugar Bowl:
The biggest news of Sugar Bowl Media Day Tuesday was splendid news for Ole Miss football fans.
All American running back Kewan Lacy pronounced himself “ready to go” for Thursday’s Sugar Bowl match with Georgia, and his coach, Pete Golding, confirmed Lacy’s status, saying, “I couldn’t agree with him more!”
“I am excited to watch (Lacy) got out and play and play really well,” Golding said.
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The similarities of these two Sugar Bowl head coaches are many. Georgia football coach Kirby Smart’s dad was a high school football coach. So is Ole Miss coach Pete Golding’s daddy.
Smart played defensive back, safety to be exact. So did Golding.
When both Smart and Golding finished their playing days, they hired on as graduate assistant coaches at their alma maters.
Following those apprenticeships both Smart and Golding cut their coaching teeth in the Division II Gulf South Conference, Kirby at Valdosta State and Pete at his alma mater, Delta State.
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Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:
Columnist Sid Salter says in both eras, Mississippi benefited from a senator who understood defense not just as policy, but as economic reality.
Mississippi has enjoyed an outsized role in national defense for most of the modern era. From World War II airfields to Cold War shipyards to today’s cyber, space, and naval missions, the Magnolia State has long punched above its weight in the Pentagon’s ledger.
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“People think they have to go far to experience something new, but Mississippi has incredible stories to share, too.”
Jane Halbert Jones once invited three strangers to join her at a packed Parisian café, guided by an instinct she learned in Mississippi, where hospitality isn’t simply performative. It’s personal.
“I’m constantly showing our Mississippi hospitality,” says Jones.
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Sitting here in the twinkling lights of my Christmas tree and pondering the past year, I am somewhat nostalgic and somewhat gloomy as I realize that the season is once again over for yet another year. Goodness, it went by so fast! It seems as if I just pulled out my decorations and now it’s time to put them back in their hiding places for another year.
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By Jeanette Jackson McDaniel
What a joy and blessing it is to write for The Star-Herald. I am always anxious to read what other writers have to share. We truly have a good, interesting newspaper. I love to read and to write.
I began writing in a journal in June 1992, when my husband passed away due to complications from myotonic muscular dystrophy. Through my writing, I shared my thoughts, my grief, and my dreams for the future.
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Book Bling
Patrons added plenty of sparkle to their favorite reads during the Attala County Library’s recent Book Bling program. Participants brought in their own books and decorated the covers with diamond art, turning well-loved stories into colorful, eye-catching creations. The laid-back, hands-on program gave everyone a chance to get creative, chat, and have fun while putting a personal touch on books they already love. The event was a fun way for the community to come together and enjoy a little art, creativity, and shine at the library.
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The Kosciusko Lions Club once again delivered holiday assistance to families across Attala County through its annual Christmas Basket Project, continuing a decades-long tradition of community service.
The project, made possible through generous community support, provided food and other essentials to local families in need, helping ensure that many households were able to enjoy a brighter holiday.
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John Grant (center) and his officiating partners Bernard Daniels (left) and James Campbell.
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Joseph Guess, LUTCF was recently inducted into the NAIFA-MISSISSIPPI HALL OF FAME. NAIFA, the National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors advocates for the insurance buying public and promotes professionalism among its members through education, training and ethical business practice. The Loise Risher Hall of Fame award is presented to a member who has faithfully served NAIFA, their clients and their community. Congratulating Guess is Carl Boutwell, President of NAIFA-MISSISSIPPI.
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