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CHARLESTON — Willie “Rooster” Rounds, age 60, passed away Tuesday, Febuary 3.
A celebration of life was held 3 p.m. Saturday, February 7, at Congregational Church of God in Christ near Grenada.
Clark-Williams Funeral Home had charge of arrangement.
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BRAZIL — Elizabeth Fairlee, age 73, passed away Tuesday, January 27, at her home in Springfield, Ill.
Funeral services were held in Springfield.
Interment will be held 11 a.m.Saturday, February 14, at Frierson Chapel Cemetery in the Brazil community.
Tutwiler Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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CHARLESTON — Orlando Lyons, age 37, of the Sharkey Road community, passed away on Wednesday, January 21.
Funeral services were held 2 p.m., Saturday, February 7, 2026, at J. Brown Community Funeral Services in Charleston.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rodney Henderson, age 31, of Memphis, postal worker, passed away Wednesday, January 21, in a house fire in Memphis.
A memorial service was held 10 a.m. Saturday, February 7, at Greater New Liberty Church in Memphis.
J. Brown Community Funeral Services of Charleston had charge of arrangements.
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HOLCOMB — Sidney Alton Crouch, age 90, passed away Tuesday, February 3, at his home.
Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Saturday, February 7, at Turkey Foot Fork Church of God of Prophecy with interment following at Bethel Cemetery near Holcomb. Womble Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
He was preceded in death by a son, Paul Guy Courch.
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Entergy crews replace a utility pole after the recent winter storm. (Photo by Entergy)
JACKSON – Entergy Mississippi has successfully completed restoring power to all customers in its service area whose homes and businesses could safely take electricity following winter storms, it was announced today.
More than 87,000 Entergy customers were left without power after sleet, freezing rain and ice moved through the state.
By Leyla Stamey Goodsell - Entergy on
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JACKSON ― The Mississippi Association of School Superintendents today announced the launch of Shape Tomorrow, a statewide initiative designed to reframe how Mississippians see teaching — one of society’s most powerful professions in terms of shaping the future.
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Pictured is an adult male purple martin. (Photo courtesy of Purple Martin Conservation Association)
In a sure sign that spring is not far behind, the first purple martins of the year have been spotted in Mississippi.
The birds were seen on Jan. 31 in Gautier, Mississippi, by a purple martin enthusiast – one of many throughout the eastern and central United States who track and report on the birds’ annual migration on behalf of the Purple Martin Conservation Association (PMCA). The migration of these unique birds can be reported and tracked through a community science project called the Scout-Arrival Study.
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How can so much beauty bring so much devastation?
It was 3:22 on Saturday morning, Jan. 24, when our power went out. I know, because I had crawled out of bed to visit “the facility,” when all of a sudden I found myself in the dark.
We knew the ice storm was coming and had tried to prepare for it. We experienced it before in 1994, when Clay and I, with our two small children and his parents, huddled in our den on mattresses in front of our only heat source — the beloved wood fireplace.
By Krista McFerrin - Sun-Sentinel Office Manager on
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A metal awning at the Mr. Jiffy convenience store in Charleston lays in ruins on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, after collapsing beneath the weight of accumulated ice. (Photo by Clay McFerrin, Copyright 2026, Emmerich Newspapers Inc.)
, A pickup navigates around a fallen tree on the iced-over Bethel Road north of Charleston on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo by Clay McFerrin, Copyright 2026, Emmerich Newspapers Inc.)
, A truck drives past ice-coated leaning utility poles on Mississippi Highway 35 near the Paynes community on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (Photo by Clay McFerrin, Copyright 2026, Emmerich Newspapers Inc.)
Recovery efforts continue in the wake of the devastating Winter Storm Fern, with many Tallahatchians and residents across North Mississippi still languishing in darkness nearly two weeks after the storm hit.
As of Tuesday night (Feb. 3), 1,941, or 27%, of Tallahatchie County electrical customers had no power. In adjacent Yalobusha County, 3,227, or 40%, remained powerless.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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Power generator
JACKSON — When storms or outages leave your home without power, a generator can be a lifesaver— but it must be used safely and responsibly. Every year, improper generator use leads to fires, carbon monoxide poisoning and fuel shortages that could have been prevented with a little planning.
Generator Safety First:
• Never operate a portable generator inside a home, garage, carport, or near open windows and doors.
• Carbon monoxide is odorless and deadly; always place generators outdoors in a well-ventilated area.
By Beth Reiss - Communications Director, Mississippi Insurance Department on
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Tallahatchie County Emergency Management Agency on Thursday announced the opening of five emergency relief distribution centers, operating daily from noon until 7 p.m. through Sunday evening.
According to a post on TCEMA's Facebook page, "essential supplies" will be available at the sites, and hot meals will be served daily at 5 p.m. at each location.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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Fallen tree limbs cover a truck parked on Gay Street in Charleston on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (Photo by Clay McFerrin, Copyright 2026, Emmerich Newspapers Inc.)
PEARL — Mississippi residents who suffered storm damage during the winter weather event of January 23–27 are being urged to document and self-report their damage.
Residents can self-report damage through the self-report tool at MSEMA.org, which helps the state document the extent of damage and the number of people impacted by the storm.
Tragically, additional deaths have been reported, bringing the statewide total to 28.
By Scott Simmons on
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Robert St. John says sometimes we’re too hard on Mississippi. We know the flaws. We’ve lived with them. But we can’t see the forest for the pine trees, as they say.
Marco had never seen a pine plantation.
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There are moments in a republic when the noise of slogans must give way to the quiet insistence of conscience.
This is one of them.
We are told, almost daily, that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pursuing the “worst of the worst.” Instead, the machinery of enforcement has turned its iron attention on those who have committed no crime beyond believing, worshiping, and hoping in the wrong direction.
By Joseph McCain on
2 months ago
“Are we really going to be the Gestapo?” podcaster Joe Rogan asked. “‘Where’s your papers?’ Is that what we’ve come to?”
Uproar over ICE and Border Patrol aggressive tactics has begun to breach President Donald Trump’s fortress.
“Hate to say it, but they are all lying,” posted lifelong Mississippi Republican Pete Perry on Facebook. “Denial of what we have seen, what has been put in front of us – them and us – and ignored and lied about. We saw it. They saw it. And they know we and everyone else have seen the truth.”
By Bill Crawford on
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Over the past few years, Mississippi lawmakers have passed some critical conservative reforms. Last year, Mississippi became the first state in America to legislate to eliminate the income tax in 40 years. In 2022, we implemented flat tax reform. A few years before that, we passed important labor market reforms. In 2024, we reformed school funding to get more money into the classroom.
It is thanks to these flagship conservative reforms that Mississippi has enjoyed more economic growth in the past five years than over the previous fifteen combined.
By Douglas Carswell - Mississippi Center for Public Policy on
2 months ago
Spin the truth, spin the youth,
confound the status quo
so they worry, fear and
Not understand
Do you trust your propaganda?
Those who owned the news
knew they could abuse
manipulate disenfranchised discord weaponized with indignant terrified urgency
Do you trust your propaganda?
The personally wounded, entitled,
idealistic, masters of displaced liability
and lacking self accountability
Do you trust your propaganda?
It is us against them, them against us
By Suzannah McGowan on
2 months ago
Dear Editor:
With all due respect to the one or more state leaders who believe antifa (anTEEfuh) and basement dwelling keyboard warriors are the problem in Minneapolis, they are not. It is clearly the Gestapo like tactics of ICE.
Those leaders are glad we don't have that going on in Mississippi. I am, too, but I know why. They do, too. It is not because we don't have quite a few undocumented residents and a large city with a Democratic mayor. The difference is we have a Trumpublican leadership. Minnesota does not.
By Glynn Kegley on
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Steve Jent, the exec director of Century Club Charities, announced recently that the Wayne-Sanderson Farms PGA golf tournament will no longer be held this year. So, after having a PGA professional golf tournament in Mississippi for 58 years we will have no sponsor, and therefore no tournament. Last year Century Club Charities, which organizes the tournament, gave $1 million to Blair Batson Children's Hospital, and $700m to several other charities.
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