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1. City, JXN Water set for hearing before Wingate
A hearing is set for Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate regarding the future of JXN Water, its billing and other matters.
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Dennis Drain of the Paynes community holds up a 130-pound river catfish that he pulled from the Tallahatchie River late Tuesday. (Photo by Clay McFerrin, Copyright 2026, Emmerich Newspapers Inc.)
Dennis Drain of the Paynes community stopped outside the Tallahatchie County Jail in Charleston Tuesday night to show off his latest prize catch: a river catfish that he said weighed in at 130 pounds.
Drain said he caught the fish, which was estimated to measure more than 5 feet long, while hook-and-line fishing in the Tallahatchie River near Graball Landing Tuesday evening. He was using cut bait as lure.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
2 months 4 weeks ago
A defense fog advisory has been issued for a large swath of Mississippi from 11 tonight until 10 a.m. Wednesday.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann used a speech to the Stennis Press Forum on Monday to declare the state in its strongest fiscal and educational position in memory, while urging lawmakers to build on recent gains with new spending on teachers, infrastructure, cybersecurity and rural services. Below is a summary of the talk produced by Perplexity AI followed by the entire transcript of Hosemann's talk.
Overview of themes
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GREENVILLE — Funeral services for John Wesley Brewer, Sr., 95, of Greenville, who passed Saturday, Jan. 3, at Bolivar Medical Center, Cleveland, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Greenville. The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. until the start of the service.
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Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:
Matt Friedeman says if you earnestly pray these eight lines from Psalms 119 and pour your heart out to God, you may well have the best year you have ever had.
It’s a new year. Want to pray with greater intensity and personal transformation than ever before?
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CHARLESTON — Earline M. Fillyaw, age 83, passed away Thursday, Jan. 1, at her home in Charleston.
Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, with visitation one hour prior, at Adams Arbor Church of God of Prophecy. Interment will follow in Adams Arbor Cemetery. Newsom Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Angela Todd.
She is survived by her son, Brian Wilkes of Courtland; 6 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
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CHARLESTON — Kathy Annette Rogers Dungan, age 70, registered nurse, passed away, Wednesday, Dec. 31.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5, at Newsom Funeral Home with interment following in Magnolia Gardens Cemetery at Paynes.
She is survived by her husband, Donnie Dungan; two sons, Joshua Dungan and Christopher Dungan; and a granddaughter.
The family requests memorials be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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In Mississippi
1. Jury selection in Dibiase trial begins Tuesday
Former wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr. will stand trial in Mississippi for his alleged role in the state’s largest public embezzlement scheme using TANF funds.
By Magnolia Tribune Staff on
3 months ago
The 2026 session of the Mississippi Legislature is ready to go, and from the looks of things, the Republican majorities in both chambers must prepare to compromise to get anything high on their wish list accomplished.
A recent story on the Magnolia Tribune website explored education issues ranging from school choice to teacher pay raises; and increased financial assistance for the Public Employees Retirement System to start decreasing its $26 billion unfunded liability.
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Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:
Columnist Sid Salter writes that you don’t have to be from Mississippi to respect its complexity. You do have to resist the urge to simplify it.
The brutal, disturbing murder of iconic Hollywood actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner in recent days brought to mind his time making a movie in Mississippi in the 1990s.
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3 months ago
David Keary, CEO and Executive Artistic Director of Ballet Mississippi, brings The Nutcracker to life each year for Mississippians who come from all over to enjoy the classic production.
Music critics wrote scathing reviews after the premiere performance of The Nutcracker in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1892. The ballet, a worldwide Christmas tradition for millions today, could have ended up in the dustbin of history if those original critics had had their way.
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3 months ago
Mississippi already knows how to do Christmas. Now, more and more, the cameras do too, fake snow and all!
There’s something about Mississippi at Christmas that feels ready-made for the movies. Courthouse squares glow. Downtown storefronts sparkle. Brick streets look like they’ve been waiting all year for twinkle lights and wreaths. And lately, that familiar holiday feeling comes with film crews, cameras, and fake snow blowing down Main Street.
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3 months ago
Ten sure-fire ways to help prevent the post-holiday blues this season.
Anticipation is a powerful thing, especially during the Christmas season. Advent is a time of anticipating the birth of our Savior. For children, the days leading up to Christmas are filled with anticipation of Santa’s arrival.
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3 months ago
Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:
At the end of one year and the beginning of a new one, it’s possible to place too much emphasis on what should happen in the coming days, weeks, months.
Maintaining a perspective towards the future is a necessary part of a well-rounded mind that operates in the real-world realm of activity. How we view tomorrow is a significant indicator of spiritual and emotional health and of our ability to accomplish what God has called us each to do.
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3 months ago
Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:
The former Fox News host has taken a break from shilling for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin just in time to shill for radical Islam in his holy war against Israel.
For months, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has trained his sights on Israel, echoing claims from the far left that the nation’s response to October 7th in Gaza is “evil” and describing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “threat to Western Civilization.”
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The state agency will ask lawmakers for $15 million to cover an increased state share for program administration and nearly $10 million for better income and asset verification tools.
Changes are coming to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, that are expected to affect Mississippi financially if the current error rate stays in place.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months ago
Chis Kastner, HII president and CEO, said shipbuilders at Ingalls and Newport News are committed to continuing their work in lock step with the Navy to expand the U.S. Fleet.
A new class of American-designed battleships was announced on Monday by President Donald Trump (R).
Speaking alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, the president said the new “Trump class” battleships will be the most lethal surface combatant ever constructed.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months ago
Below is an opinion column by Donna Akers:
Dr. Donna Akers says if Mississippi truly wants to prepare students for lifelong success, we need to recognize that no single approach will fit every learner.
After more than 30 years in Mississippi’s public schools, I’ve seen the classroom change in ways I never imagined. When I first started teaching, education was about discovery. Students explored, asked questions, and learned to love learning. Somewhere along the way, that joy disappeared.
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