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Black Bayou water treatment plant operator Jon Baldwin, on the catwalk atop the treatment facility above 15 feet of water in a holding tank, Friday, Mar. 25, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Federal funds both ‘huge’ and ‘not near enough’ for Mississippi’s rural water problems
By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today
Fri,04/22/22-3:24PM, 271 Reads 6,029 Statewide
The Black Bayou Water Association, which now connects to nearly 3,000 rural customers in the Delta, was started about 30 years ago by a rice and soybean farmer with no water service experience.
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'His Last Days-The Passion Play'
Wed,04/20/22-9:45AM, 671 Reads
‘His Last Days - The Passion Play’ was held last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights on the lawn of First United Methodist Church. Above, view our photo slideshow from the event.

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Artists, patrons of the arts and Mississippi Museum of the Arts staff kick off the exhibit, “A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration,” an homage to the social, economical and cultural impact that resulted from the exodus of millions African Americans from the South to northern states. The exhibit, “A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration,” opened today at the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson, Friday, Apr. 8, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Photos: Mississippi Museum of Art opens homage exhibit to ‘The Great Migration’
By VICKIE KING - Mississippi Today
Mon,04/18/22-9:34AM, 229 Reads 6,546 Statewide
More than 6 million African Americans in the South migrated north seeking better opportunities and a better way of life between 1916-1970. Those millions populated cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

That exodus was called “The Great Migration.”
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Two young helpers called from the crowd were overjoyed as they assisted Smith in performing his magic tricks. Landon Gibson / The Star-Herald

National Library Week’s Todd Smith (Photo Slideshow)
By Landon Gibson
Wed,04/13/22-12:15PM, 648 Reads
Magician, illusionist, and entertainer Todd Smith performed at the Attala County Coliseum last Thursday night, April 7, 2022, for National Library Week’s family night. Smith is from central Mississippi and has been involved with magic since the young age of five.
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