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A.F. Branco for Jul 16, 2022
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Scary Gary
Mark Buford's "Scary Gary" deals with the everyday inconveniences of vampires in the suburbs.
Popsicle fun
Popsicle fun First Presbyterian Day School’s third grade class celebrated the first week of school with popsicles. Shown are (from left) Sara Beth Walker, Rivers Newman, Lilla Vandevere, and Kate Houston. ‹ PreviousNext ›
Football is back, Tallahatchie!
On a play set up by a strip-fumble moments earlier, Marcus Flowers scores a 30-yard touchdown on the first offensive play of the season for the Charleston Middle School Tigers Thursday evening at Tiger Stadium in Charleston. Flowers also ran for the 2-point conversion.
Barbara Martin
Barbara Martin COFFEEVILLE — Barbara Simmons Martin, age 68, passed away Monday, Aug. 23, at her home in Coffeeville. The family will receive friends Friday, Aug. 27, from 12 p.m. until service time beginning at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Newsom Funeral Home in Charleston. Interment will follow in Elam Baptist Church Cemetery near Coffeeville. Barbara was a member of Elam Baptist Church.
As politics get tough, Gov. Tate Reeves passes the buck on masks in schools
Students wear masks while waiting in line for their food during the first day of school at Neshoba County Central Middle School on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today Below is a political analysis column by Kate Royals: What a difference a year makes. On Aug. 4 of last year, Gov. Tate Reeves issued a statewide mandate calling for mask-wearing in all school buildings.
Opening Tiny Worlds of Exploration
National Science Foundation funding provides new imaging microscope for UM research OXFORD, Miss. – A powerful new imaging instrument arriving soon on the University of Mississippi campus promises to open novel worlds of research exploration.
More Money for Zoo
More Money for Zoo Ongoing problems for the Jackson Zoo led the Jackson City Council to approve increasing the zoo’s budget by $120,000 earlier this month. The funds were needed to pay for $30,000 for feed for the animals, $60,000 for maintenance of a permanent exhibitor’s license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, $16,000 for fiber optics and $14,000 for recurring monthly payments such as veterinary bills.
Reeves now a virus enabler
Lead or get out the way. That somewhat abbreviated version of the 18th century admonition coined by Thomas Paine comes to mind when thinking about Tate Reeves’ response to the latest surge of COVID-19. The Mississippi governor has been neither leading nor getting out of the way.
Editorial: Hosemann’s fair surprise
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann Editorial: Hosemann’s fair surprise Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann set a surprising goal for the 2022 legislative session with a single sentence in his speech last Wednesday at the Neshoba County Fair. “The time for simply saying ‘no’ to our options for working Mississippians has passed,” Hosemann said. Though he didn’t say so directly, the lieutenant governor only could have been referring to Mississippi’s steadfast refusal to consider expansion of its Medicaid program.
Mississippi Covid-19 Update : July 30, 2021
Mississippi Covid-19 Update : July 30, 2021 Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi. New cases of COVID-19: 1,643 Positive test results reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. Tests may have been made during the past week, and represent individuals who became ill a week ago or more. Repeated tests for the same individual are counted only once. New COVID-19 related deaths: 10 Six deaths occurred between July 28 and July 29.
Reeves promises teacher pay raises in Neshoba stump speech
Gov. Tate Reeves in his Neshoba County Fair speech on Thursday proposed “an immediate $1,300 across-the-board” pay raise for teachers followed by $1,000 raises for the following two years – all of which would require legislative approval. The total $3,300 teacher pay raise over three years, coupled with a $1,000 raise lawmakers passed this year, would cost the state about $51 million and fulfill a campaign promise Reeves made for a $4,300 teacher pay raise while running for governor in 2019.
Ralph Eubanks answers the age-old question: Why has Mississippi produced so many great writers?
In a new book, W. Ralph Eubanks uses Mississippi's landscape — topographical, socioeconomic and spiritual — to explore our literary lineage. Ahead of the 2021 Mississippi Book Festival, many of us are preparing our cocktail party answers to the age-old question: Why has our state produced so many great writers? For your consideration as you study up: Mississippi native W.
Mississippi Covid-19 Update : August 03, 2021
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi. New cases of COVID-19: 1,574 Positive test results reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. Tests may have been made during the past week, and represent individuals who became ill a week ago or more. Repeated tests for the same individual are counted only once. New COVID-19 related deaths: 34 Twenty one deaths occurred between July 29 and August 2.
Remembering the joy of going fishing with Daddy
premium content for subscribers Remembering the joy of going fishing with Daddy When Daddy was off work and home, exciting times were on the way. He took me fishing. First, we went to the bait shop. It was full of odd smells -- the worms in their wet soil and the metallic smell of the water the silver minnows swam in. He fixed cane poles for us to use to swing the line with the red and white bobbers into the murky, blackish pond water. The breezes by the sh...
Let yourself forget your troubles and just enjoy life
It’s early morning on the Circle S, and I sit on the back porch listening to the tree frogs serenade me, the big John Deere blowing diesel smoke as it wakes up, and the cows mooing for their babies to come and eat breakfast. I am reveling in the glories and beauties that surround this little log house. We are finally back to my most favorite place of all after a long recovering and m... --- The content you're trying to view is available for Premium Content Subscribers only.
Delta variant now responsible for all new COVID cases, Dobbs says
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs speaks on the state’s position regarding the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccines during a press conference at the Woolfolk Building in Jackson on Jan. 4, 2021. Credit: Vickie D.
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Can Mississippi school districts legally mandate mask wearing unilaterally?
Below is a political analysis column by Frank Corder: The answer isn’t as simple as you might think. According to the Mississippi Department of Health, COVID-19 cases are rising across the state, in large measure due to the Delta variant and low vaccination rates. This has led MSDH and the to recommend mask wearing in schools while in-doors for both the unvaccinated and vaccinated.
COVID Vaccine Site Announced for Friday at Mt. Beulah
COVID Vaccine Site Announced for Friday at Mt. Beulah As reported by the Associated Press, the state’s top public health official noted that Mississippi is experiencing a 4th wave of COVID-19 and that there has been a significant increase in cases.
After labeling critics “anti-science Nazis” and “excuse monkeys,” MSDH Dobbs apologizes for lack of decorum
After labeling critics “anti-science Nazis” and “excuse monkeys,” MSDH Dobbs apologizes for lack of decorum State Rep. Hopkins, who called for Dobbs’ resignation, questions apology. Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs raised the ire of many Mississippians last week when he called critics on social media “anti-science Nazis” and “excuse monkeys” in a Department of Health press conference. “You know, the anti-science Nazis on social media try to find anything to make an excuse, right?
Sachse scores 27 unanswered points to defeat Plano West; QB Jalen Mayden accounts for four TDs | SportsDay
GARLAND -- Quarterback Jalen Mayden threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns in just under three quarters of work as Sachse beat Plano West, 33-19. Three of Mayden's scoring passes came in a stretch of 27 unanswered points after Plano West (0-2) took a 10-6 second-quarter lead on Tanner Gillean's three-yard touchdown run and a 33-yard field goal by Sacha Loudon.
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