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• Audio: Holmes CC’s Jason Flanigan reflects on 2001 Ole Miss Sweet 16 appearance

  28-03-2025 12:53 via breezynews.com
  
  Ahead of Ole Miss taking on Michigan State in the 3rd Round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament tonight, Holmes Community College Men’s basketball coach Jason Flanigan called into The BreckFast Show Friday morning to discuss the last time the Rebels played in the Sweet […]
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• Storm Threat Increasing for Some in Local Area

  28-03-2025 12:14 via breezynews.com
  
  The National Weather Service is placing Holmes County and northern Attala County under a Level-3 “enhanced” risk of severe storms Sunday night with damaging winds up to 70 miles an hour, large hail and tornadoes possible.  The rest of the local area remains under a […]
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• Winston County native hired as University of Houston women’s basketball coach

  27-03-2025 18:16 via breezynews.com
  
  Winston County native Matthew Mitchell has been announced as the new head women’s basketball coach at the University of Houston. The school made the announcement Thursday morning through a press release shared across its social media channels. We got our guy 👏 Welcome to Houston, […]
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• Attala Farmer’s Market Open

  27-03-2025 17:50 via breezynews.com
  
  Get ready for locally grown fresh vegetables, fruit, baked goods, boiled peanuts, pork skins, homemade canned goods, arts and crafts and more at the Attala Farmer’s Market located on Highway 12 beside Wendy’s. The Market is open each Friday and Saturday from 8 am until […]
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• Attala County Fire Crews Battle Vehicle Fire on Highway

  27-03-2025 16:53 via breezynews.com
  
  Attala County emergency crews responded to a vehicle fire near the intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 14 at around 8:15 this morning. The Attala County Fire Department and Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the scene, where firefighters quickly worked to extinguish the flames. According […]
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• Baptist Memorial Hospital Attala Coaches Show – March 27, 2025

  27-03-2025 14:05 via breezynews.com
  
  On this week’s edition of the Baptist Memorial Hospital Attala Coaches Show – Kosciusko Whippets head baseball coach Cole McBride recaps the team’s recent schedule and discusses the Whippet infielders.
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• Severe Storms Expected Locally on Sunday

  27-03-2025 12:25 via breezynews.com
  
  All week, the National Weather Service has been talking about our next chance of severe storms in Mississippi.  And now, it’s being a little more specific about the threat we’ll be facing in this part of the state on Sunday.  We know now that the […]
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• Video: A Homecoming for a Hero Today

  27-03-2025 00:59 via breezynews.com
  
  Alvin Scarborough went off to war more than 80 years ago.  And today, he’s finally coming home…. “Anything that we can do to honor him, you know, I’m in on it.” Roger Barrett is the Ride Captain for a group of motorcyclists who’ll be escorting […]
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• AG: Check Eligibility for Generic Drug Compensation

  27-03-2025 00:59 via breezynews.com
  
  A nationwide settlement involving generic drugs could mean compensation for you.  Attorney General Lynn Fitch says Mississippians who purchased any of almost 200 drugs between 2009 and 2019 could be entitled to a share of the $39 million settlement with the pharmaceutical company Apotex, which […]
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• Attala County Sheriff’s Office Investigates Early Morning Shooting

  26-03-2025 23:11 via breezynews.com
  
  Attala County authorities are investigating a shooting incident that took place around 7 a.m. on Wednesday, March 26, on Attala Road 4116 between Sallis and McAdams. Deputies discovered a Chevrolet Impala with a bullet hole in its windshield but found no one in or around […]
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• March Madness Strikes Twice: Million Dollar Wins at Pearl River Resort

  26-03-2025 21:35 via breezynews.com
  Pearl River Resort is thrilled to announce that two lucky guests have hit life-changing jackpots this March, each winning over one million dollars on the popular Buffalo Power Play slot machine. On March 10, Colan. P. from Gordo, Alabama, struck gold with a $1,140,689 jackpot […]
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• Update: Voting now open for 2nd round of Si.com National Mascot Challenge

  26-03-2025 21:07 via breezynews.com
  
  Update: Voting is now open for the 2nd round of Si.com’s National Mascot Challenge. The Kosciusko Whippets are paired up this round with the Bryn Mawr Martians of Baltimore, MD. Click HERE to vote. Voting for this round ends Wednesday, April 2 at 10:59 pm. […]
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• North Mississippi Surgery Center recognized among best by U.S. News & World Report - supertalk.fm

  26-03-2025 19:47 via news.google.com
  North Mississippi Surgery Center recognized among best by U.S. News & World Report  supertalk.fm
  
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• Choctaw Indian Fair Celebrates 75th Year with Expanded Entertainment Line-Up

  26-03-2025 18:42 via breezynews.com
  
  *Article by MBCI* CHOCTAW, Miss. – (March 26, 2025) – The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians celebrates 75 years of the Choctaw Indian Fair with an expanded schedule and a multi-genre professional entertainment line-up. The expanded schedule now includes five official days starting Tuesday, July […]
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• Man Arrested at McDonald’s for Disorderly Conduct

  26-03-2025 17:27 via breezynews.com
  
  Kosciusko Police responded to McDonald’s on Tuesday, March 25, just before 7 p.m., after Triston Malone began causing a disturbance. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in a public place of business. Malone was booked into the Leake County Correctional Facility. No injuries […]
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• Felony Obstruction, Shoplifting, and Many DUIs in Leake and Attala

  26-03-2025 16:17 via breezynews.com
  
  ABREU ARISMENDY, 39, of Carthage, Serving Days, CPD.  Bond N/A.   CHELSSIA BELL, 35, of Kosciusko, No Insurance, Failure to Use Child Restraint Device, Improper Equipment, Bench Warrant – Carthage Municipal Court, No Driver’s License, Possession of Marijuana, CPD.  Bond $0, $0, $0, $0, $0, […]
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• A Homecoming for a Hero Today

  26-03-2025 12:07 via breezynews.com
  
  Alvin Scarborough went off to war more than 80 years ago.  And today, he’s finally coming home…. “Anything that we can do to honor him, you know, I’m in on it.” Roger Barrett is the Ride Captain for a group of motorcyclists who’ll be escorting […]
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• Kosciusko-Attala Career Tech Recognizes Star Students

  26-03-2025 10:30 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko-Attala Career Tech Center has recognized its star students for the third nine-week grading period. (Top L to R) Gage Hutchinson – Automotive Service, Brianna Biggart – Ed Prep, Williams Abels – Construction Technology; (Middle L to R) Ja’Shawn Moore – Work-Based Learning, Claire […]
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• Kosciusko Shuts Out Louisville in Tuesday’s Baseball Contest

  26-03-2025 03:02 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko Whippets hosted the Louisville Wildcats in a game moved from Louisville due to field conditions.  Friday’s game will be in Louisville. With a final score of 12-0 after four innings, the Whippets move to 12-5 on the season, and 2-1 in region play. […]
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• BASEBALL STREAM – Louisville vs Kosciusko

  26-03-2025 00:38 via breezynews.com
  
  *If the link above above isn’t working on your device, click HERE to to find the broadcast on YouTube, click below to listen to the Breezy 101 online audio stream or tune your radio to 101.1. Kosciusko baseball online audio and video streams are presented […]
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• Zenovia Woolie Serves the Community Through LEAP Center Volunteering

  25-03-2025 23:06 via breezynews.com
  
  *Article by Kosciusko LEAP Center* Kosciusko, MS – As part of KHS Senior Serves, Zenovia Woolie has dedicated her time to making a difference in the community by volunteering at the LEAP Center. Through her efforts, she has not only impacted the lives of children […]
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• New Stage’s ‘Little Women’ musical opens aptly in Women’s History Month

  25-03-2025 20:34
  
  The March family at the center of “Little Women, The Broadway Musical” at New Stage Theatre includes (clockwise from left) Michaela Lin as Meg, Jennifer Smith as the mother Marmee, Kristina Swearingen as Jo (top), Sarah Pigott as Amy and Frannie Dean as Beth (front).Credit: Joseph NelmsTies that bind, not lines that divide, at the heart of “Little Women” are what make Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel such an enduring classic. More than a century and a half since i
  
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• Marshall Ramsey: Renegotiation

  25-03-2025 18:41
  
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• Rolling Fork – 2 Years Later

  25-03-2025 18:32
  
  Tracy Harden stood outside her Chuck’s Dairy Bar in Rolling Fork, teary eyed, remembering not the EF-4 tornado that nearly wiped the town off the map two years before. Instead, she became emotional, “even after all this time,” she said, thinking of the overwhelming help people who’d come from all over selflessly offered.
  Tracy Harden, owner of Chuck’s Dairy Bar, wipes away tears outside her U.S 61 restaurant in Rolling Fork, Monday, March 24, 2025. March 24th
  
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• Move Over or Risk Lives: The Importance of Yielding to Emergency Vehicles

  25-03-2025 16:48 via breezynews.com
  
  When sirens blare and lights flash, every second counts. Emergency responders—whether firefighters, paramedics, or law enforcement—need a clear path to reach those in danger. Yet, too often, drivers fail to yield, causing dangerous delays. Mississippi law requires motorists to pull over to the right and […]
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• Ethel High School announces 2025-2026 Ambassadors

  25-03-2025 16:48 via breezynews.com
  
  Ethel High School has announced its newly formed Ambassador Program, designed to develop student leaders who will represent the school in various events and initiatives.   Front row, from left to right: Haleigh Hutchison, Meredith Moudy, and Sadie Wood. Second row: Jatavious Russell, Jamarius Evans, […]
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• Whippets win first round of Si.com National Mascot Challenge

  25-03-2025 15:44 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko Whippets are moving on to the 2nd round of Si.com’s High school Mascot Challenge. Voting for the first round of the competition ended Monday night, with Kosciusko defeating the Bishop England Battling Bishop with 96.5% of the votes. Si.com’s High School Mascot Contest […]
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• Remembering Big George Foreman and a poor guy named Pedro

  25-03-2025 14:58
  
  George Foreman, surely one of the world’s most intriguing and transformative sports figures of the 20th century, died over the weekend at the age of 76. Please indulge me a few memories.This was back when professional boxing was in its heyday. Muhammad Ali was heavyweight champion of the world for a second time. The lower weight divisions featured such skilled champions and future champs as Alex Arugello, Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran, Tommy “Hit Man” Hearns and S
  
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• Happening today: Blood Drive for Ricky Comfort

  25-03-2025 14:14 via breezynews.com
  
  Mississippi Blood Services will be here host a blood drive Tuesday, March 25, in support of Ricky Comfort. The blood drive bus will be parked in the parking lot behind Ivey Mechanical downtown office from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. If you’re able to donate, […]
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• City of Kosciusko warns of scammers in wake of recent storms

  25-03-2025 14:14 via breezynews.com
  
  After the recent hailstorm in Kosciusko, police have gotten complaints about people going door to door offering roof inspections and help with insurance claims. But the city is reminding the public that contractors and adjusters must be licensed by the state, and anyone soliciting business […]
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• Speaker says House willing to renegotiate typo tax bill

  25-03-2025 01:13
  
  House Speaker Jason White acknowledged for the first time on Monday that House leaders knowingly passed a typo-riddled plan to overhaul Mississippi’s tax system that Senate leaders have since admitted was a mistake.  White also said his Republican caucus is willing to use a still-alive Senate bill to restart negotiations on some elements of the tax overhaul that could override the bill headed to Gov. Tate Reeves’ desk. The speaker appeared to underscore that last week&rsqu
  
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• Two Years Later, Another Rolling Fork Tornado

  24-03-2025 23:32 via breezynews.com
  
  The small tornado which hit the Rolling Fork area Sunday night was on the ground for about two and a half miles. Michael Hill with the National Weather Service in Jackson says it was packing winds up to 90 miles an hour and was rated […]
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• Policy analyst: Income tax elimination risks significant harm to Mississippi’s future 

  24-03-2025 23:06
  
  Editor’s note: This essay is part of Mississippi Today Ideas, a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share fact-based ideas about our state’s past, present and future. You can read more about the section here.The state’s tax system plays an important role in the function of our government.  Mississippi, like all states, needs enough revenue to meet its current needs and invest in the future of its communities.However, the state’s tax system is regressive,
  
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• Possible Break-In, Solicitors, and a Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle Monday in Attala

  24-03-2025 22:53 via breezynews.com
  
  Kosciusko Police were called to a home on Thornton St. around 1 p.m. after a report of a possible break-in, with concerns that a suspect might still be inside. Officers investigated, but the outcome remains unclear. At 1:52 p.m., officers responded to reports of three […]
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• Gas outage affecting thousands in Lee County nearly resolved

  24-03-2025 21:51
  Five days after an Atmos Energy crew accidentally released high-pressure gas in northeast Mississippi, the company is nearly done restoring gas to the over 17,000 affected customers.All 17,000 customers have their gas restored, and technicians are working to help a handful of customers get their appliances relighted, according to Atmos.The accident on March 12 injured three contractors and caused outages to commercial and residential customers in Belden, Guntown, Plantersville, Pontotoc, Saltil
  
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• Update: Roadway Semi-Truck Cleared from Ditch on Hwy 12 E

  24-03-2025 21:48 via breezynews.com
  
  Update: The roadway has been cleared and no injuries have been reported. A semi-truck wrecked into a ditch on Highway 12 East near Fair Propane at 1 p.m on Monday, April 24, 2025. Crews are currently on the scene, working to recover the vehicle. Authorities […]
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• Does a Trump order halt broadband funds for Mississippi?

  24-03-2025 21:18
  
  by Joshua WilsonA reader from Forrest County recently asked the Roy Howard Community Journalism Center’s “What Is True?” fact-checking service if a Trump administration executive order, issued on the president’s first day in office for his second term, would halt federal funding aimed at expanding broadband internet access to rural portions of Mississippi.On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders, including one called “Unleashing Americ
  
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• Assault on Police, DUIs, and Drug Charges in Attala and Leake

  24-03-2025 21:11 via breezynews.com
  SHARON CAROLYN AREVALO, 45, of Carthage, DUI – 1st, Careless Driving, CPD.  Bond $1,351, $188.   NICHOLAS A BARTON, 44, of Carthage, Simple Assault on LEO, Resisting Arrest, Disorderly Conduct – Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct – Failure to Comply with LEO, LCSO.  Bond $10,000, […]
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• Tornado damages homes and downs trees in Mississippi - Sky News

  24-03-2025 19:33 via news.google.com
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• Semi-Truck Wrecks Into Ditch on Hwy 12 E

  24-03-2025 19:32 via breezynews.com
  
  A semi-truck wrecked into a ditch on Highway 12 East near Fair Propane at 1 p.m on Monday, April 24, 2025. Crews are currently on the scene, working to recover the vehicle. Authorities have not reported any injuries at this time. Drivers in the area […]
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• Location change for Louisville/Kosciusko baseball game

  24-03-2025 18:13 via breezynews.com
  
  There’s been a change in location for the Kosciusko Whippets’ Tuesday, March 25 game against Louisville. That game was scheduled to be played at Louisville. However, the game will now be played in Kosciusko due to field conditions. Start times for the game will remain […]
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• Fifth student receives full ride to college on writers scholarship

  24-03-2025 18:00
  
  The grin on best-selling author Angie Thomas’s face could not have been bigger. The Zoom call, surprising Owen Jarvis with news he had won the full-ride scholarship to Belhaven University named in Thomas’ honor, was a giddy secret that was hers to share.“Sometimes when it happens, I feel like Oprah when she gave out the cars,” a gleeful Thomas said of informing the winner. For the Young Adult author and Jackson native, now living in Atlanta, the activity falls right in l
  
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• How did the Mississippi Typo Tax Swap Act of 2025 happen? Legislative recap

  24-03-2025 17:45
  
  The week of March 17 in the Mississippi Legislature dawned with a continuing tax standoff between the state House and Senate as they entered the final weeks of a three-month legislative session.The two chambers remained so far apart with their tax plans that lawmakers and politicos expected the governor would have to force them into special session for more negotiations or else they would leave with no tax plan — heck, maybe even with no state budget.Speaker Jason White and his GOP House
  
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• At St. Paddy’s Parade, voters want ‘almost everything’ to change in Jackson, but say they don’t know who to vote for

  24-03-2025 16:31
  
  Portia Scott interjected when her friend didn’t want to talk about Jackson’s upcoming mayoral election as they waited for the annual Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade to begin. “I’ve got something to say,” she declared: It’s time for a change in the city. A 26-year-old Willowood resident, Scott just wants the stoplights to work in her south Jackson neighborhood. She wants the city to stop giving her the “runaround” when she calls. And
  
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• Marshall Ramsey: Decimal Point

  24-03-2025 13:39
  
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• Podcast: Bill to ensure rape kits are available pending in final days of legislative session

  24-03-2025 12:30
  
  Rep. Dana McLean, R-Columbus, joins Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison and Sophia Paffenroth to explain the importance of passing her legislation during the 2025 session to ensure local emergency rooms use rape kits in a timely manner.READ MORE: As lawmakers look to cut taxes, Mississippi mayors and county leaders outline infrastructure needsThe post Podcast: Bill to ensure rape kits are available pending in final days of legislative session appeared first on Mississippi Today.
  
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• Thunderstorm Watch Posted Locally

  23-03-2025 23:26 via breezynews.com
  
  This part of central Mississippi is under a severe thunderstorm watch until midnight.  And there’s a tornado watch for north Mississippi.   A Level-2 “slight” risk of damaging wind gusts, large hail and possibly a tornado has been posted for all of this area for tonight.
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• Boswell Media News Podcast Surpasses One Million Listens

  23-03-2025 16:39 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–The Boswell Media news podcast from the “Maxxsouth Broadband News and Weather Center” surpssed one million lestens over the weekend. The podcast, which is an online and social media version of the on-air newscast, began in April 2021 and airs on all three Boswell […]
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• Cars Report Swerving to Avoid ATV on the Highway

  23-03-2025 14:08 via breezynews.com
  
  SALLIS, Miss.–A about 11:45 Friday night Attala County deputies were called to respond to a four-wheeler on the highway along Hwy. 12 between McAdams and Sallis. The person who called said cars were having to swerve to avoid the ATV and that two people were […]
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• Shed Fire Reported Friday Evening

  23-03-2025 13:42 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A shed was reported on fire Friday evening about 5:12 p.m. The fire was on Attala Rd. 3993. The shed was fully involved by the time the first fire engines got there. They requested more water. The fire was contained within 30 minutes.
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