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• Can renewable energy projects find homes on Mississippi farms?

  13-11-2024 16:29 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Abbott Myers has been farming on his land in the north Mississippi Delta since 1969. Between the rising costs of everything from land to equipment to chemicals, as well as the toll of recent droughts, Myers knows his industry is in a precarious place.“The next couple of years are really going to be some hard years in agriculture it looks like,” he told Mississippi Today over the summer. “Unless something changes.”  With a growing market for clean energy and a m
  
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• Child Molestation, Drive-By Shooting, and Aggravated Domestic Violence in Attala and Leake

  14-11-2024 19:07 via breezynews.com
  
  NICHOLAS A BARTON, 44, of Carthage, Disorderly Conduct – Failure to Comply with LEO, Resisting Arrest, LCSO.  Bond $500, $500.   ANGELA BROWN, 52, of Philadelphia, Domestic Violence – Aggravated Assault, PPD.  Bond N/A.   KAYLA A COMBY, 37, of Philadelphia, Felony Possession of a […]
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• Gov. Tate Reeves urges lawmakers to use unspent state revenue for tax cuts

  14-11-2024 18:37 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mississippi’s legislative leaders believe two things will happen when lawmakers convene for their next session in January: They will attempt to cut state taxes in some form, and they will have almost the same amount of money to spend during the next fiscal year as they do for the current fiscal year. Members of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and Republican Gov. Tate Reeves agreed on Thursday morning to estimate that the state government will collect about $7.6 billion in tax
  
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• Attala County Library to Host Holiday Open House on December 5

  14-11-2024 18:16 via breezynews.com
  
  The Attala County Library invites the community to its Holiday Open House on Thursday, December 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. Festivities include performances by young local musicians, crafting stations for all ages, a hot cocoa bar, photo opportunities, and refreshments. The library is located […]
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• Grants to Help Fund Local Projects

  14-11-2024 17:23 via breezynews.com
  
  Some local counties are getting a share of the $110 million in grants that Governor Reeves announced Wednesday for economic development, infrastructure, workforce development, tourism and conservation projects.  Leake County is getting $250,000 to grade a site at the Leake County Business Park.  Neshoba County […]
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• Governor Reeves announces $110 Million in Grants for local projects

  14-11-2024 17:23 via breezynews.com
  
  Several local counties are getting a share of the $110 million in grants that Governor Tate Reeves announced Wednesday for economic development, infrastructure, workforce development, tourism  and conservation projects. Leake County is getting $250,000 to grade the site at the Lek County Business Park. Neshoba […]
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• Happening today: Kosciusko V.A. Clinic Open House and Cookout

  14-11-2024 16:39 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko V.A. Clinic at 405 West Adams Street will hold an open house and cookout on Thursday, November 14, at 12 p.m. The event is open to the public and aims to honor veterans for their service. Veterans, their families, and community members are […]
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• Willie Manning faces execution, despite a crumbling case

  14-11-2024 16:24 via mississippitoday.org
  
  When death row speaks
  It comes truly from the heart
  It’s a lonely situation
  The frustration’s just a start.— Willie ManningUnless a court intervenes, the state of Mississippi will execute Willie Manning, despite the fact much of the case against him has crumbled.If the Mississippi Supreme Court doesn’t give Manning another hearing, justices are expected to grant Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s request to set an execution date.He remains on death row, convicted of the
  
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• Farm Bureau Coaches Show – November 14, 2024

  14-11-2024 14:40 via breezynews.com
  
  On this week’s episode of the Farm Bureau Coaches Show – Kosciusko Whippets head football coach Casey Orr recaps the game against Senatobia and discusses Friday’s playoff game against Shannon. The Farm Bureau Coaches Show airs on Breezy 101 Thursday mornings at 7:35 am. The […]
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• Kosciusko VA Clinic Fall Food Drive

  14-11-2024 13:34 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko VA Clinic will hold its Fall Food Drive on Friday, November 22, at 1 p.m. at 405 West Adams Street. Veterans and their families are encouraged to participate. The event aims to support families in need during the holiday season.
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• Gov. Reeves announces $110 million in economic development efforts

  13-11-2024 23:58 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday announced that state agencies are disbursing over $110 million toward economic development, infrastructure upgrades and workforce development around the state. The funding for the projects is coming from the state Legislature, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Delta Regional Authority, the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission and the federal government. “We’ve secured billions in new private-sector investment and created th
  
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• Groups seek a new hearing on a Mississippi mail-in ballot lawsuit

  13-11-2024 22:20 via mississippitoday.org
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court panel incorrectly interpreted federal and state laws when it ruled that Mississippi cannot count mail-in ballots that are cast and postmarked by Election Day but arrive a few days later, two groups argue as they seek a new hearing.Attorneys for Vet Voice Foundation and Mississippi Alliance for Retired Americans are asking the entire 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider the ruling that a portion of the court issued Oct. 25.The ruling
  
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• Surely, Shorty Mac would have an opinion on the LSU tiger controversy

  13-11-2024 21:44 via mississippitoday.org
  
  There’s been quite the controversy next door in Louisiana where, at Gov. Jeff Landry’s insistence, a live tiger was on display in Tiger Stadium last Saturday night at an LSU football game for the first time in eight years.Rick ClevelandTiger or not, Alabama pummeled LSU 42-13. Since then, Landry has defended the renting a tiger named Omar Bradley from a Florida exotic zoo to put on display at the game.Mike the Tiger — actually, this was was Mike VI — died in 2016, and LS
  
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• Update: Severe Storm Threat Expanded to the North

  13-11-2024 21:11 via breezynews.com
  
  The National Weather Service says the threat of severe weather will extend across most of Mississippi this afternoon including all the local area.  A Level-1 “marginal” risk of isolated severe storms with damaging winds and the possibility of a tornado has been posted with a […]
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• Marshall Ramsey: Wicker

  13-11-2024 20:46 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• Crystal Sky travel plaza in Louisville Grand Opening planned for Dec. 19

  13-11-2024 19:14 via breezynews.com
  The Grand opening ceremony for the newly developed Crystal Sky in Louisville, MS will be held Thursday, Dec. 19 at 11:00 am. This event will celebrate the unveiling of an 18,000 square foot facility featuring a casino with 150 slot machines, a Sportsbook lounge, a […]
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• JPD officer stun gun leaves ‘Superman’ who saved neighbor’s children permanently disabled 

  13-11-2024 19:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Longtime law enforcement officer Darryl Norwood was trying to help Jackson police catch a man threatening to kill his family when an officer shot Norwood, instead of the man, with a stun gun.That night would be the last that Norwood would walk without a cane.Rather than admit what happened, authorities blamed his injuries on a gunshot or physical altercation, according to medical and police records. Norwood has filed a lawsuit against the Jackson Police Department and Cpl. Rebecca Lomax for act
  
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• Holmes CC assistant hired as head coach at Southwest Mississippi CC

  13-11-2024 17:47 via breezynews.com
  
    Holmes CC football assistant coach Les George has been hired as the new head football coach at Southwest Mississippi Community College. The school made that announcement Wednesday morning on its website and social media pages. George served as co-offensive coordinator and assistant head coach […]
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• Kosciusko vs Shannon Location/Video Stream/Broadcast Information

  13-11-2024 17:26 via breezynews.com
  
  Kosciusko vs Shannon Location/Broadcast Information: Game – Friday, Nov. 15, 7:00 pm Location: Shannon High School 218 E Cherry St, Shannon, MS 38868 Radio: WLIN-FM, Breezy 101.1 Audio stream: Breezynews.com; Breezy 101 app, Video Stream: Boswell Media YouTube Channel This week’s video stream is presented […]
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• Podcast:  Newly elected Hall of Famer Mike Justice joins the pod

  13-11-2024 17:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mike Justice, who won state championships at Calhoun City, Louisville and Madison Central, joins the Clevelands to talk about his Hall of Fame career, Ole Miss-Georgia, the Saints, the high school playoffs and Jeff Lebby’s Mississippi State program.Stream all episodes here. The latest from rick cleveland Ole Miss 28, Georgia 10: This was more a statement than victoryby Rick Cleveland November 10, 2024November 10, 2024 The post Podcast:  Newly elected Hall of Famer Mike Justice joins
  
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• On this day in 1999

  13-11-2024 14:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Nov. 13,1999Credit: Source: Find a GraveA jury in Belzoni, Mississippi, convicted three men of manslaughter in the April 12, 1970, killing of Rainey Pool, a 54-year-old sharecropper. When the one-armed man, who had been drinking, happened to enter a “whites-only” bar in Midnight, Mississippi, a mob beat him unconscious and threw him into the Sunflower River, where he died. The killers each received the maximum of 20 years behind bars. More on this dayOn this day in 1914Nov
  
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• Kosciusko V.A. Clinic Open House and Cookout This Thursday

  13-11-2024 13:48 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko V.A. Clinic at 405 West Adams Street will hold an open house and cookout this Thursday, November 14, at 12 p.m. The event is open to the public and aims to honor veterans for their service. Veterans, their families, and community members are […]
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• Local Area “On the Margins” of Severe Weather Threat

  13-11-2024 12:33 via breezynews.com
  
  Some stormy fall weather is in the forecast for Mississippi today and tonight.  Blame it on a cold front… “This is not going to be the strongest front,” says Daniel Lamb at the National Weather Service in Jackson, “but there is some potential ahead of […]
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• Drive-By Shooting, Assault, Shoplifting, and Felony Malicious Mischief in Attala and Leake

  13-11-2024 03:02 via breezynews.com
  ARISMENDY ABREU, 39, of Carthage, Shoplifting, CPD.  Bond $889.25.   DEUNDRA D BOYD, 17, of Philadelphia, Drive-By Shooting, Shooting into a Dwelling, PPD.  Bond $75,000, $50,000.   AMARION J COLE, 21, of Philadelphia, Bench Warrant – Philadelphia Municipal Court, PPD.  Bond $0.   JESSICA FERGUSON, […]
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• Mississippi State Senate Sued by US Over Black Attorney's Salary - Bloomberg Law

  13-11-2024 01:31 via news.google.com
  Mississippi State Senate Sued by US Over Black Attorney's Salary  Bloomberg Law
  
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• Two Men Arrested in Kosciusko Narcotics Raid

  12-11-2024 22:25 via breezynews.com
  
  In a joint operation on Tuesday morning, the Kosciusko Police Department, Leake County Sheriff’s Office, and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations (MBI) executed a narcotics search warrant at a residence on Highway 12 East near Bailey-Nowell Rd. During the search, authorities discovered felony amounts of […]
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• MDOT’s 12 days of Christmas sign contest is back!

  12-11-2024 21:44 via breezynews.com
  
  JACKSON, MISS. – It’s that time of year again! With Christmas right around the corner, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is aiming to spread a little extra holiday cheer on Mississippi’s highways, and we need your help. Starting today, Tuesday, Nov. 12, you can […]
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• Medicaid advisory committee again delayed over concerns about federal law compliance

  12-11-2024 19:59 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The next meeting of a committee tasked with advising the Mississippi Division of Medicaid will be delayed further while the agency sorts out a possible discrepancy between state law and new federal regulations, despite the fact that the state is not required to comply with the new rules until July of next year.The Division of Medicaid requested an official opinion on the conflicting federal and state guidelines for committee appointments from the Attorney General’s office on Nov. 1, accor
  
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• Annual Kosy Lights Christmas Tree Lighting planned for Nov. 21

  12-11-2024 18:44 via breezynews.com
  
  It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in downtown Kosciusko and that means it’s time for the annual Tree Lighting. Kosy Lights will hold the annual event Thursday, November 2 at 6:30 pm. .In addition to the lights, there will be food, train rides, […]
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• Despite bribery charges, Mississippi prosecutor, other officials can remain in office

  12-11-2024 18:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Sweeping corruption charges have rocked local government in Mississippi’s capital city, with potentially significant implications for the local legal system. During arraignments on Thursday, federal prosecutors charged Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Jackson City Councilmember Aaron Banks with a string of bribery and corruption charges.All three pleaded not guilty and were released pending trial.The charges stem from an undercover sti
  
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