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Only 300 tickets to be sold for MHS’s football jamboree jamboree

Tue,08/25/20-1:23PM, 3,718 Reads
Due to COVID-19 restrictions on the size of gatherings, Magee High School has announced that only 300 home side tickets can be sold for this Friday night’s opening football jamboree against the Florence Eagles at Trojan Stadium.
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Trump’s Mississippi nominations advance in Congress after political delay

By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,11/25/25-3:52PM, 3,712 Reads 10,215 Statewide
The appointments had been stalled over negotiations to recognize the indigenous Lumbee people of North Carolina as a federal tribe.
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Arrest Report 5-12-2022

Wed,05/11/22-12:00PM, 3,706 Reads
The Simpson County Sheriff’s Office reported 15 arrests from May 2 to May 9.
Justin Bryce Brown of 154 Brown Homestead was arrested on May 3 and charged with possession of methamphetamine.
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Trojans take out Crystal Springs on way to district play

By MARLAN JONES MARLAN JONES
Tue,09/29/20-3:22PM, 3,703 Reads
After being quarantined for two weeks, the Magee Trojans came out on a mission against Crystal Springs last Friday night.
The Trojans set the tone early and carried it throughout the game for a 54-14 victory.
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Circle Drive in front of Mendenhall High School and Mendenhall Elementary School is receiving a fresh layer of asphalt before school starts. Mayor Todd Booth said, “I’m glad our board decided to go forward with the project. That new asphalt will make the school look even better.”

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Circle Drive gets asphalt rehab

By MARLAN JONES MARLAN JONES
Tue,08/04/20-1:39PM, 3,702 Reads
The Mendenhall Mayor and Board of Aldermen agreed that the road conditions in front of Mendenhall High School and Mendenhall Elementary were in terrible condition and decided that the majority of this year’s paving budget should be dedicated to repairing Circle Drive.
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Jones becomes publisher

Wed,12/28/22-8:15AM, 3,702 Reads
Marlan Jones is the incoming publisher of the Magee Courier/Simpson County Newspaper, replacing the retiring Pat Brown.
Jones has been with the newspaper for the past eight years and has served as a reporter, sports editor, and news editor. He is a graduate of Magee High School and is a U.S. Navy veteran.
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The Magee Mayor and Board Aldermen has hired Shane Little as the new Chief of Police for the Magee Police Department. Mayor Dale Berry, left, and City Attorney Marc McMillian, right, joined Chief Shane Little and his wife Brooke to swear him in.

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Magee gets new police chief but no lights

By PAT BROWN PAT BROWN
Wed,06/15/22-8:22AM, 3,696 Reads
The City of Magee has a new head law man, Police Chief Shane Little.
Little was sworn into office during the meeting of the Magee Board of Aldermen on Tuesday night. On hand for the event was his wife, Brook. Mayor Dale Berry, assisted by city attorney Marc McMillian, installed Little.
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Update: Joaquin Stevens Blackwell In Custody

By MARLAN JONES MARLAN JONES
Sat,06/13/20-3:47PM, 3,691 Reads
After nearly a 24 hour manhunt, Joaquin Stevens Blackwell, the suspect in an officer involved shooting has been arrested. Blackwell was arrested near the Shell gas station on Highway 13 in Mendenhall.
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Joan Sanders Pearson

Tue,09/01/20-3:52PM, 3,689 Reads
Joan Sanders Pearson, 57, of Magee passed away on August 27, 2020, at Magee General Hospital. She was born Monday, September 17, 1962.
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Magee is in charge of arrangements.
She was preceded in death by her father, Billy Sanders.
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Lisa Charlene Walker Canoy

Tue,08/25/20-1:43PM, 3,689 Reads
Lisa Charlene Walker Canoy, 59, of Braxton, Mississippi, passed away Monday, August 17, 2020. She was born Tuesday, January 24, 1961.
Visitation was August 19, 2020 at the Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Mendenhall.
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