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Deceit only bought some time

By TIM KALICH
Fri,01/21/22-10:42PM, 4,294 Reads 28,571 Statewide
It’s a mess. That’s about the only way to describe the ongoing unraveling of Express Grain Terminals and those caught up in what is looking like its certain demise.
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Medical marijuana not carte blanche

Mon,01/17/22-9:30PM, 2,263 Reads 14,284 Statewide
Tate Reeves has expressed suspicions that medical marijuana is being used as a backdoor means to legalize the recreational use of the drug in Mississippi.
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Editorial: Democrats are their own worst enemy

Wed,01/19/22-7:12PM, 1,913 Reads 11,824 Statewide
The Democratic Party already faces immense challenges in Mississippi politics simply because a majority of the state’s voters are conservative white Republicans. But occasionally Democrats seem determined to make things more difficult for themselves, as a white state legislator’s experience last week showed.
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The state could be selling off its Gluckstadt warehouse if a bill in the Mississippi House of Representatives becomes law.

Opinion: State should get out of the alcohol distribution business

By STEVE WILSON
Thu,01/20/22-7:06PM, 1,444 Reads 14,043 Statewide
In football, the last player who wants the average fan to know his name is the long snapper. This player hikes the ball to the holder for place kicks and blocks. He is only mentioned if he makes a dreadful mistake that results in a blocked kick.
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Deceit only bought some time

By TIM KALICH
Fri,01/21/22-10:42PM, 4,295 Reads 28,571 Statewide
It’s a mess. That’s about the only way to describe the ongoing unraveling of Express Grain Terminals and those caught up in what is looking like its certain demise.
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Medical marijuana not carte blanche

Mon,01/17/22-9:30PM, 2,264 Reads 14,284 Statewide
Tate Reeves has expressed suspicions that medical marijuana is being used as a backdoor means to legalize the recreational use of the drug in Mississippi.
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Editorial: Democrats are their own worst enemy

Wed,01/19/22-7:12PM, 1,914 Reads 11,824 Statewide
The Democratic Party already faces immense challenges in Mississippi politics simply because a majority of the state’s voters are conservative white Republicans. But occasionally Democrats seem determined to make things more difficult for themselves, as a white state legislator’s experience last week showed.
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Manhunt continues for Willie Gene Qualls

Tue,12/28/21-8:44PM, 1,622 Reads
The Simpson Co. Sheriff’s Dept. recently Pursued a stolen vehicle along US Highway 49 near Magee. The driver, Willie Gene Qualls, ran the stolen vehicle into the woods near the railroad tracks on Athens Road and fled on foot. A multi-agency manhunt is underway.
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Privatize Mississippi state parks or fund them? House, Senate at odds.

By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,01/29/21-10:39AM, 73,928 Reads
Legislative leaders appear to agree that Mississippi’s long-neglected state parks need help, but while the Senate is pushing for privatization and turning parks over to local governments, the House wants to find a permanent stream of public funding.
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Local physician suspended from medical practice

By PAT BROWN
Tue,03/30/21-8:41AM, 73,351 Reads
Local physician Dr. Frank Wade has been suspended from practicing medicine for four months for ethics and prescription record-keeping violations.
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‘Food that’s going to stick to your ribs’: The significance of soul food in Yalobusha County

By BRITTANY BROWN - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,02/26/21-4:05PM, 51,535 Reads 288,479 Statewide
Marie Gaston still remembers all the food her parents cooked when she was growing up. The aromas of fried chicken, green beans, cabbage, candied yams and fried potatoes often floated from the kitchen. Gaston said her parents cooked full meals like this nearly every day.
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Mississippi Lottery transfers more money to state's Education Enhancement Fund

By STEVE WILSON
Fri,06/18/21-12:05PM, 32,257 Reads 149,750 Statewide
The Mississippi Lottery announced its latest transfer to the state’s general fund that will help fund both K-12 and higher education programs.
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ARE YOU REGISTERED FOR SCHOOL?

Wed,08/01/18-10:56AM, 3,000,677 Reads
Students who have not completed the online registration process will be "on hold" when they come to school August 8th until a parent can come to the school or register them online. Visit the Simpson County School District website at www.simpson.k12.ms.us to register your child for scho
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Board refuses bid for elementary

Tue,12/19/17-2:00PM, 2,713,212 Reads
When the Simpson County Board of Education met on Dec. 14, members heard a complaint from Bruce Barlow because both his son and daughter had their cell phones confiscated at school by the same faculty person.
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Chamber Board’s Brien Hubbard

Tue,12/05/17-1:10PM, 2,660,880 Reads
Editor’s Note; This is part one of a 12 part series written by Ian Cowart, president or the Magee Chamber of Commerce, about members of the Magee Chamber Board.
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M’hall board hears from parents

Wed,07/12/17-8:59AM, 2,542,715 Reads
The regular meeting of Mendenhall’s Mayor and Board of Aldermen was held Wednesday, July 5, instead of Tueday, July 4, due to the holiday. It was the first meeting of the new Board of Aldermen, which consisted of two new faces.
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