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The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving the U.S. Marshal Service that occurred Monday morning at a residence on Mill Street in Indianola.
According to Sunflower County Coroner Heather Burton, the deceased has been identified as Demetric Bryant, 25, of Indianola. Burton said that his body has been sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office for autopsy.
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4 days 5 hours ago
Residents were evacuated from 10 Carroll County homes Friday because of a fire that covered 2,400 acres.
A fire blazing through more than 2,000 acres in Carroll County led to evacuations from 10 homes Friday, a state fire official said Friday afternoon.
Residents of homes on County Roads 163, 218 and 360 were being evacuated, Chris Burnham with the Mississippi Forestry Commission said just before 5 p.m. Friday.
The fire encompassed 2,400 acres, an increase of 600 acres from what Burnham had reported at 4:10 p.m. Friday, when 45% of the blaze was contained.
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5 days 2 hours ago
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Nanih Waiya’s team members celebrate a home run earlier in the season.
Nanih Waiya Baseball stays hot; softball wins series over Leake
By Robbie Robertson
The Winston County Journal
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Tigers stay hot: Noxapater Baseball aweeps week, Lady Tigers split games
By Robbie Robertson
The Winston County Journal
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Patriots look to break skid as key district showdowns with Washington School, Oak Hill Loom
By ROBBIE FAULK
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Wildcats open region play in dominant fashion with Back-to-Back Run-Rule Wins
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Choctaw Jail docket 03-20-2026
3/10/26 Danny Fulgham w/m 5/3/86 CSO b/w-petit larceny
3/12/26 Stacy Jones w/f 1/16/75 EPD hold for Eupora PD & MDOC hold
3/12/26 Jacquelyn Medders w/f 1/16/97 MHP DUI 1st
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Employee recommendations approved for CCSD 2026-2027 school year
By LaKeadra Coffey
Choctaw Plaindealer
During the March board meeting, the Choctaw County School District approved employee recommendations for the 2026-2027 school year.
“I want to be clear that Mr. [Glen] Blaine is still the assistant superintendent and Mr. [Glen] Beard is the superintendent, and he signed off on these,” Trustee Nola Bryant asked.
“Yes, I did,” Beard said. “My initials are on there.”
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1 week ago
Noxapater baseball struggles through tough week, Noxapater softball set to resume play
By Robbie Robertson
The Winston County Journal
It was a rough week for the Noxapater baseball team, losing both games last week by wide margins.
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1 week ago
WA Patriots look to rebound in the season
By ROBBIE FAULK
Spring Break was not kind to the Winston Academy Patriots as the baseball team went off to East Central Community College to play ball.
After dropping an 11-0 game to Wayne County and tying Union, WA was back to Decatur to take on Starkville Academy last Friday. It was the second meeting with the Volunteers this season for the Patriots, and this game turned out similarly to the 10-0 loss earlier this year.
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1 week 4 days ago
It is the second time this session that a mobile sports betting bill from the House has died in the Senate.
The “Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act,” which passed 100 to 11 in the House of Representatives, has died in the Senate Gaming Committee at the hands of chairman State Senator David Blount (D).
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1 week 5 days ago
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, speaks in the House chamber during legislative session on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at the Capitol in Jackson. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Though school choice talks have stalled this session, bills regarding a state tax program that incentivizes Mississippians to donate to private schools have now passed both chambers of the Legislature and head to final negotiations.
Since 2020, private schools and foster care organizations have been receiving money through the Children’s Promise Act, which gives donors a dollar-for-dollar tax credits for up to 50% of the donor’s state tax liability.
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1 week 5 days ago
Measles hit Spartanburg, South Carolina, hard. Reuters reported last month nearly 1,000 individuals got infected in Spartanburg County since October. The outbreak hit in places like the Global Academy of South Carolina where 21% of students had not been vaccinated, then spread to the unvaccinated at places like Costco, Publix, Goodwill, Burger King, the library, a museum, and the post office, reported the New York Times.
“This is not normal,” state epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell said. “This is unprecedented.”
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1 week 6 days ago
After being fired following an incendiary post about Charlie Kirk’s death, former ole Miss employee Lauren Stokes argued her First Amendment rights were violated. U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson dismissed the claims Monday, setting up a potential 5th Circuit appeal.
A federal judge has dismissed former University of Mississippi employee Lauren Stokes’ First Amendment retaliation lawsuit against Chancellor Glenn Boyce, bringing an early end—at least for now—to one of the state’s most closely watched campus speech disputes.
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Schools in states with no income tax have sought to use that to their benefit when recruiting college athletes. Mississippi won’t be joining them, at least for now.
The Mississippi Senate Finance Committee killed a House bill Monday that sought to exempt name, image and likeness, or NIL, compensation from the state’s income tax.
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Louisville, MS – Bobby White Jr., 45, was arrested in Ackerman, Mississippi on March 17, 2026, after a fugitive investigation conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service. White Jr. was wanted by the Winston County Sheriff’s Department for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and attempted aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.
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Governor Reeves and Treasurer McRae say the state’s pro-growth policies have helped restore confidence among credit rating agencies.
Mississippi generated a record-breaking $1 billion in interest income in 2025.
That was the word Monday morning from Governor Tate Reeves and State Treasurer David McRae.
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2 weeks ago
The Mississippi House looks to increase state community college funding by $100 million while also raising university funding by $53 million above legislative budget requests.
Strike-all amendments were made to two Senate appropriations bills to reflect the House of Representative’s stance on state support for public community colleges and universities.
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2 weeks ago
The clarification came as Magnolia Tribune sought a breakdown of the interest income between special funds and the state’s general fund.
The State Treasurer’s office on Tuesday clarified that Mississippi’s “record-breaking $1 billion in interest income in 2025,” as shared in a release Monday, was in fact a cumulative total over Treasurer David McRae’s tenure “up to 2025, not in 2025 alone.”
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2 weeks ago
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