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By LaKeadra Coffey
Choctaw Plaindealer
An Attala County man has been charged with second-degree murder and an enhanced charge for using a switch in connection with the death of a 19-year-old man in an act many are calling “senseless.”
Right before the clock struck 12 on New Year’s Day, Weir Police Chief Dillion Cates said Kentavious Merritt, 24, allegedly shot and killed Caden Yarbrough, 19, of Weir.
Merritt has been charged with second-degree murder and possession and/or use of a machine gun conversion device.
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2 months 4 weeks ago
By staff reports, Winston County Journal
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2 months 4 weeks ago
By Peggy Sims
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2 months 4 weeks ago
SANDRA EARLEEN MILES
JANUARY 31, 1949 — DECEMBER 16, 2025
Sandra Earleen Miles, 76, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at her home in Louisville, Mississippi. Funeral services were 11 a.m. Saturday, December 20 in the Massey Funeral Home Chapel with Robert Oswalt and Bro. Rickey Culberson officiating. Visitation was the day of the service at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until service time. Interment immediately followed the service in Ellison Ridge Cemetery.
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BELL, DAVALYN, BM, 7/21/1993; SIMPLE POSSESSION, 12/19/2025, MHP
CARTER, KEVIN D, WM, 11/28/1967; DUI 1ST OFFENSE, 12/22/2025, MHP
DAVIS, MARQUANDA D, BF, 5/3/1975; HOLD DETAINER, 12/21/2025, MHP
HALBERT, DEQUARIS, BM, 12/1/2025; DUI 1ST OFFENSE, 12/21/2025, MHP
HAYNES, J’QUAY A, BM, 10/9/2003; DUI 1ST OFFENSE, 12/17/2025, MHP
HICKMAN, CORNELIUS, BM, 10/15/1996; DUI 1ST OFFENSE, SEATBELT VIOLATION, SIMPLE POSSESSION, WINDOW TINT, 12/19/2025, MHP
HUNT, MICHAEL L, BM, 4/15/1972; DUI 1ST OFFENSE, 12/18/2025, MHP
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from staff reports
Authorities are investigating a death reported just after midnight involving a gunshot wound, according to Choctaw County officials.
The Weir Police Department and the Choctaw County Sheriff’s Office are jointly investigating the incident.
Choctaw County Coroner Chris Coleman said a 19-year-old male was transported to Choctaw Regional Medical Center after suffering a gunshot wound. Coleman said he was called to the hospital’s emergency room shortly after midnight, around 12 a.m.
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3 months ago
By Russell Hood
The Webster Progress-Times
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3 months ago
This one slipped away in a hurry. You may be thinking I am referring to the 2025 hunting season, though it is fleeting, I am talking about the past year in general. Everyone told me the older you get the faster the years pass, though we all know time is constant. They must know something though because we’re in a brand-new calendar year now. So, what went well for you in 2025 and what did not? We all have challenges, but what can we do to somewhat ensure that the new year will go as we hope it will?
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3 months ago
Below is a press release from the Center for Economic Accountability:
A decade-long subsidy package for a Compass Datacenters project in Meridian, Mississippi has been selected as the nation’s “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year” for 2025 by The Center for Economic Accountability.
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3 months ago
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GREGORY KENT PAYNE
OCTOBER 28, 1964 — DECEMBER 17, 2025
Gregory Kent Payne age 61, passed away at his residence in Maben, Mississippi on Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
Gregory was born on October 28, 1964, in Tupelo, Mississippi to Kent Miller Payne and Brenda Joyce Scarbrough Payne. He was employed in retail until becoming disabled due to illness.
Gregory is survived by his wife, Lynda Morgan Payne of Maben, Mississippi; his father, Kent Miller (Elva Kay) Payne of Starkville, Mississippi.
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Dec. 19
Skylar Ramagos, DOB 07-20-95, WM; Webster County SO: court-ordered time.
Phillip Stewart, DOB 07-05-85, WM; G24/MHP: DUI-first.
Dec. 21
Gray Cooper, DOB , DOB 06-15-83, WM; Webster County SO: contributing to the neglect of child by allowing the child to be present around the illegal use of drugs.
Brandi Harris, DOB 06-04-78, WF; Webster County SO5 AND SO7: failure to appear.
Laci Brown, DOB 10-23-95, WF; Webster County SO: child, contributing delinquency or neglect.
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The Webster Progress-Times
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3 months 1 week ago
Greenwood Police officers are on the scene of a shooting in the 300 block of East Market Street.
, Greenwood Police officers are on the scene of a shooting in the 300 block of East Market Street.
, Greenwood Police officers are on the scene of a shooting in the 300 block of East Market Street.
, Greenwood Police officers are on the scene of a shooting in the 300 block of East Market Street.
, Greenwood Police are outside of Greenwood Leflore Hospital after four people were shot during an incident in the 300 block of East Market Street on Christmas Eve.
Four people were shot in Greenwood on Christmas Eve, two of them fatally.
Leflore County Coroner Debra Sanders said she received a call at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday in regard to a shooting incident on the 300 block of East Market Street.
The two people who died from the shooting were Dennis Outlaw, 33, and Hilliard Roby, 28, both of Greenwood. Both men died from multiple gunshot wounds, Sanders said.
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3 months 1 week ago
Virginia Kittelson does office work at El Pueblo in Biloxi on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Julia Chavez picked up when her phone rings in the middle of the night. This scenario has played out several times, but during this late-night phone call, the person on the other end urgently asked her to translate.
“They’re at the hospital, and you can hear that they’re scared,” said Chavez, the founder and CEO of Columbus-based nonprofit Saving Grace Mission, remembering one of several such calls she has received. “They’re intimidated, and you can hear the frustration from the doctors on the other end.”
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3 months 1 week ago
Greenwood police secure the scene at Crestview Apartments after three officers were injured in a shooting there.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating a Monday night shooting in Greenwood in which three police officers were injured, according to a statement released Tuesday from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.
MBI is assessing the incident and gathering evidence and will then share that information with the state Attorney General’s Office, according to the statement.
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3 months 1 week ago
Alumni Couple Elevates Ole Miss Athletics With Gift
Rebels name Field Club in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Berrys' honor
OXFORD, Miss. – Fans attending the College Football Playoff game between the Ole Miss Rebels and Tulane Green Wave on Saturday (Dec. 19) will notice some new names in the University of Mississippi's Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
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Christmas morning would find my sister and me rushing through the hallway into the den hoping that Santa had left a multitude of toys, firecrackers, candies, and nuts. The excitement couldn’t be contained and on most of these mornings, Pop would snap a couple photos capturing the expressions on our faces. To say eyes were wide open, and mouths agape, would be an understatement There were wrapped gifts under the tree that we tore into, leaving the shag carpet completely covered in ribbons and bows.
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