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Lumberton Mayor James Sandifer said the Main Avenue railroad crossing is frequently used by heavy machinery and lowboys. While they use hydraulics to lift their loads when crossing the tracks, uneven rail and asphalt created ongoing problems. “When they go to jack the trailer up, sometimes the way the railroad was, the way the asphalt was, they don’t jack it up enough,” he said. “They hit the concrete, hit the asphalt, bend the rail.”
Weeks of detours in Lumberton ended Friday with the reopening of the Main Avenue railroad crossing, following a repair project city leaders say was designed to fix long-standing problems rather than repeat temporary patchwork.
The closure was part of an effort to address repeated damage at the crossing, which Lumberton Mayor James Sandifer said was not caused by routine wear — but by heavy equipment moving through the area.
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Jackson Mayor John Horhn has selected Dr. RaShall Brackney to be the new police chief of Jackson.
Most of Brackney’s career, 30 years, was in the Pittsburgh Police Bureau. She later served as chief of campus police at George Washington University and, most recently, police chief in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Brackney takes over from interim chief Tyree Jones, also serving as Hinds County Sheriff. This week she visited Jackson where she spoke to various groups and was shown around town by Mayor Horhn.
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In Mississippi
1. Star becomes Mississippi’s newest town
WLBT reports that Star is set to become Mississippi’s newest town.
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Water flows beneath the South George Street Bridge, which is set to be replaced by early summer. City leaders say the culvert-style replacement will improve pedestrian safety and access.
After years of safety concerns and weight restrictions, the South George Street Bridge in Petal is being replaced — a project city leaders say could also support future pedestrian connections between Petal and Hattiesburg.
The bridge, which has been closed to vehicle traffic since 2023, will be demolished and replaced by early summer with a culvert-style bridge designed for both cars and pedestrians.
By Kristen Kaylor and Nischit Sharma, RHCJC News on
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Jesse Jackson speaks at a Democratic rally in Greenwood on Oct. 30, 1999, as part of his "Get Out the Vote" tour. He also spoke at Mississippi Valley State University during this trip.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the prominent civil rights activist and protégé of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was no stranger to Leflore County as he visited the Delta several times.
Jackson died at his home in Chicago Tuesday. He was 84.
By GERARD EDIC - The Greenwood Commonwealth on
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POPLARVILLE, Miss. — Thanks to an anonymous donor, Pearl River Community College is celebrating the people behind student success through the new IMPACT Scholarship. The program will award $500 per semester to freshmen and recognize the teachers and coaches who inspired them.
The IMPACT Scholarship is open to high school seniors who plan to enroll at Pearl River Community College in fall 2026.
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The William Carey softball team split its midweek doubleheader with Louisiana Christian University on Tuesday afternoon at Joseph & Nancy Fail Field, with the Wildcats taking game one 4–1 before the Lady Crusaders answered with a 4–0 shutout in the nightcap.
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MERIDIAN, Miss. — No. 2 Pearl River baseball split a two-game round robin tournament Saturday, homering four times as it defeated Northwest 7-3 before it fell 7-1 against Meridian.
"You have got to separate the games," head coach Michael Avalon said. "I don't think we played great in the first game, but we played well enough to win. We've got to do a better job of scoring runners in scoring position. We also have to do a better job of making big pitches and getting out of jams."
GAME ONE
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In its first home baseball game of the season, Hattiesburg turned in what interim head coach Chris Bendenbaugh called its most complete performance of the year.
Behind a dominant first varsity start from EJ Cox and an offense that produced nine hits — including five for extra bases — the Tigers run-ruled North Forrest 11-0 in five innings Tuesday night in non-district action.
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It took the Sumrall boys just 80 minutes of near-perfect soccer to wipe out three years of playoff misfortune.
After coming up short in the final minutes of playoff losses in 2023 and 2025, the Bobcats left nothing to chance Tuesday night in the Class 5A South State boys soccer championship, dominating Northeast Jones from start to finish in a 2-0 victory at Lions Field.
Sumrall (21-7-1) will battle Pontotoc at noon Saturday at Germantown High School for the 5A state title, with the boys hoping to add a gold trophy to the Class 4A championship the Bobcat girls won in 2024.
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Each week, I’ll be grading Southern Miss overall performance the week prior every Monday.
Normally, that will include the full week: midweek games and the weekend series. Since the season started Friday, we’re working with just the three-game set against UC Santa Barbara this time.
And fair warning — these grades may feel tough.
By DIMA MIXON on
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In spite of the trendy push for using mostly native plants in our gardens, our backyards remain among the few places where few people pay much attention to country of origin; we happily grow plants from all over the world in close harmony.
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Professor of Art at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, Jeff Brown demonstrates various techniques for Jones College students while on the pottery wheel, shaping clay into large pieces of stonework.
Jones College art students and those interested in the creation of art enjoyed a special demonstration by two artists, Jeff Brown and Benjie Heu in the Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery on campus. The art instructors’ collection of ceramic sculptures and stonework pottery has been on display at the Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery for the last month. Students learned how Heu builds his unique characters out of clay and molds the parts together before adding intricate designs, bringing his creatures to life.
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There are places that Science Fiction takes you: the stars, distant planets, galaxies we never knew were in existence. Inside of those journeys, there is travel and there is even time travel. In other words, no boundaries exist for storytelling. So, the Fantasy side of SciFi relies upon the creation of what we will call an "alternate reality." In its sub genre Speculative Fiction, this phenomena often turns a mirror on the current ills of society. In Literature, you really cannot have an illness without some bout with horror.
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MERIDIAN, Miss. — The Pearl River men's basketball team couldn't fend off a second-half surge at Meridian Monday night, falling to the Eagles 70-69.
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MERIDIAN, Miss. — The Pearl River women's basketball team turned a halftime adjustment into a dominant second half of basketball Monday night, pulling away from Meridian for a 70-49 road victory.
With the victory, PRCC remains tied atop the conference with rival Gulf Coast at 9-1.
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Intention and innovation are around every corner at Mississippi’s first children’s museum.
There are certain places in Mississippi that don’t just hold space — they hold seasons of life.
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport is one of those places.
I used to take my sons there when they were little, in the days of snack cups and “Mama, watch this!”—a pure slice of motherhood.
By Meredith Biesinger - Magnolia Tribune on
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Speaker Jason White called the 90-second Senate Education Committee hearing that killed HB 2 a “theatrical committee performance.”
While expressing frustration over the failure of school choice legislation this session, Speaker of the Mississippi House Jason White (R) said Monday that calling a special session to reconsider the bill is “not off the table.”
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
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With the 2026 tax season in full swing, the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Atlanta Field Office officials have urged taxpayers to remain vigilant against unethical tax preparation services. The IRS-CI identified $4.5 billion in tax fraud for the fiscal year of 2025, which is more than doubled from the previous year.
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