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Nickeda Shelton at the Northeast Mississippi Community College campus in Booneville, Miss., on Nov. 20, 2025. Credit: Allen Siegler / Mississippi Today
Walking through a parking lot at Northeast Mississippi Community College on a November afternoon, Nickeda Shelton was eager to get to her job as one of the school’s student counselors.
She loves working at the Booneville campus, enough so that she drives around 60 miles round trip every day from her home in Tupelo. It was an exciting change after roughly two decades of work in a K-12 setting.
By Allen Siegler - Mississippi Today on
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Mississippi prisoners were likely left without adequate dental care for months as the state’s private prison health care contractor failed to meet staffing requirements and the Department of Corrections failed to document the problem, according to a new legislative watchdog report.
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Ole Miss set for biggest game in Mississippi history
Ole Miss will play in their first-ever invite to the College Football Playoff against Tulane on Saturday, marking arguably the biggest in-state game in Mississippi history for one of the state’s college programs.
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Douglas Holtz-Eakin probably isn’t sitting at the popular table of today’s Washington Republicans because he worked for President George W. Bush two decades ago.
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Next month will be the 2026 Mississippi Municipal League Mid-Winter Legislative Conference in Jackson. Through the years when I attended the winter conference it has always been very informative with the MML legislative agenda. Each year consists of proposals for the legislature that are important to cities in towns across this state.
By Ken Strachan - Columnist on
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The Vaiden Board of Alderman meetings are held on the first Monday of the month at 6 p.m. in the City Hall building.
Monday, Dec. 1 the Town of Vaiden’s Board of Alderman held their regularly scheduled monthly meeting starting at 5 p.m. Much business was covered over the duration of the meeting. The highlights of the meeting are as follows.
By Peyton Poe - Staff Writer on
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The Army-Navy football game is one of the best rivalries in college football. The game is about respect and sportsmanship and all-out physical effort to beat the rival. Navy (10-2) staged a comeback to edge Army, 17-16, in the 126th playing of the rivalry in Baltimore Saturday.
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The Winona Christian School basketball teams ran into two of the top teams in the Midsouth Association of Independent Schools last Friday when Leake Academy made the trip to Winona.
By Chuck Hathcock - Sports Writer on
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Leah Franklin and Kiyunna Ward had 10 points each in leading the J.Z. George girls basketball team to a 45-33 win over visiting East Webster High School last Tuesday night.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
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The Carroll Academy girls’ basketball team opened District 2-2A play with a 42-27 win over Manchester Academy last Tuesday night in Yazoo City.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
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The Winona High School girls’ soccer team won three games last week in improving to 6-3-1 overall and 2-0 in Region 4 Class I.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
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The Winona High School boys’ basketball team remain undefeated as the Tigers went 3-0 in games played last week.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
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Pictured in front of the Veterans' Monument on the grounds of the Carroll County Courthouse are members of the Third Arrow Chapter, NSDAR, who served as the local Sponsorship Group for Wreaths Across America and hosted the Wreaths Across America Day on Dec. 13.
(From left, Dianne Ellett, Liz Wilson, Teresa Vanlandingham, Cathy Whitfield, Janice Murphy, Sandra Wilbourn, Nancy Alderman, Shirley Rush, Carole Mann, Mary Gee and Debbie Bordelon.)
The Third Arrow Chapter, NSDAR and the Michael H. Ball VFW Post 12191 hosted the annual Wreaths Across America Day ceremony at the Carroll County Courthouse in Carrollton on Saturday, Dec. 13.
By PRESS RELEASE - NSDAR on
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Mississippi School Boards Association chose Lily Cooper as Winona High School winner of a personal essay and speaking contest.
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The Herdsmans were the worst kids in the history of the world. They lied and stole and were bad to their teachers and were so all-around awful you could hardly believe they were real.
By Bootsie Weed - Columnist on
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From Left, Debbie Clark, Manelle Ricketts, Matt Bennett, Sharon Stone, Jax Swindle, Kelsey Swindle, Zenda Faust, and Robert Anderson.
Modern Woodmen of America Chapter 15917 Members and Representative Matt Bennett present Sharon Stone with a Hometown Hero award for her outstanding work with In Defensive of Animals Hope animal sanctuary.
By Special to the Winona Times and the Conservative on
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The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies last week. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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On the morning of Dec. 11, law enforcement officers from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and the US Marshals Service served multiple federal arrest warrants in the city of Winona.
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The town of North Carrollton has been awarded a Delta Regional Authority Grant in the amount of $162,000 for funding a street paving project for Morgan Street and George Street going to J.Z, George High School, the town applied for funding through the Delta Regional Authority.
By Special to the Winona Times/Conservative on
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The Grenada Campus of Holmes Community College held their Practical Nursing Pinning on Wednesday, Dec. 10 in the Corey Forum on the Grenada Campus. Two Carroll County residents Kayla Myers and Errlisha Carter were recognized during the ceremony.
By PRESS RELEASE - HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE on
