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STATE FAIRGROUNDS, Miss. – This year, 1,152 4-H and FFA members from across Mississippi participated in the Dixie National Junior Round-Up Livestock Shows, exhibiting 1,759 head of livestock. These students competed for the opportunity to participate in the 57th annual Sale of Junior Champions. The Sale of Junior Champions, one of the highlight events of the Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo, is an auction where livestock exhibitors winning Champion and Reserve Champion in the Junior Round Up Market Divisions sell their prizewinning animals and where scholarships are awarded.
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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.
Kevin Ervin of Itta Bena was arrested on Mar. 8 by the WPD on the charges of sale of a controlled substance, felony and enhancement of penalty for violation of uniform controlled substance act; with a bail set in the amount of $50,000.
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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.
Kevin Ervin of Itta Bena was arrested on Mar. 8 by the WPD on the charges of sale of a controlled substance, felony and enhancement of penalty for violation of uniform controlled substance act; with a bail set in the amount of $50,000.
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The Winona Times Board of Aldermen meets the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 5 p.m. in the City Hall building.
Tuesday, Mar. 3 the Winona Board of Aldermen held their regular first of the month meeting. Much business was covered in the roughly hour long duration of the meeting. It was noted that Ward 5 Alderwoman Linda Purnell would be absent from this meeting.
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Montgomery County has been stricken with fires recently with four blazes claiming four homes and three lives in the past two weeks. The causes of the deadly fires are still under investigation. As a matter of procedure, once a fire claims a life the investigation into the cause of the fire is turned over to the State Fire Marshall.
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Mayor Ken Strachan displays the 30-day emergency proclamation extensions signed by the Carroll County Board of Supervisors and the town of North Carrollton at the March 3 Board of Aldermen meeting. Left: City Clerk Lyndera Williams recorded the proclamations in the minutes of the meeting.
During the March board meeting of the North Carrollton Mayor and Board of Aldermen, decisions were made on the recovery efforts with debris removal.
North Carrollton Mayor Ken Strachan presented the extension of the proclamation of a local emergency for the next 30 days, which was signed by all five aldermen and Mayor Strachan. The Board moved to have the resolution placed in the minutes on a motion by Alderman Eddie Holman and second by Alderman Mitchell Costilow, with all in favor.
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Pictured from left: Major Brian L. Hughes, commander of the 172d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Senior Master Sgt. Jonathan Wade Neill.
Major Brian L. Hughes, commander of the 172d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, left, presents Senior Master Sgt. Jonathan Wade Neill of Carrollton with his retirement certificate during a ceremony on March 6, in the Heritage Room at Thompson Field. Neill officially retired Dec. 31, 2025, from the Mississippi Air National Guard and the United States Air Force and was promoted from master sergeant to senior master sergeant during the ceremony. Neill joined the Air Force in 1988.
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Pictured from left: Major Brian L. Hughes, commander of the 172d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Senior Master Sgt. Jonathan Wade Neill.
Major Brian L. Hughes, commander of the 172d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, left, presents Senior Master Sgt. Jonathan Wade Neill of Carrollton with his retirement certificate during a ceremony on March 6, in the Heritage Room at Thompson Field. Neill officially retired Dec. 31, 2025, from the Mississippi Air National Guard and the United States Air Force and was promoted from master sergeant to senior master sergeant during the ceremony. Neill joined the Air Force in 1988.
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JACKSON, Miss. – The G. V. Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center today announced it will begin infrastructure upgrades to ensure safe and effective patient care.
These projects are part of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize, repair and improve department health care facilities in fiscal year 2026 via the Veterans Health Administration’s Non-Recurring Maintenance program.
First-quarter fiscal year 2026 improvement projects at the medical center include:
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Health Sciences Complex at Hinds to Add 480 Training Seats for Mississippi’s Healthcare Workforce
JACKSON, Miss. – AccelerateMS is supporting an expansion of Health Sciences training capacity at Hinds Community College that will add hundreds of new seats across high-demand healthcare programs and strengthen Mississippi’s healthcare workforce pipeline.
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The Southern Miss Golden Eagles swept Louisiana Tech over the weekend to improve to 10-1 on the season. The Sunday win over Tech gave Golden Eagles head coach Christian Ostrander his 100th win at USM. Coach Oz reached 100 wins in only 137 games, which is the fastest in school history. USM will host Mississippi State on Tuesday and Nicholls State on Wednesday before North Alabama visits Friday-Sunday.
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The Southern Miss Golden Eagles swept Louisiana Tech over the weekend to improve to 10-1 on the season. The Sunday win over Tech gave Golden Eagles head coach Christian Ostrander his 100th win at USM. Coach Oz reached 100 wins in only 137 games, which is the fastest in school history. USM will host Mississippi State on Tuesday and Nicholls State on Wednesday before North Alabama visits Friday-Sunday.
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The Southern Miss Golden Eagles swept Louisiana Tech over the weekend to improve to 10-1 on the season. The Sunday win over Tech gave Golden Eagles head coach Christian Ostrander his 100th win at USM. Coach Oz reached 100 wins in only 137 games, which is the fastest in school history. USM will host Mississippi State on Tuesday and Nicholls State on Wednesday before North Alabama visits Friday-Sunday.
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POPLARVILLE, Miss. — Rivalries tend to bring out the best in teams — and the Pearl River women's basketball team delivered its best again Wednesday night.
The Wildcats (22-5 overall) took down rival and 4-seed Gulf Coast (18-7) 63-53 in the Region 23 Semifinals, advancing to the Region 23 title game and moving first-year head coach Shanae Govan-Williams within one win of the program's first Region 23 Championship since 2003. It was PRCC's second victory over the Bulldogs this season after knocking them off March 2 to win the MACCC title.
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Winona-Montgomery Public Library
The Winona Montgomery Public Library is open
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The library has several exciting things planned for March. Throughout the month we will have activity packets available, just come by and pick one up.
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A pair of four-run innings prove to be enough last Friday night in Canton as the Winona Christian School Stars withstood a late rally to win an 8-7 decision over the Canton Academy Panthers. Earlier this week, the Stars traveled to Starkville Academy and dropped an 11-0 decision to the Volunteers.
With the action, WCS stands at 3-1 on the season.
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The Winona High School girls fast-pitch softball team dropped its first game of the 2026 season with a 22-10 setback to visiting Calhoun City Friday.
Calhoun City plated five runs each in the first and second innings, four runs each in the third and seventh frames, three in the fourth and one in the sixth. Winona (7-1) scored three runs in the first, two in the second, four in the fourth and one in the fifth.
Calhoun made five errors on defense, and Winona had seven defensive errors.
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State Senator Rita Parks said concessions were made to ensure the regulation of PBMs stays with the Board of Pharmacy.
The Senate Public Health Committee adopted a strike-all amendment to the House’s Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform bill this week that removed steering prohibitions.
During discussion of HB 1665, State Senator Rita Parks (R) said the strike-all amendment addresses several major concerns with the original version of the bill.
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State Senator Rita Parks said concessions were made to ensure the regulation of PBMs stays with the Board of Pharmacy.
The Senate Public Health Committee adopted a strike-all amendment to the House’s Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform bill this week that removed steering prohibitions.
During discussion of HB 1665, State Senator Rita Parks (R) said the strike-all amendment addresses several major concerns with the original version of the bill.
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The Mississippi Business Alliance warns lawmakers that mandating high dispensing fees will contribute to already skyrocketing health care costs.
The Mississippi Business Alliance and its members have come out in opposition to the strike-all amendment to HB 1665, which passed the Senate Public Health Committee last week.
HB 1665 is the House’s Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform bill authored by State Rep. Hank Zuber (R). It is the only measure alive this session to put forth PBM reforms.
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