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2 weeks 3 days ago
The Rangers advance to the NJCAA DI Women's Basketball National Tournament for the first time since 2005.
POPLARVILLE - Northwest Mississippi Community College women's basketball (23-8, 11-3) earn a tightly contested 60-55 win over Pearl River Community College (22-6, 13-1) to claim the Region 23 Championship.
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2 weeks 4 days ago
No. 3 Mississippi State, No. 7 Southern Miss and Ole Miss all open conference play on the diamond this weekend. Here’s a rundown of their weekend series:
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2 weeks 4 days ago
The Mississippi House of Representatives continued to work on Senate legislation ahead of key deadlines in the 10th week of the 2026 session.
The House considered measures including public safety, healthcare, economic development, family law, and state finances.
The House also passed several Senate appropriation bills to fund state agencies and programs for the upcoming fiscal year.
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2 weeks 4 days ago
Takera Bland was a key factor in the Lady Ranger win, scoring 17 points and accumulating seven rebounds.
POPLARVILLE - The Northwest Mississippi Community College women's basketball team (22-8, 11-3) stormed to a 77-60 victory over Itawamba Community College (22-8, 12-2) in the semifinals of the Region 23 Women's Basketball Tournament.
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2 weeks 4 days ago
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced Friday that Pamela Latrice McNutt, 44, of Marks, has been sentenced for one count of Embezzlement by a Public Official.
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2 weeks 6 days ago
The Mississippi State Senate has amended House Bill 1395 to include a $6,000 teacher pay raise, a $9,000 pay raise for special education teachers, and a $2,000 pay raise for assistant teachers, community college instructors and university professors.
If enacted into law, the raises would be phased in over three years. Teachers would receive $2,000 annually for three years, for a total increase of $6,000. Special education teachers would receive $3,000 annually for three years, for a total increase of $9,000.
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2 weeks 6 days ago
The Mississippi Legislature passed a bill on Tuesday that aims to prevent child support money for over 150,000 Mississippi children from being gambled away, the culmination of a yearslong effort to pass such a proposal.
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2 weeks 6 days ago
John Fitzgerald Wright, 58, of Senatobia, Miss., died Sunday, March 1, 2026, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis.
Funeral services were held Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Zion Hill Church Barr in Senatobia, Miss.,
Burial followed in Zion Hill Church Barr cemetery.
Rodgers Funeral Home in Coldwater, Miss., is handling arrangements.
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2 weeks 6 days ago
Murphy Jones, 46, of Arkabutla, Miss., passed away at his residence on Monday, March 9, 2026.
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2 weeks 6 days ago
Mississippi voters went to the polls on Tuesday to choose their nominees in the Republican and Democratic Midterm Primary Elections for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.
Here is a rundown on how Mississippi voted as of 6:00 a.m. Wednesday morning along with a look ahead to the November General Election.
U.S. Senate
Republican Primary
(with 93% reporting)
Cindy Hyde-Smith – 80.8%
Sarah Adlakha – 19.2%
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3 weeks 5 days ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the award of more than $24.8 million to advance safe room projects in Mississippi toward construction, including a large multi-use facility at Copiah-Lincoln (Co-Lin) Community College.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced grants for phase II construction work at the Co-Lin Wesson campus and the Webster County Communication Center Safe Room Project in Walthall, as well as funding for the Tate County Magnolia Heights Safe Room Project in Senatobia.
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3 weeks 5 days ago
On a night when Tate County School District honored its stars, it was John Branch who shined brightly.
Branch was recognized as 2025-26 teacher of the year at a ceremony before a TCSD board of trustees meeting Monday, Feb. 9 when the district presented annual awards to exemplary staff members and parents.
In just his third year as an automotive instructor at Senatobia-Tate Career Technical Center, Branch said the students make the job worthwhile each day.
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3 weeks 6 days ago
Arrest report
This is a list taken from the log at the Tate County Jail. A name listed does not indicate that a person is guilty of the crime with which they are charged, only that the person was taken and processed at the facility. Tate Record publishes all arrests listed on the docket without exception.
Feb. 11
Terry Callicutt, DOB 8/3/68, of Senatobia, was charged with public drunk by TCSO.
Feb. 12
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3 weeks 6 days ago
Bills that would have provided Mississippi teachers with a boost to their salary are dead for now, after House and Senate failed to make it out of committees by Tuesday’s deadline. Chairmen of the House and Senate Education Committees pledged to continue to work to provide the raises through other means. However, those efforts may also prove unfruitful.
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3 weeks 6 days ago
The Coldwater Police Department needs your help locating a generator stolen from the town earlier this month.
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3 weeks 6 days ago
An emotional Gieshala Mims was at a loss for words when she stepped to the podium to accept her Senatobia Municipal School District Teacher of the Year award for 2025-26.
“Some really great people are also very deserving of this award, and I am so honored and blessed because this my space and place to make a difference,” said a tearful Mims after being presented with the award from Superintendent Chris Fleming during a special ceremony prior to the Feb. 5, board of trustees meeting.
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4 weeks ago
Dear Editor,
As we have settled back into our new normal following the winter storm several weeks ago, I continue to reflect on what those days revealed about our hospital and our community. What stands out most is not the ice or the uncertainty—it is the extraordinary strength of our people.
At Highland Hills Medical Center, what I witnessed during those days was nothing short of remarkable. Employees walked to work when they could not drive. Others were transported by friends, family, and first responders.
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4 weeks ago
Arrest report
This is a list taken from the log at the Tate County Jail. A name listed does not indicate that a person is guilty of the crime with which they are charged, only that the person was taken and processed at the facility. Tate Record publishes all arrests listed on the docket without exception.
Feb. 5
Zykeris Mosley, DOB 4/12/99, of Senatobia, was charged with obstructing public street by TCSO.
Karla Machelle Hardy, DOB 12/7/87, of Senatobia, was charged with simple domestic violence by SPD.
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4 weeks ago
There is a photo and story on Page One of today’s Tate Record that shows part of a building being torn down in downtown Senatobia.
That portion of the building had a long history and some of you reading that story will have long memories of that building. But time marches on and while the memories remain the building had seen better days.
That leads your Tate Record to point out that nothing lasts forever and property that is not maintained or made useful to the community needs to be torn down for something new.
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4 weeks ago
A city-owned building in downtown Senatobia once deemed worth saving has been partially demolished.
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