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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 3 days ago
STARKVILLE — Three Mississippi State students are recipients of the highly competitive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and will have a portion of their tuition, travel and living expenses covered as they pursue additional educational opportunities abroad this year.
Scholarship recipients include senior computer science major A’mya Hoskins of Senatobia, junior software engineering major Ricky Nguyen of Ocean Springs and senior anthropology major Amanda Whitehead of Pickens.
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3 weeks 3 days ago
Republican and Democrat voters will choose their party’s nominee in the March 10 Primary Election, with the winners advancing to the November 3 General Election along with any qualified third party or independent candidates.
Voters needing to cast an absentee ballot have until Saturday, March 7 to do so at their Circuit Clerk’s Office.
To cast an absentee ballot, voters need to have one of the following qualified excuses to do so:
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3 weeks 3 days ago
Cate Hargett, an 11-year-old in Greenwood, needs a bone marrow transplant as the search for her perfect donor match continues.
Cate, who dreams of becoming a librarian or author, was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder when she was 2 months old.
The Pillow Academy fifth grader has continued to fight bone marrow failure, which occurs when the tissue inside bones cannot produce enough healthy blood cells on its own.
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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
SOUTHAVEN – In a room of a couple hundred attendees, not one spoke in favor of a proposed air permit for an Elon Musk-owned operation in Southaven during a two-and-a-half hour public hearing.
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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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