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June 13, 1947-January 25, 2026
Rebecca Dianne Scott of Independence transitioned from this life to heaven on January 25, 2026.
Visitation and funeral services will be Thursday, February 5, at Lifepoint Church in Senatobia, Miss. Visitation will take place from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., with funeral services beginning at 1 p.m.
Dianne was one of three children born to James Lewis and Jewell Ford Campbell of Memphis. Her parents and her two brothers, David and Bobby, whom she dearly loved, have welcomed her to heaven.
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1 month 3 weeks ago
Alice Fay Steinman, 68, a lifelong resident of Senatobia, Miss., passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
She served the public in a variety of settings throughout her career, but her favorite title was MawMaw.
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1 month 3 weeks ago
State road crews rolled into Tate County Saturday and Sunday to help the community dig out from the week-long winter storm that has battered the state.
Snow plows pushed ice and drifts to the right-of-way in Senatobia and Tate County Saturday. State Highways were the first priority in both the city and county.
Sunday was quiet in Tate County and Senatobia as the Sun came out and people were busy clearing walkways to their home and running to stores to pickup needed items after more than six inches of sleet and brutally cold weather stopped most activity.
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2 months ago
The Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) activated an additional 150 service members, bringing the total to 650 personnel, to conduct general support, fueling operations and aerial logistics packaging of food, water, medical and other needed supplies following a major winter storm that began Jan. 23.
National Guard units from Starkville were in Senatobia Friday on a reconnaissance mission to see and document damages and came by the Tate Record office seeking information and details on areas hardest hit.
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2 months ago
Six inches of snow and freezing temperatures have made roads dangerous, knocked out power and delayed the collection of garbage in Tate County.
Residents are asked to be patient, follow a few tips
and help their neighbors by following a few tips that will speed up collection and help keep Tate County clean during this winter storm.
"Tate County garbage collection may resume Monday but two things will have to happen," Tate County officials said in a statement on Friday.
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2 months ago
Working in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and local partners, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) crews are installing emergency power generators to support Mississippi communities impacted by the January 2026 winter storm.
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2 months ago
Governor Tate Reeves announced Wednesday night that the state of Mississippi continues to work with county, state, federal, and private sector partners to respond to the severe winter weather impacting the state. Tragically, six additional deaths have been reported since yesterday’s press release – one in Adams County, one in Jefferson County, one in Warren County, and three in Tate County. This brings the total to 10 statewide. 14 injuries have also been confirmed.
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2 months ago
A residential fire claimed the lives of three people in Arkabutla, according to authorities in Tate County.
Tate County Fire Coordinator Jim Huestis said the fire occurred Tuesday, Jan. 27 in the 2500 block of Bend Road at approximately 11:58 a.m.
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2 months ago
The Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) activated 500 service members across the state to conduct general support, fueling operations, and aerial logistics packaging of food and other needed supplies following a major winter storm that moved through North Mississippi this weekend.
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2 months ago
Due to ongoing hazardous conditions caused by the ice storm, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is closing county health departments and offices in the following counties:
Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Washington, Webster, Winston, and Yalobusha.
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2 months ago
WASHINGTON – FEMA announced Saturday that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Mississippi to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from a severe winter storm beginning on January 23, 2026, and continuing.
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2 months 1 week ago
Approximately four inches of frozen, pebbly snow has fallen across Tate County and city and county officials are urging the community to stay home and stay warm.
Temperatures were in the mid 20-degrees Saturday afternoon with more frozen rain expected today, tonight and Sunday. A low of 11-degrees is forecast for Monday morning.
Tate County, Senatobia and Coldwater have declared a State of Emergency and, again people are asked to stay home unless there is an emergency or a work requirement.
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2 months 1 week ago
Lee Andrew Davis, 73, of Coldwater, Miss., died Thursday, January 15, 2026, in Germantown, Tenn.
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2 months 1 week ago
State Rep. Trey Lamar (R), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee
State Rep. Trey Lamar (R), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in Mississippi, has filed legislation that would consolidate a number of community colleges, reducing the current 15 community and junior college districts down to 12.
Lamar’s legislation, HB 1284, would consolidate the following community colleges:
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2 months 1 week ago
Cynthia Kay Gant, 66, of Sarah, Miss., passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
Services were Friday, January 23, 2026 in the chapel of Pate-Jones Funeral Home.
Burial follows in Surretts Cemetery.
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2 months 1 week ago
Longtime educator and Tate County resident Bernice Jackson is the recipient of the 2025 Red Rose Award.
Members of the local Alpha Delta Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, a society of women educators, presented Jackson with the honor Wednesday, Jan. 7 during a meeting of the Senatobia Municipal School Board of Trustees.
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2 months 1 week ago
Tate County leaders are on board with a proposal to allow sheriffs’ deputies to use radar guns – a tool currently banned for county law enforcement – to help curb dangerous driving on rural roads.
Supervisors signed a local resolution presented by Sheriff Luke Shepherd at their meeting Monday, Jan. 5 asking Mississippi legislators to reconsider a law that prohibits sheriff’s office personnel across the state from using radar to deter speeding.
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2 months 1 week ago
The Northeast Mississippi Community College football team recorded a lot of big numbers throughout the 2025 season and continued that trend with all-conference honors with 10 total players being recognized by the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC).
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2 months 1 week ago
Firefighters and emergency medical technicians from Senatobia Fire & Rescue Department had a vigorous 2025 by responding to a total of 1,095 calls – compared to 1,083 the previous year.
The bulk of dispatches (715) in 2025 were incidents involving rescue and emergency medical services where firefighters, in some cases, assisted EMS paramedics.
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2 months 1 week ago
When fear hits our lives, we can do nothing but pray, and while God expects His children to be confident in Him in the midst of the storms, He equally desires them to rely on His steadfastness during those times of calm.
There will most definitely be, stages in our lives where there are no storms, nor crisis, and when there are, we are to trust and still rely on the same staying power of God that is revealed to us during those times of uncertainty and worry.
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