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4 days 18 hours ago
SENATOBIA – A good start for the Rangers turned into a sweep on Wednesday over the East Mississippi Community College Lions (11-22, 5-5) as Northwest Mississippi Community College (19-10, 6-2) moved up to a tie with #4 Jones College for the second spot in the MACCC standings, winning game one with a 16-6 run rule victory before rallying from down 4-3 to take the second game 6-4.
The Rangers extended their winning streak to four games in the process, matching their longest winning streak of the season to this point.
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4 days 19 hours ago
The twelfth week of the 2026 Regular Session has concluded with crime, workforce development, immigration and Jackson’s Water Authority Act topping the list of legislative action.
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4 days 20 hours ago
Jane Todd King, 77, of Arlington, Tenn., formerly of Senatobia, Miss., passed away on March 6, 2026.
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4 days 21 hours ago
Simmie Brown, 77, of Brownsville, Tenn., formerly of Tate County, passed away on March 16, 2026.
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4 days 23 hours ago
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Nine “No Kings” protests planned in Mississippi this Saturday
The progressive left’s “No Kings” protests are back for another round of demonstrations this weekend across the nation, with nine such protests planned from the Coast to the Tennessee state line.
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5 days 17 hours ago
Researchers say the center will be the first of its kind in the nation.
The University of Mississippi on Monday announced the upcoming launch of its new Center on Collegiate Gambling, which researchers describe as the “first of its kind in the nation” amid rising national concern about betting on collegiate sports.
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5 days 17 hours ago
Child care workers and children, parents and legislators stressed the need to protect access to child care during the Child Care Matters: Keep Mississippi Working press conference held at the state Capitol, Thursday, April 24, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Below is an opinion column by Cathy Grace:
Mississippi Today Ideas is a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share their ideas about our state’s past, present and future. Opinions expressed in guest essays are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of Mississippi Today. You can read more about the section here.
By Cathy Grace - Mississippi Today on
5 days 17 hours ago
Steve Knight became the head men’s basketball coach at William Carey College way back in July of 1982 at the age of 25.
That same month, Jimmy Connors beat John McEnroe for the Wimbledon championship. Tom Watson, now 76, won golf’s Open Championship at Royal Troon, Scotland. William Winter was Mississippi’s governor. Ronald Reagan was president. Pete Rose led the National League in hitting. From Rocky III, Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” was No. 1 on the record charts.
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5 days 17 hours ago
More Mississippi children could face prison time under proposed legislation that state law enforcement officials, including Attorney General Lynn Fitch, say is aimed at quashing statewide gang violence.
Senate Bill 2710 and House Bill 1165 would lead to harsher punishment for an unknown number of children in the state by creating new avenues for prosecutors to charge minors as adults.
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5 days 19 hours ago
If state lawmakers don’t act soon, Mississippi will pay at least an additional $120 million a year to run its food assistance program. That’s because of a 2017 state law that generated more paperwork for social safety net programs.
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5 days 19 hours ago
Governor Tate Reeves (R) vetoed Senate Bill 2632 on Monday, accusing leaders in both the Mississippi House and Senate of making material changes to the legislation after it had already been presented to his office, an act he said violates the state Constitution and may rise to criminal conduct.
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5 days 19 hours ago
The State Board of Education renewed and approved new Districts and Schools of Innovation across Mississippi last week.
Wendy Clemmons, Chief Academic Officer and Dr. Bryan Marshall, Associate State Superintendent with the Mississippi Department of Education, presented the Board with three new districts of innovation, a request for renewal of two districts of innovation, and renewal for two schools of innovation along with two amendments to current districts of innovation.
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5 days 20 hours ago
A revised version of the Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards by the State Board of Education on Thursday is expected to assist school districts catch up on late audits.
Discussion of ensuring public school districts were up to date on their required audits ramped up late last year when the Mississippi Department of Education took over the Okolona School District citing financial concerns.
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5 days 20 hours ago
By faith, believers understand death is not the end.
In a Christian’s soul, there is hope in tomorrow and in God’s desire that no one should perish. Tomorrow, we cannot see, but we have hope because our minds can conceive it and believe in life beyond death. “Therefore, encourage one another with these words” (1 Thess. 4:18).
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5 days 21 hours ago
The Senatobia Culture Club held their March meeting at the Senatobia Presbyterian Church.
Eleven members, two guests of Martha Goodwin, her mother and father, George and Louise Land and a former member of Culture Club, Donna Holt were in attendance. Martha, the hostess, welcomed all guests and gave a devotional on the love of music and how it affects our lives as it is a gift to us, a blessing God has given us.
By The Tate Record on
5 days 21 hours ago
FORREST COUNTY — The family of Ayden Stockstill is visiting counties across Mississippi urging local leaders to support legislation that would allow sheriffs and deputies to use radar guns to enforce speed limits.
The effort is aimed at building support for Senate Bill 2614, which would have given county law enforcement the authority to use radar for speed enforcement.
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5 days 22 hours ago
The Mississippi Legislature passed a bill recently 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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5 days 22 hours ago
Though school choice talks have stalled this session, bills regarding a state tax program that incentivizes Mississippians to donate to private schools have now passed both chambers of the Legislature and head to final negotiations.
Since 2020, private schools and foster care organizations have been receiving money through the Children’s Promise Act, which gives donors a dollar-for-dollar tax credits for up to 50% of the donor’s state tax liability.
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5 days 22 hours ago
Decades before Tate County Genealogical & Historical Society, Inc. was formed, the White Men and Women were honored for their service in WWII in a book of photographs with brief bios of their military service compiled into a book.
TCGHS would like to do the same for the Black Men and Women who served in this conflict in belated appreciation for their service. We would put this information in book form to add to our library. To do that, we need the help of those servicemen and women still alive or their family members.
By The Tate Record on
5 days 23 hours ago
Democrats say the legislation will make voting harder for some citizens, equating it to “a poll tax by another name.”
A bill aimed at verifying the citizenship of persons registering to vote in Mississippi has been sent to Governor Tate Reeves (R).
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
