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Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion
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L. V. Reed Jr., 70, of Senatobia, Miss., died Friday, January 16, 2026, in Southaven, Miss.
Funeral services were held Saturday, January 31, 2026, at Thyatira Family Life Center in Senatobia.
Burial followed in Looxahoma Cemetery.
Rodgers Funeral Home oversaw arrangements.
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John Leslie Hall, 67, of Horn Lake, Miss., died Tuesday, January 27, 2026, in Sardis, Miss.
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Jack Gerald Fletcher, 63, of Waterford, Miss., died Monday, January 5, 2026, in Waterford.
A private Memorial Service was held.
Rodgers Funeral Home in Coldwater, Miss., oversaw arrangements.
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Janice Woods-Puryear, 81, of St. Louis, Mo., died Sunday, January 25, 2026, in St. Louis.
A Memorial Service was held at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church in Senatobia, Miss.
Burial followed in Gravel Springs Cemetery.
Rodgers Funeral Home in Coldwater, Miss., oversaw arrangements.
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Sharon Lynne Byrd, 68, of Coldwater, Miss., died Saturday, February 7, 2026, in Coldwater.
A private Memorial Service was held.
Rodgers Funeral Home in Coldwater, was in charge of arrangements.
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Shirley Weathers Crockett, 89, of Looxahoma, Miss went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 15, 2026.
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Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:
Calvin Coolidge slashed spending and the national debt. He cut taxes and championed American business. Coolidge ushered in the unbridled success of the Roaring 20s, and yet, he’s forgotten.
At a Washington dinner party, a socialite sidled up to President Calvin Coolidge with a mischievous smile. “Mr. President,” she said, “I’ve made a bet that I can get you to say more than three words.”
Coolidge looked at her, expression unchanged, and replied, “you lose.”
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Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion
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Sept. 6, 1943 - Feb. 14, 2026
Glenda Carol Brown, 82, of Senatobia, Miss., passed away Saturday, February 14, 2026.
She was a substitute teacher at Senatobia City Schools and Magnolia Heights. Glenda was also a teacher assistant at Lafayette County Schools.
She was preceded in death by her husband, W.D. Brown; father, C.D. Jefcoat, and mother, Marie Little.
By The Tate Record on
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Mississippians, by and large, love their freedom and are a patriotic lot, with faith, family and flag as their guiding values.
Soon, vehicle owners across the state will be able to show their affinity for liberty in these United States by displaying a Gadsden Flag car tag, proudly declaring “Don’t Tread On Me” just as the founding fathers did 250 years ago.
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The Mississippi State Department of Health is overhauling its home visitation and care management program for high-risk pregnant women and infants in an effort to move the needle on the state’s high infant mortality rate.
The Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies program, which previously served mothers and babies in all 82 counties, will restart under a pilot model to serve 10 counties with few resources and utilize community health workers for home visitation rather than nurses, State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney told Mississippi Today.
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1 month 2 weeks ago
Two former law enforcement officers pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges tied to a federal crackdown on drug trafficking in the Mississippi Delta
Former Humphreys County deputy Dequarian Smith, 29, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges for conspiring to protect a transport of illegal drugs through portions of the Mississippi Delta between August and September of 2022. At the time, Smith was also an officer with the Isola Police Department.
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State Rep. Hank Zuber (R), the Chairman of the House State Affairs Committee, stepped to the well of the House Tuesday and said, “It’s a great day to talk about alcohol policy and bringing Mississippi into the 21st Century.”
Members then considered a number of alcohol-related measures, ranging from direct shipping to Sunday sales. All of the measures passed and could be considered by the Senate in the weeks ahead.
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Ella Burford Darnell, 99, of Independence, Miss., passed away on February 2, 2026.
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The Mississippi House passed a bill this week that would allow prayer during school, adding Mississippi to a list of states challenging the Supreme Court edict that church and state remain separate.
House Bill 1310 would mandate in state law that public schools provide students and employees with time to pray or read religious text during the school day.
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I watched my granddaughter the other day as she took markers with invisible ink and colored a page of flowers in her coloring book. I smiled as the color appeared on the flowers out of thin air, or so it seemed.
Of course the color was already on the page, but without the special liquid inside the markers, the colors on the flowers would not have shown up.
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February 11, 1994, was a day that I will always remember. I was six months pregnant, driving home alone in a blizzard of snow and ice.
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Paul and the disciples came to Thessalonica with the Gospel Message of Jesus Christ, and many Thessalonians believed, repented, and practiced God’s Word. God gives believers a measure of faith, and when we add to that faith, we can “fully proclaim the Word of God” (Col. 1:25).
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“Do thy diligence to come before winter” (2 Timothy 4:21). This was among the last preserved words of Paul to Timothy. Paul was in prison, and his death by sentence of the emperor Nero was at hand. For this reason, he wrote to Timothy in the same letter:
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