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Mississippi U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R) is raising the red flag, expressing his opposition to a proposed Homeland Security plan to purchase a warehouse in Byhalia to convert into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center.
Since documents leaked online of the proposed facility, area residents have held protests outside of the warehouse, which is located on private property, urging local and state officials to oppose the federal government’s use of the facility.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Kristi Noem this week about his concerns for an ICE Detention Center in Mississippi.
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Mississippi residents who suffered storm damage during the winter weather event of January 23–27 are being urged to document their damage.
Residents can self-report damage through the self-report tool at MSEMA.org, which helps the state document the extent of damage and the number of people impacted by the storm.
Tragically, additional deaths have been reported, bringing the statewide total to 28, including three who died in a fire in Tate County.
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Mississippi U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) joined fellow lawmakers for a White House signing ceremony for the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations package in the Oval Office this week.
President Donald Trump (R) turned to the Mississippi senator and said, “Cindy Hyde, come on. Say something.”
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The House’s education bill that includes wide expansion of school choice policies is dead, its fate decided after 84 seconds of deliberation by a Senate panel.
The Senate Education Committee met on Tuesday solely to discuss the House’s omnibus education package that included a school choice program that would’ve allowed public dollars to go toward private school tuition and homeschooling.
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The House is considering giving all Mississippi public school teachers a $5,000 annual pay raise starting next school year, a move that’s been long-called for by the state’s educators.
The bill would raise the state’s minimum annual teacher salary from $41,500 to $46,500, and would give special-education teachers an extra $3,000 a year.
The House teacher pay proposal tops one passed earlier by the Senate, which would provide a $2,000 a year increase.
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Unemployment in Tate County dipped to 3.6% in November, according to statistics from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES).
Complete jobless data was not calculated by MDES in September and October due to the partial federal government shutdown
Tate County had a rate of 4.1% in August which snapped a four-month streak of increased unemployment.
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There have been recent reports of large job cuts across the country. E-commerce and technology giant Amazon, for example, is eliminating 16,000 corporate jobs, partly to reduce its organizational structure — but also because it expects “efficiency gains” as artificial intelligence is used more extensively across the company.
Almost at the same time, United Parcel Service said it will eliminate 30,000 delivery jobs — in part because it is getting less business from Amazon.
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The importance of work on the psyche and society as a whole was a topic of discussion during Empower Mississippi’s fifth annual Solutions Summit recently.
During a panel presentation titled “One Door to Opportunity: Continuing Work, Support and Purpose,” attendees gained insight into how work not only provides a person with the sense of accomplishment but also leads to better outcomes for families.
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Despite difficulties and persecutions, Paul was a bold witness to the people for the Lord. However, he was never so full of himself as to fail to acknowledge the disciples working with him.
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BOONEVILLE - The Northeast Mississippi Community College football program boosted the talent on its roster during national signing day.
The Tigers added 23 new players to their lineup on Wednesday, February 4. Northeast also brought in three mid-year signees as part of its 2026 recruiting class.
“Our coaching staff did a phenomenal job all season long,” said Tigers headman Greg Davis. “We feel like we did a wonderful job. We got guys in the boat early.”
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In a study from a well know University, a five year survey was done on some of the top 20 performers in this country in various fields, including a wide range of successful athletes, sculptors, mathematicians, physicians, teachers, musicians, actors, scholars and chief executives.
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WASHINGTON – The Mississippi congressional delegation today shared their strong support for Governor Tate Reeves’ request for a federal disaster declaration after deadly Winter Storm Fern struck the state from Jan. 23-27.
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Maybe there’s something to this notion that weather extremes are getting greater. We had record breaking high temperatures in December and record breaking low temperatures in January.
January 31 beat the all-time low for that day by one degree. This year’s low was 16 degrees, lower by one degree than January 31, 1966. The high that day this year was 28 degrees, a whopping five degrees lower than the January 31, 1996 high of 33 degrees. And the wind was blowing at 25 knots. Brrr!
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Huntington Bancshares Incorporated has announced it has closed its merger with Cadence Bank, a regional bank headquartered in Houston, Texas and Tupelo.
This strategic partnership accelerates Huntington's growth initiatives across Texas and the South and brings immediate scale in Texas and Mississippi, where Huntington is now the eighth-largest bank in Texas and the number one bank in Mississippi by deposit market share.
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1 month 3 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.
Jan. 7
Terrance Dewayne Lamar, DOB 7/14/91, of Batesville, was charged with bind surrender by SPD.
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The U.S. Mint ceased production of pennies in November 2025 after an order from President Donald Trump (R) to do so. Trump said the 1-cent coin was “wasteful” as it costs more than double its value to produce.
Since then, signs across Mississippi have popped up in retail stores notifying cash customers that they will be rounding to the nearest increment of five cents.
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William Carey University announces the undergraduate President’s and Dean’s List for the Fall 2025 semester.
President’s List Scholars have a perfect 4.0 grade point average and Dean’s List Scholars must have at least a 3.5 grade point average; both lists require students to have no failing grade in any class.
Students earning these recognitions are:
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Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar Jr., R-Leakesville, receives a question regarding "school choice" legislation that would make it easier for students to transfer out of their assigned public school district to other public school districts, Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Credit: Richard Lake/Mississippi Today
The House’s education bill that includes wide expansion of school choice policies is dead, its fate decided after 84 seconds of deliberation by a Senate panel.
The Senate Education Committee met on Tuesday solely to discuss the House’s omnibus education package that included a school choice program that would’ve allowed public dollars to go toward private school tuition and homeschooling.
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The Mississippi Democratic Party took a victory lap late Tuesday, following the Senate Education Committee’s vote to killing the Mississippi Education Freedom Act, a proposal that had the support of President Donald Trump, Governor Tate Reeves, House Speaker Jason White and the Mississippi Republican Party.
Speaker Jason White’s signature education freedom package died at the hands of the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, as Republicans joined Democrats in unanimously killing the measure.
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