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I am a Hoosier. I was raised on Indiana athletics, and like most Hoosiers, I am first and foremost a basketball fan. It is in my blood. My grandfather was an Indiana University Academic All-American and my father became the team doctor, which meant long periods of my childhood were spent in the stands of Assembly Hall.
We went to football games too. However, Indiana was known as one of the worst programs in the country. We showed up anyway. We were always expected to respect the athletes, remain humble, and demonstrate character in victory or defeat.
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2 months 2 weeks ago
I am a Hoosier. I was raised on Indiana athletics, and like most Hoosiers, I am first and foremost a basketball fan. It is in my blood. My grandfather was an Indiana University Academic All-American and my father became the team doctor, which meant long periods of my childhood were spent in the stands of Assembly Hall.
We went to football games too. However, Indiana was known as one of the worst programs in the country. We showed up anyway. We were always expected to respect the athletes, remain humble, and demonstrate character in victory or defeat.
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2 months 2 weeks ago
CLEVELAND — Through support from the National Park Service and the Mississippi Development Authority, the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area (MDNHA) has awarded a total of $231,000 to 14 organizations for this fall’s festival/event grants and cultural heritage grants.
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2 months 2 weeks ago
State Senator Lydia Chassaniol (R), chair of the Senate Tourism Committee, brought back a bill this week that aims to create a standalone Mississippi Department of Tourism.
“The bill is virtually the same thing that was passed last year,” Chassaniol told the committee of SB 2016. “It went through the Senate. It went through the House. Got to the governor’s office and didn’t get signed.”
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2 months 2 weeks ago
Last week felt like I should have been working in the garden, flying a kite, or wade fishing for crappie. Other than the two weeks of “seasonal” cold weather we experienced, it has been one of the mildest winters on record. Doves are already cooing, frogs are croaking, and turtles are sunning themselves on logs in ponds and creeks. I have noticed daffodils and jonquils emerging from their short winter nap, ready to show off to the world blazing white and yellow petals. In fact, trees are on the verge of bud break with some species already leafing out.
By Jeff North on
2 months 2 weeks ago
Last week felt like I should have been working in the garden, flying a kite, or wade fishing for crappie. Other than the two weeks of “seasonal” cold weather we experienced, it has been one of the mildest winters on record. Doves are already cooing, frogs are croaking, and turtles are sunning themselves on logs in ponds and creeks. I have noticed daffodils and jonquils emerging from their short winter nap, ready to show off to the world blazing white and yellow petals. In fact, trees are on the verge of bud break with some species already leafing out.
By Jeff North on
2 months 2 weeks ago
Last week felt like I should have been working in the garden, flying a kite, or wade fishing for crappie. Other than the two weeks of “seasonal” cold weather we experienced, it has been one of the mildest winters on record. Doves are already cooing, frogs are croaking, and turtles are sunning themselves on logs in ponds and creeks. I have noticed daffodils and jonquils emerging from their short winter nap, ready to show off to the world blazing white and yellow petals. In fact, trees are on the verge of bud break with some species already leafing out.
By Jeff North on
2 months 2 weeks ago
In yet another sign of the times, a deranged teenager torched the Beth Israel Synagogue in the heart of northeast Jackson.
I have been to the beautiful synagogue many times for seminars and funerals. I am heartbroken by this. I am confident my sentiment is shared by almost every Northsider.
By Wyatt Emmerich on
2 months 2 weeks ago
In yet another sign of the times, a deranged teenager torched the Beth Israel Synagogue in the heart of northeast Jackson.
I have been to the beautiful synagogue many times for seminars and funerals. I am heartbroken by this. I am confident my sentiment is shared by almost every Northsider.
By Wyatt Emmerich on
2 months 2 weeks ago
The Trump administration might be disturbed by the welfare scandal in Minnesota, but it is also using it as an excuse to make political hay against Democratic opponents and bolster its immigration crackdown.
Welfare fraud, as Mississippi demonstrates, is bipartisan, as likely to be practiced by multigenerational Americans as relative newcomers to this nation, and more likely to be committed on a massive scale by those who are supposed to be helping the poor than the poor themselves.
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In the first week of the 2026 legislative session, four bills were filed to ban cell phone use in Mississippi public school classrooms.
Two of those bills came out of the Senate, where SB 2099 was authored by State Senator Briggs Hopson (R) and SB 2069 was authored by Senator Dennis DeBar (R).
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2 months 2 weeks ago
In the first week of the 2026 legislative session, four bills were filed to ban cell phone use in Mississippi public school classrooms.
Two of those bills came out of the Senate, where SB 2099 was authored by State Senator Briggs Hopson (R) and SB 2069 was authored by Senator Dennis DeBar (R).
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2 months 2 weeks ago
In the first week of the 2026 legislative session, four bills were filed to ban cell phone use in Mississippi public school classrooms.
Two of those bills came out of the Senate, where SB 2099 was authored by State Senator Briggs Hopson (R) and SB 2069 was authored by Senator Dennis DeBar (R).
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2 months 2 weeks ago
State Rep. Omeria Scott, a 32-year Democratic lawmaker representing Clarke, Jasper and Jones counties, has filed a longshot bill to prohibit Mississippi police officers from using Tasers or stun guns.
In response, Lumberton Police Chief Elsie Cowart said she believes the measure would be “a terrible thing for law enforcement.”
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2 months 2 weeks ago
State Rep. Omeria Scott, a 32-year Democratic lawmaker representing Clarke, Jasper and Jones counties, has filed a longshot bill to prohibit Mississippi police officers from using Tasers or stun guns.
In response, Lumberton Police Chief Elsie Cowart said she believes the measure would be “a terrible thing for law enforcement.”
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2 months 2 weeks ago
Governor Tate Reeves (R) took to social media this week to encourage lawmakers in the Mississippi House and Senate to send HB 2, the “Mississippi Educational Freedom Program Act of 2026,” to his desk.
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2 months 2 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.
Dec. 17
Terence Lee Jones, DOB 12/7/98, of Coldwater, was charged with probation violation by TCSO.
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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.
Dec. 17
Terence Lee Jones, DOB 12/7/98, of Coldwater, was charged with probation violation by TCSO.
By The Tate Record on
2 months 2 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.
Dec. 17
Terence Lee Jones, DOB 12/7/98, of Coldwater, was charged with probation violation by TCSO.
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2 months 2 weeks ago
State Auditor Shad White announced that Special Agents from his office have arrested Nancy Anglada, former Jackson County Inventory Control Director, for allegedly submitting fraudulent training reimbursements and unauthorized use of a Fuelman card for her own personal vehicle.
“We will continue to have a zero-tolerance policy for theft of taxpayer dollars,” said State Auditor Shad White. “Our office will continue to work with prosecutors to get record results for taxpayers.”
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