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Employees of the Leflore County Juvenile Detention Center walked off the job Friday after not receiving any pay since Nov. 7, shutting down the facility.
In an email sent Friday morning to Leflore County Sheriff James Payne and Leflore County Administrator Cynthia Stanciel and shared with the Commonwealth, Leflore County and Youth Court Judge James Littleton said the detention center shut down since no employees of the center were at work to provide security, book juveniles held there or perform drug tests, among other services.
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2 months 3 weeks ago
Employees of the Leflore County Juvenile Detention Center walked off the job Friday after not receiving any pay since Nov. 7, shutting down the facility.
In an email sent Friday morning to Leflore County Sheriff James Payne and Leflore County Administrator Cynthia Stanciel and shared with the Commonwealth, Leflore County and Youth Court Judge James Littleton said the detention center shut down since no employees of the center were at work to provide security, book juveniles held there or perform drug tests, among other services.
By GERARD EDIC - The Greenwood Commonwealth on
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Photo by Chuck Hathcock, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Kirk Academy senior Parker Avant starts a fast break during a game in early December of 2025 against Marshall Academy. The guard reached the 1,000 career points mark in a win over Oak Hill last Tuesday.
The Kirk Academy basketball teams resumed the second half of their season with three games being played.
Action began last Monday and Tuesday with participation at the Calhoun Academy Holiday Tournament in Calhoun City. The week ended with the resumption of the Class AAA, District 1 schedule with games at Rossville (Tenn.) Christian Academy. last Friday.
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Southern Bancorp, Inc., a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and holding company for Southern Bancorp Bank, has announced the successful closure of its deal to acquire Ozarks Heritage Financial Group, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Legacy Bank & Trust, a $1.9 billion asset CDFI headquartered in Springfield, Mo. This strategic acquisition and joining of two mission-focused institutions will create a nearly $5 billion asset CDFI with an expanded footprint and enhanced capacity to serve customers and communities.
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Southern Bancorp, Inc., a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and holding company for Southern Bancorp Bank, has announced the successful closure of its deal to acquire Ozarks Heritage Financial Group, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Legacy Bank & Trust, a $1.9 billion asset CDFI headquartered in Springfield, Mo. This strategic acquisition and joining of two mission-focused institutions will create a nearly $5 billion asset CDFI with an expanded footprint and enhanced capacity to serve customers and communities.
By The Tate Record on
2 months 3 weeks ago
Southern Bancorp, Inc., a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and holding company for Southern Bancorp Bank, has announced the successful closure of its deal to acquire Ozarks Heritage Financial Group, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Legacy Bank & Trust, a $1.9 billion asset CDFI headquartered in Springfield, Mo. This strategic acquisition and joining of two mission-focused institutions will create a nearly $5 billion asset CDFI with an expanded footprint and enhanced capacity to serve customers and communities.
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JACKSON — The Mississippi State Senate has passed substantial funding for the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) along with multiple bills to strengthen Mississippi’s education system, including a teacher pay raise, reducing restrictions on retired teachers returning to work, and making public-to-public transfers easier for students.
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JACKSON — The Mississippi State Senate has passed substantial funding for the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) along with multiple bills to strengthen Mississippi’s education system, including a teacher pay raise, reducing restrictions on retired teachers returning to work, and making public-to-public transfers easier for students.
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Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (R) has been elected by his fellow Appalachian governors to serve as the 2026 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) States’ Co-Chair.
ARC announced the news this week, noting that Reeves will serve as ARC’s 73rd States’ Co-Chair and the sixth Mississippi Governor to hold the position since 1965.
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JACKSON — The Mississippi State Senate has passed substantial funding for the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) along with multiple bills to strengthen Mississippi’s education system, including a teacher pay raise, reducing restrictions on retired teachers returning to work, and making public-to-public transfers easier for students.
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2 months 3 weeks ago
Following Wednesday’s vote in the Mississippi Senate, every Senate Democrat stood united in opposition to legislation that would expand public-to-public school transfers without adequate safeguards—commonly referred to as a “school choice” bill.
Senate Democrats voted No, citing serious concerns that the legislation would weaken public education by draining resources from already underfunded school districts, undermining local control, and increasing inequities across the state.
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The Northeast Louisiana District Livestock Show will return to
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The Northeast Louisiana District Livestock Show will return to
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The Northeast Louisiana District Livestock Show will return to
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Americans woke up on Saturday, January 3rd, to some very good news: Nicolas Maduro, an illegitimate dictator, would no longer be able to oppress the people of Venezuela or threaten the United States.
Under cover of darkness, American forces neutralized Venezuelan air defenses, stormed Maduro’s compound, and arrested the tyrant. These courageous service members brought Maduro to a Brooklyn jail, where he awaits trial for drug trafficking crimes.
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Ingalls Shipbuilding welcomed Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle, and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith on Wednesday to the HII Pascagoula facility.
The senior military leaders toured the Coast shipyard and gained insights into HII’s workforce initiatives while discussing Ingalls’ role in delivering the U.S. Navy’s “Golden Fleet” of advanced surface combatants.
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It’s a new year, and with that comes all the promise and hope of great things to come. If you’ve made resolutions, hopefully one of them is to explore what our state has to offer.
Exciting things are happening in our own backyard, so to speak, but we can only benefit from them if we make an effort to participate. There is music to be heard across the state, the celebration of a King, and more.
So, get up off that couch and head out to discover something new!
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As Mississippi approaches its pivotal 2026 mid-term elections, the national spotlight is already trained on our U.S. Senate race and potential kitchen-table issues in the state’s congressional districts.
Republicans have dominated Mississippi’s congressional politics at the federal level for over a decade. The GOP has held both of the state’s U.S. Senate seats and three of the state’s four U.S. House seats with relative ease.
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The Tunica County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a person or persons who shot into a car on Beatline Road in Tunica on Wednesday.
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