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Mississippi revenues continue to exceed legislative estimates seven months into the current fiscal year. This is welcome news for lawmakers as they continue to make headway toward setting a new state budget this session.
The Legislative Budget Office on Wednesday shared that the January state revenue report showed collections came in at $451,213, or 0.08% above the revised revenue estimate.
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Governor Tate Reeves (R) took to social media this week to express his displeasure with how Republicans in the Mississippi Senate failed to back the House education freedom package put forward by Speaker Jason White (R).
Reeves said in his 23 years in public office, “I’ve never been more disappointed in elected officials than I am this morning in [Lt. Governor Delbert] Hosemann and Senator Dennis Debar.”
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The Mississippi House of Representatives passed legislation this week to legalize mobile sports betting with the goal being to shore up the state’s Public Employees Retirement System.
HB 1581, passed by a vote of 85 to 31 after 20 minutes of debate, was authored by House Gaming Committee Chairman State Rep. Casey Eure (R). He said the legislation is similar to ones that have failed to pass for the last two years, with only a couple of changes. Both prior attempts died in the Senate.
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Robert St. John says sometimes we’re too hard on Mississippi. We know the flaws. We’ve lived with them. But we can’t see the forest for the pine trees, as they say.
Marco had never seen a pine plantation.
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Ella Burford Darnell, 99, of Independence, Miss., passed away on Monday, February 2, 2026.
She loved bowling, wordsearch puzzles, scrabble and playing solitaire. Ella also enjoyed working in her garden.
She was a member of Independence Church of Christ.
Ella was preceded in death by her husband, James Howard Darnell; parents, Bernard and Lorraine Burford; sisters, Anna McCorkle, Elese Tidwell, and Ramona Smart, and brothers, James Burford, Leon Burford, and Joe Burford.
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Ella Burford Darnell, 99, of Independence, Miss., passed away on Monday, February 2, 2026.
She loved bowling, wordsearch puzzles, scrabble and playing solitaire. Ella also enjoyed working in her garden.
She was a member of Independence Church of Christ.
Ella was preceded in death by her husband, James Howard Darnell; parents, Bernard and Lorraine Burford; sisters, Anna McCorkle, Elese Tidwell, and Ramona Smart, and brothers, James Burford, Leon Burford, and Joe Burford.
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Ella Burford Darnell, 99, of Independence, Miss., passed away on Monday, February 2, 2026.
She loved bowling, wordsearch puzzles, scrabble and playing solitaire. Ella also enjoyed working in her garden.
She was a member of Independence Church of Christ.
Ella was preceded in death by her husband, James Howard Darnell; parents, Bernard and Lorraine Burford; sisters, Anna McCorkle, Elese Tidwell, and Ramona Smart, and brothers, James Burford, Leon Burford, and Joe Burford.
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Ella Burford Darnell, 99, of Independence, Miss., passed away on Monday, February 2, 2026.
She loved bowling, wordsearch puzzles, scrabble and playing solitaire. Ella also enjoyed working in her garden.
She was a member of Independence Church of Christ.
Ella was preceded in death by her husband, James Howard Darnell; parents, Bernard and Lorraine Burford; sisters, Anna McCorkle, Elese Tidwell, and Ramona Smart, and brothers, James Burford, Leon Burford, and Joe Burford.
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1 month 3 weeks ago
Below is an opinion column by Barrett Donahoe:
This is not about politics. It is about students. It is about families, and ensuring that every child—regardless of zip code or income—has access to an education that nurtures both the mind and the heart.
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Rapides Parish – The Louisiana State Police has issued a Silver Alert on behalf of the Alexandria Police Department for 84-year-old Meritt Scott Pilcher IV. He was last seen on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at approximately 12:00 p.m. at 1587 North Bolton Avenue in Alexandria. LSP received the request to issue the alert at approximately 12:38 p.m. on February 5, 2026.
Pilcher is a white male with grey hair and blue eyes. He is approximately 5’10” tall and weighs about 200 pounds. Pilcher suffers from a medical condition that may impair his judgment.
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Rapides Parish – The Louisiana State Police has issued a Silver Alert on behalf of the Alexandria Police Department for 84-year-old Meritt Scott Pilcher IV. He was last seen on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at approximately 12:00 p.m. at 1587 North Bolton Avenue in Alexandria. LSP received the request to issue the alert at approximately 12:38 p.m. on February 5, 2026.
Pilcher is a white male with grey hair and blue eyes. He is approximately 5’10” tall and weighs about 200 pounds. Pilcher suffers from a medical condition that may impair his judgment.
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Guy Hovis, the “other” Tupelo native whose singing talent captured national attention, passed away on Jan. 22 in Oxford at age 84. He rose to fame on the Lawrence Welk Show, combining humility, talent, enthusiasm, kindness, and generosity into a successful career and life.
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The Mississippi Department of Transportation will a public meeting to get input on proposed Pleasant Hill Rd. improvements in DeSoto County.
The open forum public meeting, will be Tuesday Feb. 10, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Olive Branch Senior Center, 8800 College St., Olive Branch, MS 38654.
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There are moments in a republic when the noise of slogans must give way to the quiet insistence of conscience.
This is one of them.
We are told, almost daily, that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pursuing the “worst of the worst.” Instead, the machinery of enforcement has turned its iron attention on those who have committed no crime beyond believing, worshiping, and hoping in the wrong direction.
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There are moments in a republic when the noise of slogans must give way to the quiet insistence of conscience.
This is one of them.
We are told, almost daily, that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pursuing the “worst of the worst.” Instead, the machinery of enforcement has turned its iron attention on those who have committed no crime beyond believing, worshiping, and hoping in the wrong direction.
By Joseph McCain on
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A truck hit the Tallulah Water Service building on Thursday, Feb. 5, causing damage that forced the office to close for several days, according to officials.
The office will be closed for the remainder of Thursday and all day Friday. It is scheduled to reopen Monday, Feb. 9, at 10 a.m. Water payments will be accepted only through the side window. The lobby will remain closed while repairs are made.
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A truck hit the Tallulah Water Service building on Thursday, Feb. 5, causing damage that forced the office to close for several days, according to officials.
The office will be closed for the remainder of Thursday and all day Friday. It is scheduled to reopen Monday, Feb. 9, at 10 a.m. Water payments will be accepted only through the side window. The lobby will remain closed while repairs are made.
By Timothy Holdiness - Publisher/Editor on
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A truck hit the Tallulah Water Service building on Thursday, Feb. 5, causing damage that forced the office to close for several days, according to officials.
The office will be closed for the remainder of Thursday and all day Friday. It is scheduled to reopen Monday, Feb. 9, at 10 a.m. Water payments will be accepted only through the side window. The lobby will remain closed while repairs are made.
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“Are we really going to be the Gestapo?” podcaster Joe Rogan asked. “‘Where’s your papers?’ Is that what we’ve come to?”
Uproar over ICE and Border Patrol aggressive tactics has begun to breach President Donald Trump’s fortress.
“Hate to say it, but they are all lying,” posted lifelong Mississippi Republican Pete Perry on Facebook. “Denial of what we have seen, what has been put in front of us – them and us – and ignored and lied about. We saw it. They saw it. And they know we and everyone else have seen the truth.”
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