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After the Yazoo County jail received a bill for a Yazoo City inmate being housed at the Warren County jail, the mutual agreement between Yazoo County and Yazoo City concerning the housing of inmates was once again brought to the table for discussion.
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After the Yazoo County jail received a bill for a Yazoo City inmate being housed at the Warren County jail, the mutual agreement between Yazoo County and Yazoo City concerning the housing of inmates was once again brought to the table for discussion.
By Jamie Patterson on
1 month ago
After the Yazoo County jail received a bill for a Yazoo City inmate being housed at the Warren County jail, the mutual agreement between Yazoo County and Yazoo City concerning the housing of inmates was once again brought to the table for discussion.
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Fri, Feb 27 2026, 7 - 9pm
1100 Carlisle Street
Jackson, MS 39202
United States
The 2024 Pulitzer Prize–winning drama Primary Trust by Eboni Booth will be presented at New Stage Theatre. Performances are February 17–21, 24, and 26–28 at 7 p.m., with matinees February 22 and March 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets are limited. Prices are $35 with discounts available for students, senior citizens, military, and groups.
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Mississippi State University’s honor roll students for the fall semester of 2025 include:
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First Presbyterian Day School first graders are now 100 days wiser. Students had a parade, dressed up as their old selves in celebration of their first 100 days of school. Enjoying the activities were (from left) Walt Adcock, Payne Buchanan, and Colin Burns.
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Robert Wise has written another lengthy article criticizing Trump. {NSS 2/20} He blames the administration for allowing a nameless staffer for making a despicable post in the wee hours of the morning. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary gave good advice: "Please stop the fake outrage.": Anyone with an open mind would know that Trump is not a racist as evidenced by his recent celebration of Black History Month in the White House.
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City leaders will be issuing a Request for Proposals to solicit outside assistance with the public works department’s efforts to clean up the debris left behind within Yazoo City from the winter storm last month.
Yazoo County took a similar approach in early February with its deadline for proposals being tomorrow.
“I want to state for the public and for the record that the second day after this (storm) happened, I was talking about issuing RFPs,” said Mayor David Starling. “And I was told that we shouldn’t do it. With that being said, we will get an RFP issued.”
By Jamie Patterson on
1 month 1 week ago
City leaders will be issuing a Request for Proposals to solicit outside assistance with the public works department’s efforts to clean up the debris left behind within Yazoo City from the winter storm last month.
Yazoo County took a similar approach in early February with its deadline for proposals being tomorrow.
“I want to state for the public and for the record that the second day after this (storm) happened, I was talking about issuing RFPs,” said Mayor David Starling. “And I was told that we shouldn’t do it. With that being said, we will get an RFP issued.”
By Jamie Patterson on
1 month 1 week ago
City leaders will be issuing a Request for Proposals to solicit outside assistance with the public works department’s efforts to clean up the debris left behind within Yazoo City from the winter storm last month.
Yazoo County took a similar approach in early February with its deadline for proposals being tomorrow.
“I want to state for the public and for the record that the second day after this (storm) happened, I was talking about issuing RFPs,” said Mayor David Starling. “And I was told that we shouldn’t do it. With that being said, we will get an RFP issued.”
By Jamie Patterson on
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Fri, Feb 27 2026, 9am - 4:30pm
944 Madison Avenue
Madison, MS 39110
United States
The Madison Public Library will have its semi-annual book sale February 27-28 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The library is located at 944 Madison Avenue.
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University of Mississippi Medical Center clinics will resume normal operations and appointment schedules on Monday as it continues recovery efforts following a cyberattack on Feb. 19.
Also, on Monday, UMMC will begin rescheduling patient appointments that were cancelled. Clinics will operate extended hours and days to quickly accommodate as many impacted patient appointments as possible.
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Photo by Jenny Woodruff Wilson, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF)’s Hope Gala was held at the Westin in downtown Jackson. The evening started with cocktails, a reception and silent auction. The dinner, live auction and Fund a Cure followed with an After-Party later that evening.
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Shawn Parker, (left) executive director/treasurer of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, recently offered an opening prayer to the Mississippi Senate. Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann (right).
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The Mississippi Department of Education has released its report concerning the 2024-2025 graduation and dropout rate with Yazoo County schools ranking higher than the state’s overall average.
However, Yazoo City schools ranked as among the state’s lowest graduation rate and was also ranked among the state’s highest with its dropout rate.
The Mississippi Department of Education recently announced the state’s 2024-25 school-year graduation rate is 90.8 percent, and the dropout rate is 7 percent.
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Members of Main Street Magee and Mississippi Main Street Association. Left to right: Phillip Peacock, Allison Clark, Tiffany Kinslow, Jeannie Zieren, Magee Mayor Mark Grubbs, Skip Russell, Allyson Berch, Amanda Blakeney, Lee Maddox, Christin Curlee, Merika Kalman and Kelle Barfield.
, Mayor Grubbs receiving the official MSM notification of Designated Community, the top tier status within MMSA from Zieren, executive director for MMSA.
The Magee Community House was filled with laughter, smiles, and excitement today as Main Street Magee (MSM) was awarded the top tier level of Designated Community in the Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA).
The presentation was made by MMSA Executive Director Jeannie Zieren. She commended Magee, saying what typically takes several years, MSM achieved in two.
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Members of Main Street Magee and Mississippi Main Street Association. Left to right: Phillip Peacock, Allison Clark, Tiffany Kinslow, Jeannie Zieren, Magee Mayor Mark Grubbs, Skip Russell, Allyson Berch, Amanda Blakeney, Lee Maddox, Christin Curlee, Merika Kalman and Kelle Barfield.
, Mayor Grubbs receiving the official MSM notification of Designated Community, the top tier status within MMSA from Zieren, executive director for MMSA.
The Magee Community House was filled with laughter, smiles, and excitement today as Main Street Magee (MSM) was awarded the top tier level of Designated Community in the Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA).
The presentation was made by MMSA Executive Director Jeannie Zieren. She commended Magee, saying what typically takes several years, MSM achieved in two.
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Members of Main Street Magee and Mississippi Main Street Association. Left to right: Phillip Peacock, Allison Clark, Tiffany Kinslow, Jeannie Zieren, Magee Mayor Mark Grubbs, Skip Russell, Allyson Berch, Amanda Blakeney, Lee Maddox, Christin Curlee, Merika Kalman and Kelle Barfield.
, Mayor Grubbs receiving the official MSM notification of Designated Community, the top tier status within MMSA from Zieren, executive director for MMSA.
The Magee Community House was filled with laughter, smiles, and excitement today as Main Street Magee (MSM) was awarded the top tier level of Designated Community in the Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA).
The presentation was made by MMSA Executive Director Jeannie Zieren. She commended Magee, saying what typically takes several years, MSM achieved in two.
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The Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet (MMB), under the artistic direction of Jennifer Beasley, will present the full-length ballet Peter Pan at the Jackson Academy Performing Arts Center. Performances will take place on Saturday, March 21, at 3 and 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 22, at 2 p.m. Some of the dancers include (from left, back) Abigail Smitherman, Avery Shiflett, Brenna Alexander, Erik Kegler, Joley Cox, Mary Emerson Swindell, Ivy Grace Gentry; and (front) Megan Trousdale, Ashlynn Frier, Catelyn Winders, Blaire Markovitz, Susannah Stowers.
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The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal featured Mississippi education recently.
In a surprising story entitled “These Three Red States Are the Best Hope in Schooling,” the Times writer told skeptics “I told you so.”
After writing about Mississippi’s educational successes in 2023, “many of my fellow liberals then scoffed at the notion of learning from a state so tainted,” wrote Pulitzer Prize winner Nicolas Kristof. “The critiques have been effectively rebutted by Mississippi’s “continuing gains” and the “magnitude of the gains.”
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